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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.
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.…
While the statewide turkey hunting season opens March 21, youth and mobility-impaired hunters utilizing private land have an early chance to harvest a bird during the special opportunity turkey season on March 14-15, 2020, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. This weekend hunt opportunity is available only for youth 16…
It’s tough to crack the Top-10 list for any of NWTF’s records for Georgia gobblers, so a year with three birds earning that honor is noteworthy. Two southeast Georgia birds made the Top-10 of Georgia’s Best Overall Atypical rankings, including a new No. 4 atypical (multiple bearded) gobbler. Greg Harvey’s Bryan County gobbler had seven…
Talk turkey. That’s a phrase no longer really used anymore. It means to speak candidly or seriously. So, I shall attempt to do the same as it relates to one of Georgia’s favorite game birds, the wild turkey. According to the NWTF website, the North American turkey species has five subspecies, including the Eastern, Florida…
I guess we all would rather call plenty to a bird, to the point of excess, than to keep things to a minimum. I know I would. I love to hear one gobble, and when I’m the reason he is gobbling, I have to watch myself or I will get tangled up in spending more…
How would you like to win a dream turkey hunt with two of the best turkey hunters in the business on some of the best turkey-hunting property in the Southeast? Someone is going to win the hunt and chase turkeys with Phillip Culpepper, the host of Realtree’s Spring Thunder TV, and Sam Klement, who is…
Turkey Recipes
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…
It can be downright chilly at the start of the turkey season, and that’s when most turkeys are taken. Why then not whip up a turkey stew that the whole family will enjoy on a chilly evening? 1/2 wild turkey, shredded 4 red potatoes, quartered 1/4 stick butter 1 large onion, diced 4 tbsp. garlic…