APPALACHIAN DESTINATIONS

These eight areas encompass millions of acres of public land open to turkey hunters.

GEORGE WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON NATIONAL FORESTS Together, these two adjacent national forests include more than 1.8 million acres in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. In Virginia’s northern reaches, Fredericksburg makes a good base for hunting operations, as does Harrisonburg farther south. In the lower reaches, Roanoke and Abingdon lie close to the forests. On the West Virginia side of the Appalachians, towns that make good bases are Franklin in Pendleton County, Moorefield in Hardy County and Romney in Hampshire County. “There’s so much public land in the GWJNF that it’s easier than many hunters might think to get away from the crowds,” says Mike Dye, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources biologist. CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST AND PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST The Cherokee and Pisgah national forests span the Tennessee and North Carolina…

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