:wave: Well I finally joined. I have been browsing since last spring. I'm a missouri hunter and see a lot of guys from the south are members.
Gonna spend a week chasing some pine tree gobblers down in Georgia this spring. My uncle is part of a 1200 acre deer club in North Georgia and only 1 other guy turkey hunts it. He already has it setup for me to come down and hunt it and hopefully put one in my 12 year old cousin's lap too. I am pretty pumped to go being as though my cousin was diagnosed with cancer when he was just 10 years old and fought like a champ for a year and a half to beat it. Anyhow, just wondering when the primetime to be down there would be. Any help would be appreciated I'd like to go before April 16th so I don't miss Missouri
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Welcome aboard. I hunt not to far from Bartow County. If I had only one week to pick I'd probably choose Around April 6th to start. But to be honest anytime should be pretty good.
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Welcome aboard. I hunt not to far from Bartow County. If I had only one week to pick I'd probably choose Around April 6th to start. But to be honest anytime should be pretty good.
Perfect. I have really enjoyed this site hopefully I can chime in with some cool pics from Georgia. excited for some new scenery
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Id come early. The last few seasons they have still been bunched up in fall flocks at the beginning of our season. You get 3 tags, why not fill them all. We usually have a lull that varies but runs smack dab in the middle of the season usually between 4/1 to 4/15. Its been good early 4 of the last 5 years. Last year was slow for some hot for others. Last year was the first in 6 years that I didnt score opening day.
You know how turkey season is, gobbling like mad down the road and silent at your place. You should do fine. Good luck.
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I hunt a little above you in North Ga. and I tend to favor the second half of the season, really from around April 15th on. Just seems like them gobblers are more ready to play up my way during that time with more hens going off to nest- but that is in the mountains and it may fall a little different in Bartow. Like Savduck said- hey it's turkey hunting and there is certainly no absolutes in this sport. Come on down and I think you'll be fine with whatever time frame you choose. Welcome and glad you decided to join. The folks here are great! :icon_thumright:
Welcome aboard and good luck in our great state. What Cove said is fairly accurate. Although I dont hunt I Bartow as I'm more in the piedmont region of the state I have felt the struggles early the last couple seasons then as Easter approaches I've had the birds turn on. But anytime you can be in the turkey woods is a good time. You said your uncle's club is in central Ga, any idea what county?
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There isn't a bad time to turkey hunt, but it seems like its always better a few days before I get there or the day after I leave. Good luck.
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You will be a true hero taking that kid. You will help create a memory he will never forget. Don't be surprise if you get Tom fever like you have never known trying to help a kid bag a gobbler.
Good luck and be sure to report back with whatever happens.
Thanks so much for all of the replies. I had a guy on another forum tell me not to worry about getting there too early. I would like to come down the week before Missouri's opener so that I can hunt my honey hole in Southeast Missouri on opening day on the way back home. Either way it is going to be a blast and my uncle and cousin are pumped. I bought him a slate call to practice on for Christmas and he is already driving his mom up the wall, which is expected. Here are a few Missouri birds from the last couple of years I'd figure I'd post.
I am confused by the reference to Bartow County and then to central GA, because Bartow is in NW GA on the I-75 corridor.
It was because I copied the post from another forum where I had originally posted the question prior to finding out the exact locale of where I'd be hunting. Sorry for any confusion
The earlier the better. Get here on the opener or that first week of April if I had to choose, the birds here seem to be ready for picking right from the starting gun. I hunt Bartow and all surrounding counties, if you have any problems getting in front of birds drop me a line. You're gonna like Georgia. ;)