RE: Moving to North Georgia
I tried to respond to this yesterday morning and the site went T/U just as I hit the submit button and I didn't have time to do it again at that time.
The maps mentioned are no longer available at the Dahlonega USFS Information center, you have to get them in Gainesville. There is a map available at Walmart of all the WMAs in North Georgia which is pretty good but doesn't have as much detail as far as contours is concerned. From Roswell, you are closer to the Dawson Forest WMA than anything else and that may be a good place to start for this year although it does get a lot more pressure (691 hunters checked in last week on 25,000 acres) than most of the others in the area. There is also Blue Ridge WMA just west of Dahlonega with 39000 acres of good hunting and not as much pressure, plus Coopers Creek, Chatahoochee, Dicks Creek and several others within a reasonable drive from Roswell. Send me a PM and I will be glad to help out with additional information. Good hunting and welcome to "Them Thar Hills"