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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.
God’s timing is perfect. It took 64-year-old Raymond Gibbs, of Cordele, 14 years of turkey hunting before he finally sealed the deal and killed his first gobbler. It all came down on Friday, March 27, 2020 when Raymond squeezed the trigger on a Dooly County longbeard. “Fourteen years of waiting and waiting. There were times…
Lauren McLendon, of Roopville, may call Heard County, Georgia home, but she certainly doesn’t mind crossing the state line into Chambers County, Alabama if that’s what it takes to go turkey hunting. She was in a ground blind with her dad Brandon on the morning of March 21 when she shot a five-bearded gobbler that…
Realtree’s Phillip Culpepper is used to making hunting dreams come true. He spent the 2020 Georgia youth turkey opener in Troup County taking kids hunting during the 30-30 Ministries’ Turkey Camp in conjunction with the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Home. Phillip and cameraman Drake Lamb led two young men to longbeards on camera, where they already…
The sandy road glowed in the darkness as longtime friend Jonathan Barber and I traced it toward the swamp’s edge. We finally reached the end and stood pacing, waiting for the first early morning gobble from the Savannah River swamp. We had hunted together here before and had tangled with some tough old birds. We…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the winter of despair…” …
Well, we’re wide open with turkey season. Have you bagged your gobbler yet? I have several friends who immediately turn their thoughts and energy to turkeys once deer season ends. Much has been written about the habits of these spring birds, particularly how to call them to the gun. Last month, we covered some of…
Whether it’s a perfect storm of factors, or a result mostly brought on by COVID-19, there’s no telling, but the fact is that WMA turkey hunter participation and public-land turkey harvest is noticeably up when compared to last year’s season opener. “Overall public-land harvest is up 43% compared to last year’s first six days,” said…
By most accounts, there’s been quite a bit of social distancing by means of getting outdoors. Turkey hunters have been busy at it, and based on early reports it was a good opening weekend that followed a good youth weekend. Here are reports from GON’s team of Hunt Advisors across the state. NORTH GEORGIA Cherokee County:…
By Greg Harvey I found this gobbler to be one of—if not the most challenging—that I have hunted in my 36 years of turkey hunting. He didn’t roost in the same tree, but all of the trees that he roosted in were within a 200-yard-wide circle in a hardwood drain. He didn’t gobble much, but…
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/13630337/height/360/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard-mini/tdest_id/1553768″ height=”360″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Meet GON turkey hunting freelance writer Donald Devereux Jarrett as he talks about his latest turkey-hunting article, When Turkey Calling, Sometimes Less Is More. From Overcalling to a game of Cat-and-Mouse, sometimes just learning to shut up and be patient is what’ll kill that Georgia longbeard.…
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…