GON’s Quail Special

Crisp, bitingly cold January air greets you as you step into the field. The tinkle and chime of bells on the dogs’ collars ring as the pointers leap from the dog boxes, whining, eager to hunt. Shotgun shells slip into break-actions and autoloaders, and the quail hunt is under way. The pair of pointers surge though the grass, searching for scent—then they lock down, one behind the other, tails rigid, with a fixed, bird-dog-serious stare into a clump of grass and briars. The dog handler steps forward.

“They’ll likely break toward the pines,” he warns as you bring your shotgun to port arms.

Then, in a flurry of brown wings, the covey flushes, and brown-and-white bobwhite whirr into the air. In moments, with the acrid smell of gunpowder in the air, a dog delivers your prize to your hand.

Not so long ago, Georgia was considered the quail capital of the world, with scenes like this repainted thousands of times each season. Then with changes in agricultural practices and land use, the wild bobwhite faded from the hunting scene. The opportunity for quail hunting—of days spent afield behind a brace of hard-working pointers and plenty of quail is still alive and well and as close as these pages.

GON’s online Quail Special is a list of some of the state’s plantation quail operations. Hunts are offered that vary from fully catered, five-star affairs to folks with great land and birds and an opportunity for you to work your own dogs.

The following lists feature businesses across the state to help you plan the perfect quail hunt. Find a plantation that fits your needs or contact a breeder to supply birds for your own shoot.

If you know a quail planation that needs to be added to the list, please e-mail GON at [email protected]. Include county, name of planation, address, phone number, website and whether or not the following is offered: Guided hunts, non-guided hunts, bird dogs, whether customers can bring their own bird dogs and lodging.

BULLOCH COUNTY
Red Fern Plantation
1640 Red Fern Lane, Statesboro
(912) 531-2482
www.redfernplantation.com
Guides and dogs provided, lodging available, and customers can bring their own dogs with a guide.

BURKE COUNTY
Quail Run Shooting Preserve
1408 Stoney Bluff Rd, Girard
(478) 569-9235, (478) 569-9404
Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

CAMDEN COUNTY
The Lodge at Cabin Bluff
P.O. Box 999, Woodbine
(912) 729-5960
www.seaisland.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided.

CATOOSA COUNTY
Triple “S” Quail Farm
430 Catoosa Pkwy, Tunnel Hill
(877) 709-9667
www.triplesquailfarm.com
Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

Pine Ridge Hunting Plantation
1951 Edison Hwy, Fort Gaines
(229) 942-0350
www.pineridgehunting.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

COLQUITT COUNTY
Ashburn Hill Plantation
1172 Lower Meigs Rd, Moultrie
(229) 985-5069
www.ashburnhillplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

Quailridge Plantation
P.O. Box 155, Norman Park
(229) 891-7679
www.quailridgeplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

COOK COUNTY
Live Oak Plantation
675 Plantation Rd, Adel
(800) 682-4868
www.huntliveoak.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

DECATUR COUNTY
SouthWind Plantation
Whigham Dairy Rd, Bainbridge
(800) 456-5208
www.huntsouthwind.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

DODGE COUNTY
McCranie Quail Plantation
2662 Chauncey-Rhine Hwy, Eastman
(478) 374-7293
www.mccranieplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

DOUGHERTY COUNTY
Wynfield Plantation
5030 Leary Rd, Albany
(229) 889-0193
www.wynfieldplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

EARLY COUNTY
Quail Country Plantation
1134 Quail Country Rd, Arlington
(866) 59-QUAIL
www.quailcountry.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

EMANUEL COUNTY
Beaver Creek Plantation
3698 Highway 80 east, Twin City
(478) 763-2920
www.beavercreekplantation.com

GORDON COUNTY
Cedar Hill Lake Retreat
948 Liberty Rd SW, Calhoun
(770) 548-2999
www.cedarhilllake.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

HANCOCK COUNTY
Cherry Hill Hunting Preserve
1576 Covey Rise Rd, Sparta
(706) 444-7110
www.letshunt.net
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

Old Hudson Plantation
299 Skeet Lane, Sparta
(706) 467-9345
www.oldhudsonplantation.com
Guides and dogs are provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
Branhill Plantation
146 Town Creek Rd, Denton
(912) 389-8970
www.branhillplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

JENKINS COUNTY
Hanging Rocks Plantation
1012 Hwy 23 N, Millen
(478) 494-4406
www.hangingrocksplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

LIBERTY COUNTY
Dorchester Shooting Preserve
1174 Dorchester Village Rd, Midway
(912) 884-6999
www.huntdsp.com
Lodging available. Gudies and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

LUMPKIN COUNTY
Etowah Valley Game Preserve
120 Leon Jones Rd, Dawsonville
(678) 410-0983
www.etowahvalleygamepreserve.com
Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

MERIWETHER COUNTY
Big Red Oak Plantation
P.O. Box 247, Gay
(706) 538-6870
www.bigredoakplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

MITCHELL COUNTY
Rio Piedra Plantation
5749 Turkey Rd, Camilla
(229) 336-1677
www.riopiedraplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

Riverview Plantation
11991 Riverview Rd, Camilla
(229) 294-4904
www.riverviewplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided.

MORGAN COUNTY
Burnt Pine Plantation
1161 Blackwell Rd, Newborn
(706) 557-0407
www.burntpine.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

SEMINOLE COUNTY
Pine Hill Plantation
2537 Hwy 253, Donalsonville
(229) 758-2464
www.pinehillplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

TERRELL COUNTY
Piney Creek Plantation
8150 Jones Mill Rd, Dawson
(229) 317-3624
www.pineycreekplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with or without a guide.

TOOMBS COUNTY
RoseAllen Plantation
178 North Hamilton St, Lyons
(912) 293-5014
www.roseallenplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

TURNER COUNTY
Little River Plantation
P.O. Box 281, Ashburn
(229) 567-3584
www.littleriverga.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

Red Pebble Plantation
10728 Hwy 159 N, Rebecca
(229) 643-1888
www.redpebbleplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided.

WASHINGTON COUNTY
Cannery Road Kennels and Guided Hunts
1139 Holmes Cannery Rd, Tennille
(478) 232-5928
Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

WILKINSON COUNTY
Black Creek Plantation
690 Carl Smith Rd, McIntyre
(478) 387-5650
www.blackcreekplantation.com
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

WORTH COUNTY
Ochlocknee Plantation
P.O. Box 423, Sylvester
(229) 776-1122
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide.

Samara Plantation
P.O. Box 356, Norman Park
(229) 776-3994
Samaria Plantation’s Website
Lodging available. Guides and dogs provided, or customers can hunt their own dogs with a guide and, on a limited basis, without a guide.