Hogs and Bears in Cohutta Wilderness Georgia - w/more pics

[OconeeDan]

I can't be there next month, but will sure enough plan to be there in Sept. !
Dan

[Plumbob]

There just ain't enough Septembers in a year! lol

[JC]

Rob, one of these Septembers I hope to be trackin them bugle boys with you....and hope you get to come chase hogs and deer here with me.

[PhilFloyd]

Where can a feller get some maps of this place???

[PeteTschantz]

gohuntgeorgia.com has a pdf map...

[Curtiss Cardinal]

I will make it down this September, Lord willing.

[Plumbob]

JC , lookin forward to it!

[PeteTschantz]

Does anybody have lat/lon for the campground you guys are going to be at? I'd love to be able to meet you.

[gobbler10ga]

Pete dont think we know yet if snow we will be high if not low
high up around Bald Mtn low probably meet over by Connasauga and Jacks River at Cottonwood patch campground
What yall think Terry and J.C.

[PeteTschantz]

Thanks gobbler10ga, Is the cottonwood patch campground on the eastern side? I can't find it on any maps.... My buddy has only been on the western side of the WMA.

[gobbler10ga]

its on the west side if you see the check in station on the map its past it on the rd from cisco its where east cowpen rd is. up near jacks river

[PeteTschantz]

Thanks gobbler10ga, I think we'll be able to find it now.

Pete

[spotteddog]

Just to let you guys know tried to go in to Cohutta from the blueridge side this weekend and the gates up at the Jacks river fields campground. and also heard it was up at potatopatch. Did not even open them for the hunt that started Friday dnr said they and some more were closed the rest of the winter

[gobbler10ga]

I will make a call before the hunt and find out.they shouldnt be on the west side

[Izzy]

HEY ISNT THAT WHERE THEY SHOT DELIVERANCE?

[OconeeDan]

Deliverance was on the Chatooga River, on the GA/SC border.  Another nice place.  
Dan

[Terry Green]

I'd rather they keep the gates locked.

[gobbler10ga]

Just got a report on some hog sign.
Hey Terry I want to chase them hogs that drop them dollar bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Terry Green]

Yeah......less people, less vehicle traffic, less noise, less disturbance.

A good friend of mine, Doug Johnson, and I were working an area pretty hard for 3 years that was on the Management Area....we saw bears every bow season...and every year we saw more hogs.

Now you gotta remember, we saw more hogs the 3 weeks before bow season opened cause we were on the move scouting than when we were set up on bears.  But the sitings and sign doubled from the 1st year, and then doubled again the from the 2nd year.

Now in 2006 'they' decided to grade the road a month before the season and replace some old culverts.......the area was null and void of hogs and sign.

See, them critters are in there ALL year with the gates only opened for 1 week during gun season.  So, the roads aren't considered 'cautious' till the gates open up.  They might still cross the road....but they are much less likely to mill around near the road, or use the road for travel.

Opening up the gate an allowing people to just drive in and hunt...or just drive in and turn around displaces them for a bit.  This usually happens only during gun season....but now they are having these 'special' gun hunts for hogs so they will get displaced again.  These animals aren't use to being bothered, vehicle noise on these closed roads, and over trampling...so they just leave the area all together cause they got so much acerage.

For years they had a small game season that opened August 1st...but they didn't allow you to kill hogs(go figure), but they did allow it this year, but we didn't get to scout at all due to being too busy with all the rest of our lives.

All the gates that get opened are on the Management Area....not the Wilderness.

Again, if anyone wants to hunt this beautiful area, there will be an annual TBG hunt bout the 3rd weekend in Sept for bear, deer, and hogs.

[Terry Green]

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