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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.
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…
I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine who loves turkey hunting. Today, he doesn’t hunt turkeys at all. When I asked him why he no longer hunted turkeys, he said, “I spend more time hunting for turkeys to hunt than I do hunting turkeys.” I get it. He told me how difficult…
Your last chance to apply for a quota turkey hunt on a Georgia WMA is Feb. 15. Before you make your quota-hunt choice and maybe burn some priority points, you should check out the latest harvest and hunting pressure data on these WMAs. The charts included below in this article show a long list of…
Of the 1,232 Rate Your Season ballots sent to GON, 24.3% of respondents ranked their deer season as “Excellent,” which is the highest percentage of excellent rankings GON has on record since the 1997-98 deer hunting season. Only 12.3% of hunters rated their 2019-20 deer seasons as “Poor.” This is the lowest percentage of hunters…
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…