Homochitto National Forest Turkey Hunting

I used to hunt it a good bit when my cousin was living there. The last time I turkey hunted there was in 2009. Depending on where you are at (how big the bottoms are and such) it can be hard to pinpoint where the turkey is coming from and the gobbler may not want to cross some of them. I remember hunting near the homochitto river and off of applewhite road and around the shucktown road area.

My uncle always tells the story of me shooting at a gobbler in a tree 4 times with a .410 when I was 8 or so. The damn bird just sat there.

Yeah, a lot of Mississippi folks will give you shite for being there but most of it is good natured. They do have some legit arse holes who will throw tacks and key your car. They forget that out of state license fees generate about 70% of their conservation revenue.

A ton of the Mississippi folks who bitch about coon arse hunters are the ones who drive around shooting turkey off of the roads.

My uncle killed a turkey or two their every year but hasn't hunted it the last few years. He hunted near our old family land in Gloster, MS. Another buddy deer hunts in there and he hasn't run across any issues with the locals. 20 years ago, a buddy of my dad's deer hunted it a bunch out of our camp and never had any issues. I am sure there are some local jerks running around out there, but they aren't the norm.

Contact Dave Chabreck. I think he's still a ranger in Meadville. Good guy. His dad was a forestry professor at LSU.

The one time I hunted it I came back to deflated tires. (removed valves) Although that was during deer season so maybe that makes a difference.

I lived in Brookahven for a couple of years during high school. I turkey hunted Homochitto a few times. I was new to turkey hunting. I didn't kill any, but I heard and saw a few. Never had any issues with anybody, but I did have MS tags. I haven't been over there since the early/mid 90's.