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GON Seeking Trappers For Hire

In an effort to help hunters with their predator problems, GON will release its first-ever “Trappers For Hire” list in the May issue to go along with its annual Coyote Cull contest. GON is specifically looking for trappers who would like to be hired by landowners and hunting clubs. This idea is the brainchild of…

More Georgia Deer Hunters Reporting Excellent Deer Seasons

We’re starting to wonder how much better Georgia deer hunting can get. For the 2020-21 season, 356 of our 1447 respondents, or 24.6%, rated their seasons as excellent, the best excellent rating in at least 20 years. Only 10.1% said they had “poor” seasons. That’s the lowest percentage of folks with a poor rating in…

Buy Hunting Land Series: Lookin’ At South Georgia

I started deer hunting when my family moved to Macon in 1970. The man who owned the company my father worked for leased 750 acres in Jones County. He allowed a club there, which was mostly employees, their families and a few customers. Jones County is just outside of Macon and close to the middle…

WMA Turkey Special

Your last chance to apply for WMA general and youth turkey hunts is Feb. 15. The charts below show a long list of WMAs that offered turkey hunting during the spring of 2020, along with each WMA’s gobbler harvest and hunter numbers. WMAs can differ greatly in the turkey hunting opportunities offered. Some WMAs offer…

A “Bad” Season

It is just after sunup Jan. 14, 2021. I find myself sitting at the dining room table, computer screen aglow in front, fireplace aglow on my left, (but with considerably more warmth to it), and three mounted bucks a-glowering down at me from the den wall to my right. Or maybe they’re gloating instead of…

The Slaughter Mountain Mystery Buck

Jesse Payne, a 33-year U.S. Forest Service employee and veteran deer hunter, couldn’t believe what had just happened. Jesse had climbed almost to the top of Slaughter Mountain and had just shot at and missed the biggest buck he had ever seen. Jesse was slowly making his way to the top of the mountain when…

New No. 2 Buck For Laurens County

A new No. 2 buck has officially been registered for Laurens County, a giant, clean 10-pointer taken by Stevie Drew, of Cadwell, on Nov. 14, 2020. The deer grossed 168 5/8 inches and netted down less than 3 inches to 165 7/8. “I thought I had missed the deer, he didn’t flinch or anything but…

An Encounter With Butch Richenback

By Justin Kennedy Anyone who has had any relationship with me in my life knows of my love and passion for hunting ducks. I have been obsessed with the outdoors since I was old enough to understand what they were, but duck hunting held a special place in my heart. Names like Montana, Farve, Manning…

Worth County 18-Point Officially A Booner

Everyone knew the amazing 18-point Worth County buck killed by Colby Johnson was going to score great, and when the inches were tallied it did not disappoint. Official Boone & Crockett measurer Bill Cooper scored the buck after the required 60-day drying period and came up with a net of 195 3/8 non-typical. The minimum…

Georgia Jaws: Catching Nuisance Alligators With Jack Douglas

GON editor Brad Bailey joined legendary alligator man Jack Douglas on the Georgia coast as Jack went after some big nuisance gators spotted near a swimming beach and in a residential area where an alligator got after a family’s dog. The segment from GON-TV also included an interview with the late Jim Simmons, a WRD…

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