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Deer and Turkey heaven!16 miles NE of Blakely, ~30 miles SW of Albany in Calhoun county.
Deer and Turkey heaven!16 miles NE of Blakely, ~30 miles SW of Albany in Calhoun county.
Deer and Turkey heaven!
Yep. Where in the he!! is Arlington?
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I still have two wild coveys on the farm, off limits to everyone including me. Very few hogs here but they are coming. Turkeys are all I could ever ask for and my freezer always has plenty of deer.Most deer on any property I have had access too. Lots of hogs and I have seen a few turkeys, too.
Bonus is listening to quail whistle in the mornings and evenings.
Then you know where the farm is, between Collinsville and Sandrock-Leesburg. I hunted Little Coon Hollow some up around Stevenson in Jackson County but much prefer Lookout Mtn and Cherokee Co. The Dekalb and Cherokee couty line runs through the farm.I hunted in Jackson county when I lived in Albertville, AL back in the mid 90's, never managed to kill a deer there.
Fine Buck, congrats!Pretty good Thanksgiving weekend at the deer camp.
I got a nice 8 point. One of my fellow hunters got a giant 6 point.
I always love to hear my owls... right in those moments the light is waning and it is otherwise stone cold silent, because, well, the animal kingdom knows it's a dangerous time.Most deer on any property I have had access too. Lots of hogs and I have seen a few turkeys, too.
Bonus is listening to quail whistle in the mornings and evenings.
An owl hoot will make a wild turkey gooble off the roost. One can then position himself better before daylight and possibly call him in.I always love to hear my owls... right in those moments the light is waning and it is otherwise stone cold silent, because, well, the animal kingdom knows it's a dangerous time.
As I am not a hunter, these are the hunting tidbits I find most fascinating. (I grew up in an urban environment where the biggest wild mammal was probably a possum and the biggest bird was a grackle - though as the nearby river has become much cleaner over the years, big birds like eagles are now more common.)An owl hoot will make a wild turkey gooble off the roost. One can then position himself better before daylight and possibly call him in.
As I am not a hunter, these are the hunting tidbits I find most fascinating. (I grew up in an urban environment where the biggest wild mammal was probably a possum and the biggest bird was a grackle - though as the nearby river has become much cleaner over the years, big birds like eagles are now more common.)
Forgive this question if it’s a dumb one, but will an owl go after a turkey? I always figured they were too big for an owl. If not, why does the turkey get spooked.
An owl will not go after a mature turkey ( not sure about Great Horned). They will certainly go after young ones after the hatch until they grow large enough to make the energy expended more than the energy received when harvesting one. An eagle will go after any turkey. I have been a witness to it a few times and it's a treasured memory.As I am not a hunter, these are the hunting tidbits I find most fascinating. (I grew up in an urban environment where the biggest wild mammal was probably a possum and the biggest bird was a grackle - though as the nearby river has become much cleaner over the years, big birds like eagles are now more common.)
Forgive this question if it’s a dumb one, but will an owl go after a turkey? I always figured they were too big for an owl. If not, why does the turkey get spooked.