Originally Posted by Jstocks
Originally Posted by BamaGrad85
Just have to know the right people. No disrespect Jstock but southside has a ton of turkeys , granted I haven't hunted on that property in 5 years. Yes, turkey master size is in the eye of the beholder. Carney has 14" inside spread minimum and southside has 13" inside minimum. I have seen several 130-140"s come off both clubs every year. There's land to lease around Stockton. Hard to find and get but doable. Gotta meet people where they live and work. You might be surprised if you buy home goods from small farms in the area. It's worked for me.


I never stated that SouthSide didn’t have turkeys. I wouldn’t know, I’ve never hunted it.

What I did say was that a new member won’t be able to join for turkey hunting. Unless they’ve changed their policies, there’s a wait list for turkeys within the membership.

I have hunted large acreage of private property to the north of SouthSide. I’ve definitely hunted areas of the South that have less of a population of turkeys, but I can assure by my standards that the properties in this area aren’t “loaded” with turkeys.

But what the heck do I know?


Turkeymaster,

There are pockets of turkeys in Baldwin County. It is possible to get in leases where you may find populations to keep you busy for close by hunting. It will be somewhat difficult to find, and some places are hit or miss. This is not like the areas you are used to hunting.

Don’t listen to Teamduckdown. He probably knows less about deer than he does turkeys.
I grew just a couple miles down the road from the Southside property. The property used to be owned by Container. Just wanted to comment on the turkey hunting and population of turkeys on the Southside property. For decades there was absolutely no turkey hunting allowed on thousands of acres of the Container property that is now part of Southside. I am not a turkey hunter but I consider the turkey population to be high on Southside. I have seen anywhere from 70 to 80 turkeys just riding down the 12 mile long main road from Lottie to Tensaw. If I was a turkey hunter Southside would be a club I would consider. I would pass on joining Southside to deer hunt because of various factors including too much pressure from hunters, timber cutting all the time and during hunting season, adjoining dog huntings clubs that will have lost dogs roaming on Southside all during deer season, and allowing fox hunters and coyote hunters to run there dogs on property at night but this is not allowed during deer season. Southside property has a ton of potential for deer hunting but some of the issues just need to be addressed and eliminated to further the property’s potential.

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