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In late summer and early fall, Joe Dent, and his hunting companions began getting trail-camera photos of an impressive wide-antlered buck on their Terrell County hunting lease. Only problem was that all of the images were recorded at various times during the night. Not surprisingly, bowhunters never got a glimpse of the big deer, nor…
Northwest Georgia public-land deer hunters were concerned when they discovered a metal gate had been erected by a private landowner, keeping them from accessing the only parking and sign-in area on Zahnd WMA. This 1,642-acre tract in Walker County is open to bow-only hunting for deer and bear and already has very limited vehicle access. “A…
Patience definitely paid off for Ron Purvis, of Adel, on Nov. 29. Ron was hunting family land when he took down a Cook County 12-point monster that green-scored 182 3/8 inches. After hunting this buck for four years, Ron had only seen the buck a few times on his trail-camera pictures, but he’d never laid…
GON will once again return to the Infinite Energy Center to host the Outdoor Blast, our annual kick-off to hunting season. The Outdoor Blast will be July 28-30, 2017. Right before this issue of GON went to press, the editors were discussing just how awesome our annual Wall of Fame—a display of the state’s best…
On Thanksgiving Day afternoon, Nov. 24, Nate Martin went hunting in Whitfield County in the Chattahoochee National Forest. He was hoping to get his first buck, but little did he know that he would return home that afternoon dragging two bucks—or at least the remains of two bucks. “After we all ate, I went to…
A 158 5/8-inch gross-scoring buck was taken from Fort Benning on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, by Russell Wyatt, an infantryman on the 182,000-acre military installation near the Georgia-Alabama border adjacent to Columbus. Russell has only been hunting a handful of times, but for a man who’s only shot a few deer, he’s now set the bar pretty high…
If you have an avid hunter or angler on your Christmas list, GON offers several affordable gift options to help fill those Christmas stockings. The below items can be purchased by calling the GON office in Madison at (800) 438-4663. We also welcome you to drop by the office anytime we are open. A GON…
On Friday, Nov. 18, Judd Schramm, of Columbus, killed a giant 17-point buck while hunting in Webster County that could top 190 total inches of antler. “I had pictures of him many times and had a bunch of him on my trail camera on Monday (Nov. 14). I had already taken off work for the end of…
Joseph Wesley Hoffman, 34, of Morgan County, passed away Nov. 11 after being shot when another hunter’s gun accidentally discharged. The incident occurred when Hoffman and the other hunter were retrieving their guns from the backseat of a four-door pick-up truck at opposite ends of the truck after arriving at private property in Jasper County. The incident…
Jeff Rooks, of Griffin, harvested a deer of a lifetime in Upson County on Nov. 12. The deer is a main-frame 10-pointer with 18 scoreable points. “I’ve never even seen a deer that big much less been fortunate enough to have one walk out in front of me,” said Jeff. Jeff said him and seven others lease…