I will be spending multiple weekends in the Dothan/ Ozark area during turkey season. As I am not from around there ( live in B'ham) are there any places (not hunting lodges) where i can go hunt several mornings?

Google Alabama wmas.

On another note, id tell whoever was trying to make me spend every weekend in turkey season down there to kiss my ass. Work, woman, wouldn't matter.

Good advice, but I think I will save that on this one.....she's my wife and I want to keep her! only get to see her about every 2 weeks due to being temporarily in separate cities. Just hoping I can get to different types of birds in one trip 😎

I am hoping one of her coworkers or bosses have some land that they will let me hunt

If I had somewhere to go this year I would gladly take you one weekend.

I may can help you out depending on how many turkeys are on one of my places. wouldn't mind making a new frand

If you’re around Ozark, I’d go talk to Mr. Thompson. He owns the feed store right next to Carrol Hs. I haven’t seen him in years, but he used to let me duck hunt on a few of his places, and I’m sure he’d help you out as long as you didn’t wear out your welcome. Goodluck

TM thank you for the offer! I may take you up on it! My wife lives there right now until the fall and then she will move up here. So we split our time back and forth and I would absolutely love to hunt down there!

BC I will ask my father in law to point me to the feed store so I can talk with Mr Thompson! My wife's family live in the land of Oz!

they say there use to be a bunch of birds on ft rucker. Dont know for myself . Might not have time to jump through all their hoops. Think you gotta have hunter education card. Might be worth checking into. Never been hunting out there myself.

Never been there myself however I did have a buddy try to go turkey hunting out there. When he registered his gun, they wrote the serial number down wrong and tried to take his gun away because it came back stolen. Was a real mess. That turned me off of trying after that incident.

yea it's a pain in the ass to hunt on rucker, you have to call in when your entering the property, register your gun, and call out when you leaving, however that deters lots of people from going, especially during the week

If I could go during the week id try it however the job wouldn't allow for it. Don't have anywhere to go and still don't wanna have to deal with the crap

Well maybe if it is difficult, that can work to my advantage.

Go on the internet and buy your permit. Go to their outdoor rec site and download their firearm registration you have to take that to the M and P station before you ever bring a gun on post. You log in and out through the website Isportsman. Supposedly it’s not always up to date as the call line so that’s why you call to see which training area is open. Prior to all of those you will need to get a visitors pass.

Then before you can hunt you must go to the outdoor rec post and get your identification card. You must place this on the driver side dash board and write down which TA you are hunting in at the time. If you kill a turkey, there are two stations one for the areas above hwy 27 the other for below which you record the weight and statistics of each.

Good luck hunting!

You are not far from Barbour co wma and there is a forever wild tract south of troy

Make sure you hit Webbs 231 BBQ

Thanks for the great info and for the secret bbq spot!!