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Turkey Hunting
2025 Turkey Seasons
Kids, Mobility Impaired: March 22-23
Private-Land: March 29 – May 15
Public-Land: April 5 – May 15
* Two gobbler per season limit; one-gobbler-per-day restriction.
I like being positive. I really dislike spreading unfavorable news, but sometimes reality gets the better of me. Now is one of those times. I heard someone this past deer season talk about how many turkeys he saw at his deer feeder. He called it a “turkey problem” and complained that they were eating all…
Callie Cunningham set out on her third season turkey hunting with a good opening-day game plan in her head, as good a plan as you can come up with for trying to outsmart a very intelligent bird. Countless pins marked on maps, hours of trekking through the woods, and many early mornings with no luck…
The first time I ever heard a turkey gobble from the back deck of my house was a cold, winter morning. The bird wasn’t on my property, but he was easy to hear, and I began to dream of the day I might kill a bird on my own property. The problem was, or so…
It wasn’t a day with perfect turkey hunting conditions, but it was turkey season, and that’s really all that mattered. It was overcast and a little muggy, but I had just one day to hunt Georgia before hitting the road for Texas, then South Dakota. It was Donna’s birthday, and she had reminded me the…
Growing up in a family of one sister and four mischievous boys, I did not stand much of a chance of not becoming somewhat of a tomboy. We lived in the country near Ichawaynochaway Creek in Terrell County, so hunting and fishing were basically at our back door. As a young girl, I became quite…
After three seasons (2022-2024) of the new Georgia turkey hunting regulation changes, which were enacted because of a trending statewide turkey population decline, the state wildlife biologists are working hard to compile data in hopes of finding a positive trend. One encouraging piece of data revealed that the poults per hen number went up from…
An eagle—it sure looks like a big golden eagle— swooped in on a longbeard gobbler and a hen in Charlton County, and the action was caught on the trail-camera of GON subscriber Andrew Chesser. “After we got the photos on the trail camera, I sent my brother out to the site, and the eagle had…
The 2025 Special Opportunity turkey season will be March 22-23. This weekend is only for youth 16 years of age or younger and mobility impaired persons. This season does not apply to public lands unless otherwise specified. Included here are some images of happy young hunters who found success in the Georgia woods last turkey…
I picked up the small tube call sitting beside me and threw a couple of yelps down into the steep, hardwood bottom below. I thought it sounded pretty good and apparently so did the three north Georgia gobblers that showed up not too long after. It was all new to me then, and the resources…
Georgia turkey hunters are fixing to enter year No. 4 with a shorter turkey season and a bag limit of two toms, down from a three-bird limit prior to the 2022 season. WMA hunters continue to find themselves with a short window to roll a gobbler, not being allowed to hunt until one week after…
Turkey Recipes
Crockpot Crispy Wild Turkey 1 whole turkey I pound butter divided in half 1 tbsp thyme 1 tbsp rosemary 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp black pepper Pat the turkey dry with one or two sheets of paper towel. Slather the entire turkey with half the butter. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with thyme and rosemary.…
Peanut Butter Wild Turkey I must admit that I was apprehensive when a friend asked me to try his newly discovered dish. Once he showed me the ingredients, I realized it was a take on a popular Oriental chicken dish. And it is wonderful! 1 turkey breast 2 tbsp salt 2 tbsp white sugar 2…
Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers 6 bell peppers 1/2- to 3/4-lb. dark-meat turkey 1 diced onion 3 cloves minced garlic 15-oz. can diced tomatoes 1 cup frozen whole-kernel corn 1 cup cooked white rice Shredded Pepper Jack cheese 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 Tbsp salt 1 Tbsp black pepper Choose bell peppers that will stand up…