I'm not in Georgia now... but lived there for 8 years and still have friends and relatives in South Georgia. The biggest surprise you're in for is HEAT and HUMIDITY. You aren't going to believe those summers.<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle> Land access is the toughest thing you'll run into. There are public areas but you have to scratch around to find seclusion like you have in the Northwest. In fact you won't find it. Everyone hunts. You're going to love not having those big steep hills to climb.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> SNAKES >.... SNAKES.... and more SNAKES. Deer size can vary greatly in a short geographical move. I belonged to 3 clubs at one time there. One was BIG deer, one was much smaller deer with a 25 mile difference. The third club had the smallest and was 60 miles away(but it had the numbers and seclusion) My one club was near the Flint River where many 200 pounders were taken(dressed weight). The club with the numbers, the biggest deer EVER taken the 4 years I was in the club was 160. Dove hunting is great but you have to become friends with a farmer. They value their privacy and getting on their land is reserved for friends. The paper companies lease a lot of land but the prices have skyrocketed. You have to get in with a club to gain access to the better spots. You'll find the average Georgia boy is a free spirit and does what he wants when it comes to hunting and shooting. If he wants it he'll shoot it. Don't even attempt to out dual your average Georgia boy on a dove shoot. Most have been whacking them since they were youngsters. It's been my observation that most of them don't know what a bag limit is on a dove hunt.
I was fortunate to get in with some locals and loved my Georgia hunting. I hated the heat, snakes, chiggers and No-seeums. The Georgia boys will tell you they only bother Yankees. I think I was their token Yankee.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>