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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.
A trip to Nashville to compete in the NWTF Grand Nationals will be on the line as the 2nd annual Yonah Invitational turkey-calling competition takes place at the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast on Saturday, July 30. Outdoor writer Donald Devereaux Jarrett and John Browning, of Pistol Creek Game Calls, are once again organizing the event…
Written By 7-year-old Audrey Cole I was going hunting and camping at the same time, and I was so excited because I knew I was going to kill a big turkey. So we started unpacking, and it was really chilly, so I just sat in the truck. After that, we went to a Mexican restaurant,…
Donnie Findley recently sent GON a picture we’ve never seen before: a gobbler with side-by-side double beards. Although multi-bearded turkeys are fairly common, the beards have always run down the breast, not across. “I got the turkey April 22 in Wilkes County,” said Donnie. “I think the beards are rather unique, they are both 11…
By Rickey Thomas The meaning of “On a Wing and A Prayer” means we set out to succeed, despite not being fully prepared for it. This expression pretty much sums up my 2022 Turkey Season. I started with a quota hunt in the pristine woods of the Gaither WMA. I first visited Gaither in 2020…
If allowing mature gobblers more time to breed hens before hunters get involved in the equation will result in more baby turkeys, poult counts should rebound this summer. The season started April 2—13 days later than the 2021 opener—and public land didn’t open until April 9. Then throw in some tough hunting conditions once the…
Citing the concerning decline in wild turkey populations across Georgia, state legislators passed House Bill 1147 that would allow year-round hunting and trapping of raccoons and opossums. The bill was approved by the Georgia State House with a 141-17 vote, and it passed the State Senate by a 44-10 vote. The legislation is now awaiting…
For me, every turkey season opener since 1987 has begun with my friend, Captain John S. Noell. I met John in 1983 when his Athens law firm offered me a clerkship during my first year of law school. After graduation I was employed as an associate attorney and later as a partner. John and I…
Spring isn’t just for wildflowers and pollen—it’s also a time to hear wild turkeys gobble across Georgia and much of the Southeast. That telltale chortle is also a signal that turkey hunting season is about to open, although changes to Georgia’s state regulations kept hunters on standby for several weeks longer this year. But the…
Hunting With Grandaddy By Sammy West It was a clear, crisp, spring morning. Me, my grandfather and my dad knew the birds were going to be on fire. We had come to the decision that me and Grandaddy would go to the far side of the food plot close to the river where the birds…
Finally scoring on a wily old gobbler after months and maybe even years of frustrating chase is one of the most fulfilling accomplishments in hunting. Of course, taking one of Georgia’s top all-time turkeys that you had no idea existed, and doing it without much preparation, can be quite exciting, too. One Georgia turkey hunter…
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…