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Hunting

Deer Hunting Flexibility: Be Ready To Adjust

It was mid-November and the whitetails were running frantically all over the woods. It was the last morning of our week-long hunt, and I was anxious to get an arrow into a decent buck before we had to head home. I was set up in my climbing stand on a hardwood hillside, and by mid-morning…

WMA Dove Fields Now Open All Day On Opener

In a late change, WRD will allow WMA dove fields to be open for shooting from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset. Prior to this decision, WMA dove fields were set to open 30 minutes before sunrise but close at 12 noon. “When surveyed, hunters have routinely asked for opening day of dove season to…

Chase Mast For Better Deer Hunting Success

If you’ve been deer hunting for more than a few years, I’m sure that you have some experience chasing deer that are eating mast. Many hunters curse years with heavy acorn crops in particular, as deer that were feeding in food plots in September seemingly disappear as acorns begin to fall. October in particular is…

Holden Hines Wins GON’s Youth Shoot-Out

Holden Hines, 14, of Macon, collected a $3,000 shopping spree from Adventure Outdoors after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on Aug. 21 at GON’s Outdoor Blast. In addition, Holden won a dream deer and hog hunting trip with Woods-N-Water outfitters in Wilkinson County. Holden and a parent get to hunt and stay at a…

2021-22 GON Youth Big-Buck Contest

How does a special big-buck contest just for kids sound? How about we throw in a great grand prize package that includes a $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors, along with an outdoor weekend for hunting deer and hogs and fishing at Woods-N-Water Outfitters.  Thanks to our great sponsors, another youngster will win that grand…

Traditions Never Die

By Jason Simotes  I never had the good fortune of meeting my father-in-law, Keith Hardy. Some of you may remember Keith. He was a GON fan, won a 4-wheeler in the 2003’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out and had a passion for deer hunting. It was his year-round dedication to the sport and love for getting outdoors that sent Keith…

Georgia’s Greatest Whitetails Coming To Outdoor Blast

Ever wondered how in the world a typical-framed Georgia buck could net 191 4/8 inches? Come see for yourself! Only three more days until the doors open at the LakePoint Sports Champions Center in Emerson for the start of a three-day weekend gathering for sportsmen known as the Outdoor Blast. The Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast,…

Fall Fiction: The Trembling Part One

Glen Johnson stood in line at Big Pa’s Bait and Tackle. Drenched with sweat, it was the hottest day swinging a hammer that he could remember in a long time. He figured the only way to end a day this hot would be with a couple of ice-cold Gatorades and a box of worms. While…

Coastal Hog Hunting

For Martin Richter the hunting story started with his maternal grandfather, Richard Link. The time was shortly after World War II in the late 1940s. The place? Bamberg, in what was then known as West Germany. Fast-forward to last month. Late afternoon, Richter is somewhere between Brunswick and Jesup, some 35 miles from the Georgia…

The Hunt For A Mature WMA Buck

After listening to Matt Beauregard speak as a guest on the Georgia Afield Hunting Podcast last fall, I knew right away I had to sit down with him for an in-depth story on WMA hunting for our 2021 August edition of GON Magazine. I’ve known Matt for a few years now, (we attend the same…

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