I'm from Oxford, right down the road from the Talladega NF and it's got really good hunting......if youcan put up withclimbing huge steep hills. The deeper in there you get the better. Most people just park off the road and walk up on the side of a hill and hunt, so if you get way back in there you have a good chance of seeing some very nice deer.A kid killed a 24 point non-typical beast up there last year.