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On the hunt for McGraw Ford Georgia WMA

I had the pleasure this weekend of visiting the McGraw Ford Georgia WMA and found it to be a nice little Georgia WMA. The only thing I really didn’t like was the fact that there were literally no places to spend the night nearby. This whole Georgia WMA is only about two thousand two hundred acres, so it’s not a really big Georgia WMA. The roads on the Georgia DNR map were pretty accurate, however getting there from I-75 from Atlanta proved to be a chore. I put very specific directions on my enhanced WMA map of Georgia by clarifying some roads that didn’t have names, and also showed some of the food hot spots on my enhanced map.

One thing I liked was that the Etowah River runs right through this Georgia WMA, and there was very easy access and parking along the bridge across the Etowah River where hunters could park and walk along the Etowah River to locate good hunting. places. I ate at two different steakhouses while I was there, and one was okay, and one was amazing. I first ate at Two Brothers BBQ outside the Georgia WMA. I had a barbecue sandwich and was not very impressed. There were very few options on the menu to begin with, and you could only order minced pork, which I personally prefer sliced ​​pork, they bring your sandwich to you wrapped in thin paper and they don’t give you a plate to put it on. . The Brunswick stew was a porridge style, which I prefer more of a stew style rather than an actual porridge. I can say that Two Brothers BBQ had friendly staff and a nice atmosphere with hardwood floors and country collectibles lining the walls. You should know that they are only open on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from ten thirty in the morning to nine at night. They are closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The second BBQ place I found was a very small joint called Amos BBQ. Amos’ barbecue was to die for, the stew was perfect and the pork was so juicy. They had a huge menu of items to choose from, and most importantly for us hunters, they serve an amazingly amazing breakfast. They had a variety of fresh homemade biscuits including steak, chicken, tenderloin, hot link, sausage, bacon and gravy. The barbecue is truly smoked in a smoker and not exposed to open flames, so all of their meats had that great classic smoky flavor. I have to say that the prices were very reasonable. They have been there for five years and the owners name is Paul Johnson. Its opening hours are from Monday to Thursday from half past five in the morning to eight at night, and from Thursday to Saturday from half past five in the morning to nine at night. They are closed on Sundays and stop serving breakfast at half past ten in the morning, or until they sell out. the breakfast foods are gone.

I’ve put both barbecue spots on my Enhanced WMA Map of Georgia for future reference. Outside of these two BBQ joints, I didn’t find any other places to eat worth mentioning. I saw a little sandwich shop right in the middle of the small town, but it seemed very expensive. I walked in the door and saw a wine list with really expensive wines and sandwiches, turned around and walked out. It’s not my kind of place.

In closing, this WMA from Georgia made the perfect day trip for me, had breakfast at Amos’s BBQ, went out into the woods around nine o’clock, hunted until lunch, went to Two Brothers Pit BBQ for lunch, came back and hunted along the Etowah River for a few more hours, didn’t see anything though, it was a good hike with good views, and then I went and had dinner at Amos’s BBQ, and then called it a day. Overall this is a perfect place to get there early with good food and easy access to lots of hunting areas and I would give it a good rating from Georgia WMA I will definitely return to but no overnight facilities.

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