Posts by Daryl Kirby
Best Georgia Counties For Big Bucks
GON has now been around for almost 30 years, and a unique project started when the magazine first began was collecting, measuring and compiling a massive database of certified scores for Georgia bucks. Using this database, we developed a formula that provides an annual look at which Georgia counties are best at producing big bucks.…
Read MoreGame Check Is Mandatory
With deer season right around the corner, hunters are beginning prep work so everything is just right and ready for opening day. Here’s something new to add to your preseason list… be prepared to report any deer you kill to DNR within 72 hours. Not reporting your deer harvest—either by phone, website or through a…
Read MoreWorld Record Gobbler Highlights 2016 Georgia Turkey Records
Each spring, GON likes to inspire hunters who can’t wait for the upcoming turkey season—as if we need any additional teasing—by looking back at exceptional Georgia gobblers that have made the record books. Some fantastic birds were taken last year that re-wrote the Georgia records, but it was a 2014 southeast Georgia bird finally certified…
Read MoreVOTES: Voice of the Educated Sportsman
Each January, GON offers sportsmen the chance to voice opinions on issues that affect hunting and fishing in Georgia. An important question asked each year is the annual Rate Your Season Survey. This simple survey provides a consistent yearly look into how deer hunters feel about the quality of something they are passionate about. More…
Read MoreBeyond The Call
Most of the television media, like CNN, seem to look for every opportunity to portray law-enforcement officers in a negative light. Some viewers might actually forget these men and women actually risk their lives each day when they go to work. If the only news people got about law enforcement was from those television stations,…
Read MoreThe Buck Files
Two huge bucks taken this weekend are major stories on the Georgia deer hunting scene. A 12-pointer from the Cobb County suburbs is one of the best bow-bucks ever from Georgia, and a south Georgia Booner has been confirmed from Dougherty County near Albany. The Cobb County 12-pointer that was killed Saturday morning, Nov. 14, concludes…
Read MoreBEAST Makes Truck-Buck Even Better
GON just gave away another 4×4 Chevy pickup truck to a deer hunter. Who wouldn’t love a new truck? Or for that matter, who wouldn’t love a new a Beast hunting vehicle, or a Browning rifle or Mathews bow? For the 27th straight year, GON is hosting its Truck-Buck contest, the premier big-buck contest in…
Read MorePete Boshart Wins The 26th Chevy Pickup In Truck-Buck
A truck was left sitting at a brother’s house in the Atlanta area after this year’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. This year’s winner, Pete Boshart, didn’t think he had a chance to actually win the grand-prize truck in GON’s big-buck contest. He didn’t have a plan to get a new truck home if he did win. Well,…
Read MoreSportsmen Support License-Fee Increases, But Want Assurances
Most sportsmen seem to be generally in favor of a proposed license-fee increase, but there’s a strong sentiment that any additional funding needs to be used for hunting and fishing improvement and programs. Much of the support begins on a personal level. Most of us probably go to church with, have kids on the same…
Read MoreOne State, One Deer Season
The DNR Board approved the proposed regulations changes put forth by the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), and the result is one statewide deer-season length for hunters across the state. The Northern Zone and Southern Zone—forever a fixture in the Georgia deer-hunting regulations—are still there, but now they only apply to the baiting regulations. Baiting is…
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