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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.
My dad put me up to it. Rather, he pretty much demanded that I do it. He had a somewhat twisted sense of humor about certain things, and he seemed to take special delight in putting me in a difficult spot just to see how I would respond. I dialed the number with elevated pulse…
The declining turkey population in the southeastern United States made front page news after almost 20 years of data collection and scientific research backing the claim. If you spend any time at all looking into possible causes, you’ll find a hundred different theories. The most common to blame being predation, habitat loss, increased use of…
Your last chance to apply for WMA general and youth turkey hunts is Feb. 15. The charts on pages 48-49 and 51 show a list of some of the WMAs that offered turkey hunting during the spring of 2021, along with each WMA’s gobbler harvest and hunter numbers. Five existing WMAs have added quota turkey…
Shortly after Whit Forrester of Cordele married his beautiful young bride Doris in 1948, he approached her and said, “I want us to be able to do something in our spare time that we can share together so we’re never apart.” That suited Doris just fine. The two lovebirds were inseparable, and they wanted to…
Hunters in Dade County have a new public hunting location available this season. The Charles B. Henson Voluntary Public Access (VPA) area is a 786-acre piece of property located near Trenton that will open to hunters beginning Nov. 1, 2021, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Dade County is…
The Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast made its return Aug. 20-22 after a two-year hiatus thanks to the dreaded Coronavirus that had most hunting shows closed during 2020. Along with the Outdoor Blast’s return at a new venue—Lakepoint Sports Complex in Emerson—came the show’s first-ever turkey calling contest, the Yonah Invitational. “The event started as just an idea…
People attending the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast this August will have the chance to hear—and rub elbows with—some of the best competition turkey callers in the nation. The 1st annual Yonah Invitational, a sanctioned NWTF Grand National Qualifying event, will be held in the LakePoint Champions Center during the Blast. Outdoor writer Donald Devereaux Jarrett…
By Scott Barwick Susan Barwick and Heidi Rhodes co-own Kaleidoscope, a consignment shop for women in Thomasville. They have become best friends and have helped each other through life’s difficult situations. Their friendship is truly genuine. One day at the shop the topic of turkey hunting came up. Susan mentioned that she has hunted them…
By Shawn Lumsden The morning starts no different than any other morning in the turkey woods. My wife Chelsea and I wake up much earlier than need be, gather our gear, brew a pot of coffee and prepare for the morning hunt. We are beyond excited to begin the second weekend of Georgia’s 2019 spring…
What started as an unlucky run-in with COVID quickly turned into a Ware County hunt of a lifetime for Joey Wildes, of Waycross. “My wife and I had been in quarantine for 10 days, and though we were blessed to not have more serious symptoms, I hadn’t felt like hunting since the diagnosis,” said Joey.…
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…