Buck Named Droopy With A Crazy Rack

Eli Martin is just 21 years old and in his first season of bowhunting deer. The Oglethorpe County resident never imagined that the first deer he would take would be so weird, or that it would be talked about by so many deer hunters in Georgia. “My grandfather recently passed away, and I decided I…

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High Falls State Park Enthusiasts Fight To Stop Adjacent Building Project

Butts County proudly bills itself as Georgia’s Outdoor Capital, but there is concern. An aerial shot of Butts and surrounding counties reveals a threat to those thousands of acres of forests and fields. It is a man-made threat that is creeping across that landscape at kudzu-like speed. Multi-million-square-foot warehouses and distribution centers are dominating the…

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195-Inch DeKalb County Buck Runs Out Of Luck

Michael Fortner is a mixed martial arts fighter. He understands the importance of being patient and waiting for the perfect opening to get in his best shot. He applied that same thinking to his bowhunting recently, and the result was a bruiser. Michael’s big DeKalb County buck had 23 scoreable points and grossed 196 inches.…

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Lanier Stripers Pile Up On The South End

No one has ever described striper fishing on Lake Lanier as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. Chasing stripers on the 38,000-acre Chattahoochee River reservoir is anything but that. But as striper season heads into fall, two of the lake’s top striper guides say conditions are lining up to make catches much easier. “In…

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Georgia 4-H Kids Place At National Event

A host of Georgia 4-H shooting sports state championship teams took their skills to the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska in late June and posted impressive finishes. Georgia teams that qualified for the national event did so at their state championships at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton earlier in the…

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Wild In The Kitchen: Spicy Dove Nuggets

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Spicy Dove Nuggets Wondering what to do with your doves in upcoming weeks? Take a page from your kid’s playbook—demand nuggets! • 15 dove breasts • Tony Cachere’s Creole Seasoning • 2 cups seasoned breadcrumbs • 3 eggs, beaten • All-purpose flour • Cooking oil Remove any lead shot from the dove breasts. Trim the…

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Lady Angler Establishes West Point Gar Record On Video

Now that April Waldrop has been bitten by the record fish bug, the Hogansville woman has set her sights on something even bigger. April was fishing for gar with her husband, Larry, and her two sons on West Point Lake recently when she landed a lake-record longnose gar that weighed 23 pounds. The 52 1/2-inch…

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Biden Administration Eliminates Federal Funding To Schools With Hunter Ed And Archery Programs

The Biden Administration has announced that it will eliminate federal funding for schools that offer hunter education and archery programs. That has school systems across Georgia, and the U.S., in a tizzy. The decision was a result of the Biden administration’s interpretation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. That act has language that prohibits federal…

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Magic Of Hunting Sapelo Island WMA

Those who are not hunters have trouble comprehending that it is the experience of going hunting that motivates hunters. They wrongly assume that if no game was taken, hunters consider the trip a failure. Once they get to know a hunter better, they often become confused. It seems many hunters are like baseball players who…

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