New to the area - Want to hunt

[Stigz115]

This might be a little odd, but I'm new to GA by way of NYC. Been here about 2 years, and wanted to go hunting, but don't know much about where to go. Need some advice on public WMA's i could perhaps bag a boar at. I have an ar15 and shotty - odds are i would need a 12ga with slugs to take down a boar. Excuse the city boys ignorance, but any advice on where i could bag a pig would be great. I'm in Gwinnett.

 

[YOTESHOOTER]

Depends on what area you live as to the closest WMA to you ,you can look that up, or call the DNR they can give information
to help answer your questions.

WSB, stands for welcome south brother, there is a radio station in Atlanta, with those call letters too.

Welcome to the great ODT, where the adventure is worth the cruise....

 

[awoods]

Here's the link to the hog fourm on GON (Georgia Outdoor News:http://forum.gon.com/forumdisplay.php?f=137. Lot of info here. I would suggest a subscription to the magazine...its all thinks hunting / fishing in GA.

There are a lot of hogs in central / south ga river bottoms, I'd give you the locations but can't reveal my duck holes.

One thing about public / WMA hunting, there is plenty of game but requires a lot of scouting to be successful. I would join a hunting club that has hogs on property-that would increase your odds. There are hundreds of them that range $400-3,000 per year. Here's a link for clubs that need members:http://forum.gon.com/forumdisplay.php?f=100

Good luck and let me know if you have more specific questions.

 

[Lineman73]

Ya want a pig? Here, pick one!!!! These were shot in Wilkes County, Georgia!! The big one died of a terminal nose bleed!!!

It is early enough in the year to find a hunting club to join. Look on this forum for club openings at the top of the Hunting Chat sub-forum. See the heading "Hunting Clubs & Land" <-----Or click here!!
If you are bound and determined to hunt a WMA, check out Charlie Elliot WMA, south of Monroe, Ga on Hwy 11 (near Mansfield). Not a bad drive from Gwinnett.

BTW. your AR will work on pigs. Just go with the Winchester Razorback loading. It will take care of Porky's dumb behind!!!

 

[militaryrednek]

i hunted the Redlands last year (lake oconee wma), mainly because i could go whenever i wanted. no damn quota hunt thing to deal with. did not see one deer/hog in the woods. oh, i saw plenty of deer on the side of the road there and back, but not one in the woods lol!!! Charlie Elliot is quota for their hunts.


and on one day i was headed to a spot i found, someone beat me to it. so i sat a few hundred yards away on the other side of a hill overlooking a small field.....and of course...right after sunlight i hear that sum bitch shoot!!! heard the deer run in front of me then away.....i just packed up and left at 8am...was so damn pissed haha!!! but, such is public land hunting. hey, at least i didnt get shot out there!!

 

[Lineman73]

i hunted the Redlands last year (lake oconee wma), mainly because i could go whenever i wanted. no damn quota hunt thing to deal with. did not see one deer/hog in the woods. oh, i saw plenty of deer on the side of the road there and back, but not one in the woods lol!!! Charlie Elliot is quota for their hunts.


and on one day i was headed to a spot i found, someone beat me to it. so i sat a few hundred yards away on the other side of a hill overlooking a small field.....and of course...right after sunlight i hear that sum ***** shoot!!! heard the deer run in front of me then away.....i just packed up and left at 8am...was so damn pissed haha!!! but, such is public land hunting. hey, at least i didnt get shot out there!!

I hunted public land for 20 years and learned to hate it. I have not set foot on public land since 1993 and have no intention of ever doing so again. I have been in the same club for 22 years now. I like knowing who I'm hunting with and where they are. I feel much safer that way. I have only once been skunked in 22 years. Most years I take at least 3 deer. Two of them, I turn into jerky. I have to supply enough jerky for me, my son and now my grandson, who just turned one (he loves venison jerky!!)!!! The thought of a one year old eating jerky makes my wife cringe!!! Get over it, Dear!!!

BTW, thanks for your service to the country. I've got a soft spot for soldiers!!! My son is one!! He is a SSGT in the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, stationed at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii! Before that, He was with the 1st Stryker Combat Team out of Ft Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska. He has been deployed to the "Desert Resort" and to the "Mountain Resort". He may have dumped off prisoners on you. His squad helped clean the insurgents out of Baquba and Mosul, in Iraq and in the Kandahar area in Afghanistan.

 

[militaryrednek]

I hunted public land for 20 years and learned to hate it. I have not set foot on public land since 1993 and have no intention of ever doing so again. I have been in the same club for 22 years now. I like knowing who I'm hunting with and where they are. I feel much safer that way. I have only once been skunked in 22 years. Most years I take at least 3 deer. Two of them, I turn into jerky. I have to supply enough jerky for me, my son and now my grandson, who just turned one (he loves venison jerky!!)!!! The thought of a one year old eating jerky makes my wife cringe!!! Get over it, Dear!!!

BTW, thanks for your service to the country. I've got a soft spot for soldiers!!! My son is one!! He is a SSGT in the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, stationed at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii! Before that, He was with the 1st Stryker Combat Team out of Ft Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska. He has been deployed to the "Desert Resort" and to the "Mountain Resort". He may have dumped off prisoners on you. His squad helped clean the insurgents out of Baquba and Mosul, in Iraq and in the Kandahar area in Afghanistan.

ya, wish i had the extra moola to get in on a lease. all the land i used to hunt through friends of my dad lost it when the housing market crashed (they were in construction). i mainly go to hunt to have a nice nap in the woods lol, getting a deer would be a bonus to me.


nice, i was at schofield for awhile also. oh no, i never did any of the prison/detainee crap thank god. those people are freaking disgusting. i know people that have, and they had to wear full body suits and face shields because when they walked the cells to count them or anything they would throw their **** and piss at them. glad i never did that.

 

[Lineman73]

i hunted the Redlands last year (lake oconee wma), mainly because i could go whenever i wanted. no damn quota hunt thing to deal with. did not see one deer/hog in the woods. oh, i saw plenty of deer on the side of the road there and back, but not one in the woods lol!!! Charlie Elliot is quota for their hunts.


and on one day i was headed to a spot i found, someone beat me to it. so i sat a few hundred yards away on the other side of a hill overlooking a small field.....and of course...right after sunlight i hear that sum ***** shoot!!! heard the deer run in front of me then away.....i just packed up and left at 8am...was so damn pissed haha!!! but, such is public land hunting. hey, at least i didnt get shot out there!!

Oh, by the way, the deer you saw splattered all over I-20 on the way to the Redlands were courtesy of some Georgia DOT idiot that thought it was a good idea to plant Crimson Clover in the medians. It attracts the deer like a magnet. That DOT guy must have a brother-in-law that owns a body shop!!!! Last year, on the way to opening of firearms season in Wilkes County, I counted 27 dead deer between Madison and the Warrenton exit!!! That is almost a deer per mile!!! WOW!!!

The fun ones are the ones that step out in front of an 18 wheeler. Those drivers will not swerve or slam on the breaks to miss a deer. They just center him and keep on truckin'!!! Then it rolls under the truck and keeps bouncing around til it gets spewed out the back. It leaves a trail of blood, entrails and assorted deer parts covering at least a 1/4 of a mile. My son and I refer to it as a "Waffle House deer"........Scattered, Smothered and Covered!!!

 

[Lineman73]

This might be a little odd, but I'm new to GA by way of NYC. Been here about 2 years, and wanted to go hunting, but don't know much about where to go. Need some advice on public WMA's i could perhaps bag a boar at. I have an ar15 and shotty - odds are i would need a 12ga with slugs to take down a boar. Excuse the city boys ignorance, but any advice on where i could bag a pig would be great. I'm in Gwinnett.

Here is another choice for you to check into. Check out the following web site. They handle property lease arrangements for hunting clubs in Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Go to: http://www.legacywildlife.com, and then click on: Legacy Clubs Looking For Members (PDF)

 

[MRH]

The Hannahatchee WMA is the best kept secret for hog hunting in Georgia. Sign in and hunt. We have been several times late in the deer season and bagged a slew of hogs. I've seen one other hunter in all the times I've been there. It was always late deer season, though.

http://www.georgiawildlife.org/node/2161