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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 is typical with 14-year-old girls, Gracie Thigpen just wants to have fun. But this Bleckley County teen is anything but typical; for Gracie, having fun revolves around hunting, fishing and the outdoors. She’s learning that this hunting business is usually anything but easy, especially when it comes to harvesting a tom turkey. Unfortunately, she…
GON’s team of Hunt Advisors have been hitting the turkey woods, and we have reports from across the state, beginning with Hunt Advisor Greg Grimes, who hunted various counties and public land. “We started off the season well as we hunted in Morgan County where there were lots of gobblers coming to chufa. The youth…
Seventeen-year-old Ella Britt got her first-ever gobbler in Monroe County on April 26, and it is going to be very difficult to top! One of the gobbler’s spurs is 1 15/16 inches long, which ties it as the third longest spur of all time in the Georgia Gobbler Records. The other spur is 1 12/16…
Finally a win for the good guys. Sue Davis was turkey hunting in Terrell County on April 17 when she used her cell phone to capture video of five turkeys—three of them gobblers—walking down a woods road and actually run off a nervous coyote into the bushes. Maybe six spurs was enough for the song…
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…
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…