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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.
As always, it’s a mixed bag when you’re trying to gauge the statewide success from an opening day of a new turkey season in Georgia. Generally, the south Georgia folks fared far better than their brethren in middle and north Georgia. It was cold, but a more likely cause of the tough hunting were the…
Reading a gobbler’s mood and following it up with the right call can be a deadly combination this spring. The importance of this lesson was taught to me on opening day quite a few years ago in Hancock County. My good friend Cal Marsh and I had struck out on opening morning. Right before lunch…
I had been set up for 30 minutes. Now I was wondering if I had made the right decision in choosing the location. The area felt right, the sign was there, but still you never really know until you have that gobbler in front of your gun barrel. I knew patience would be the key.…
The state’s latest batch of poult numbers are in, and the news isn’t great for hunters gearing up for the March 25, 2006 turkey-season opener in Georgia. Don’t expect to see a pile of jakes this season, and if you look at WRD poult data from the year before, don’t look for too many crazy,…
Master turkey caller Benny Briggs of Harlem is the winner of the 2006 Georgia State Turkey Calling Championship. The calling contest was held January 21 at Unicoi State Park in conjuction with the annual convention of the Georgia Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF). The Georgia-state win at Unicoi goes onto a long…
If I were a newcomer into the turkey-hunting world, my head would explode with all the choices I had when it came to picking out a gun and then trying to find the best loads to produce the most effective pattern on that gun. If your gun doesn’t produce a good pattern out to 40 yards,…
If you have ever dreamed of hunting on a south Georgia plantation, but never thought you would get the opportunity, get ready! Your chances have just increased dramatically, thanks to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) recent acquisition of some prime property in Thomas County. Nestled between the confluence of the Ochlockonee River and…
I can remember my first time hunting like it was yesterday. “Do you want me to shoot him?” my daddy asked as I sat in his lap and watched the spike buck walk along through the creek bottom. “Yes,” I said, Right after the shot the buck sped off on his death run. Although my daddy…
Joey Scanlon, of Griffin, killed a Butts County gobbler on March 23, 2004 that sits on top of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Longest Beard Eastern in Georgia list. The beard measured 17 7/8-inch long and is the No. 2 longest beard ever recorded from any species of turkey, according to the NWTF. Joey’s bird…
There are few things in turkey hunting more frustrating than a hung-up gobbler. I’ve had lots of birds come running to the call from great distances only to stop at an imaginary line just out of gun range. It’s like they know the distance at which my gun can do serious damage. Oftentimes, they strut…
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…