The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is set to pull the plug on Lake Blue Ridge during the late summer of 2010. Plans call for the lake to be drawn down to more than 60 feet below full pool.
TVA officials recently announced the final...
Winder hunter Richard B. Rupert, 68, died Oct. 10 after being bit on his calf by a rattlesnake, according to Oglethorpe County Deputy Coroner Howard Sanders.
Rupert, his son and his 12-year-old grandson were hunting a tract of land...
At Oconee the shad are moving into the pockets, and the bass follow and feed aggressively.
If you are a bass fisherman, you have to love November. The weather is usually decent for fishing, the bass are shallow and feeding, and there are few other fishermen and pleasure boaters on the water. All that leads to good fishing, and Lake Oconee is one of the best bets to hit this month.
It’s simple... it’s about the kids. This is why we’ve made the SEEDS Big-Buck Contest better than ever. We’re rolling the youth-only contest into GON’s Truck-Buck contest, the longest running, largest ever and most popular deer contest in the state. This year’s grand-prize SEEDS winner is going deer and hog hunting in Johnson County with Woods-N-Water. See below for more details on that exciting hunt.
Being a part of the 2009 SEEDS Big-Buck Contest is simple. Be 17 years of age or younger, and kill the best youth deer in a week. There’s 17 weeks of deer season, so we’ll have 17 weekly winners hoping to win a dream hunting trip with Woods-N-Water.
See below for more details on entering the 2009 SEEDS Big-Buck Contest.
Henry County Fund-raiser: The Henry County Committee will host its sixth annual fund-raiser at the Merle Manders Conference Center on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
My alarm clock sounded at 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 4 last season. The weather man called for a southeast wind and temperatures in the low 50s. This was perfect for the spot I had chosen to hunt. I could approach the bedding area from the northwest and quietly slip up a cypress tree in my Lone Wolf...
The day was forecasted to be windy, chilly and rainy with a chance of thunderstorms. It wasn’t likely to be very comfortable, but the spirits and excitement ran high on the dock at Lake Lanier’s Van Pugh Park on Saturday morning, Oct. 10. Thirty-one kids, along with parents, grandparents and others lined up before sunrise to pair up with one of 28 volunteer guides and head out in...
Severe weather forced anglers off Lake Tobesofkee on the scheduled tournament day of March 28, so the state’s best young tournament anglers returned the next day to vie for bragging rights and state-championship honors in the 2009 Georgia Bass...
Here's GON's 2009 Dial-a-Trailing-Dog list. Some of our guys have dropped off the list this year, but there are some new faces, as well. If you've shot a deer and can't find it, call one of these guys. Their dogs may be able to find it for you.
To add a dog to the list, call GON at (800) 438-4663.
