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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.

Clarks Hill WMA’s High-Tech Gobblers

Clarks Hill WMA has one of the oldest and best established turkey populations in Georgia. There is a good number of birds on the area and even more hunters. The estimated hunter success last year on the WMA and surrounding area was estimated at a respectable 20-30% Since December 1988, the University of Georgia has…

Piedmont NWR Turns 50

Fifty years ago, the land that is now Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge was essentially a desert. Cleared by settlers in the 1800s, the land had been transformed from forest into massive cotton farms. Crop after crop of cotton finally wore the land out, and by the 1870 about half the farms in the area had…

Turkey Recipes

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Wild In The Kitchen: Peanut Butter Wild Turkey

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…

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Wild In The Kitchen: Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers

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…

Wild In The Kitchen: Wild Turkey Stew Comfort Food

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…