It’s now turkey hunting season in georgia and north carolina along the AT, so any hikers unexpeirenced with hunters, guns and gunshots, don’t freak out if you see or hear hunters in the woods near the trail. lots of the trail in these two states is in prime hunting areas. I myself am planning a weekend hunt south of damascus soon. The myth of the “deliverance” hillbilly is really just myth, unless you go somewhere you know you shouldn’t be going anyway (private property that looks unfriendly). if you run into a hunter (when he’s not hunting!) he’ll probably stop and speak…we are all nature lovers, and many hunters (like myself) love the camping, walking and comaradery as much as the act of hunting…I myself love the trail and the people on it…
Big Dee