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Turkey Hunting
2024 Georgia Turkey Season Dates
Kids, Mobility Impaired: March 23-24
Public-Land: April 6 – May 15
Private-Land: March 30 – May 15
* Two gobbler per season limit; one-gobbler-per-day restriction.
By Marion A. Butler It seems like every turkey hunter has their favorite call or calls that are always with them on a hunt, and this call was no exception. I came across the “Old Gobbler” website and forum and there was a lot of discussion about the call makers convention at Unicoi State Park…
Lynn Darsey is a frustrated mom. Her son, Cannon, took his first turkey ever last season, and it was a doozy. She, and a lot of others, believe the 11-year-old’s gobbler is one of the best-scoring typical birds in Georgia history. Where exactly that bird ranks among other typical Georgia gobblers is unknown, however. Normally,…
There was a time years ago when I tried pretty hard to convince my younger brother, Walter, to go turkey hunting with me. I had experienced some early success in the turkey woods and curiosity eventually got the best of him. The first day we went to the turkey woods together, I managed to call…
Weather could play a factor in the first few hours of Georgia’s Youth Turkey season, which opens Saturday morning, March 25. According to the National Weather Service, a round of rain is scheduled to roll through Georgia during the first part of Saturday before clearing out for the afternoon. Smaller chances or rain return for…
The second season of Georgia’s plan to slow its wild turkey decline is now just a few weeks away. The state’s anxious turkey hunters are curious to know if their sacrifices last season are showing any dividends. Those wanting answers may be jumping the gun a bit. Keep in mind that WRD said that it…
“Turkey hunting? You have lost your mind!” I remember saying. That was the response I gave to my longtime friend Cal Marsh over three decades ago when he suggested we go turkey hunting. He had been a few times before he made that suggestion, but I had never hunted anything in the spring woods, except…
Ten years ago I wrote a book titled Native Turkeys. Since then, I have been asked many times, “Were those original mountain turkeys you wrote about a different wild turkey than the ones either pen-raised or live-trapped and restocked in many parts of Georgia?” To answer that question, I will only express what I have…
Your last chance to apply for WMA general and youth turkey hunts is Feb. 15. The charts on pages 33 and 35 show a list of some of the WMAs that offered turkey hunting during the spring of 2022, along with each WMA’s turkey harvest and hunter numbers. Last year, five WMAs added quota turkey…
Just as the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast seems to have found a home at the Lakepoint Sports Complex in Emerson, it also seems to have found a new permanent attraction. The Yonah Invitational Grand National Qualifier turkey calling contest returned for the second year and was again a huge hit. Sanctioned by the National Wildlife Turkey…
By Scott Barwick Twelve-year-old Blake asked his mom Heidi, “Mrs. Susan and Mr. Scott are kind of like family now, right?” She smiled after thinking about it and agreed with a yes. Susan and Heidi became friends when their places of employments were right next to each other and later they became business partners. They own…
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…