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BACK WOODS QUAIL CLUB REMAINS POPULAR DESTINATION
by Andrew Smith

Photography by Bobby Haven
Photography by Bobby Haven

or the last five decades, locals The preserve offers old-fashioned, The club’s closest competitors are
and visitors to the Hammock Southern-style quail, deer, pheasant roughly two hours away, which makes
FCoast have come to know Back and turkey hunting, as well as an array it the prime choice for residents and
Woods Quail Club as the area’s top of exciting and challenging clay target vacationers along the Hammock Coast.
location for hunting and sporting clays. shooting sports. Its mixed landscapes “There’s not a lot of people around
of fields, timber lands and wooded areas,
Don’t let the name fool you, though. who can do what we do,” Morris
While the club sits on nearly 16,000 combined with overnight lodging said. “We have a lot of folks who will
and on-site meals, make it the ideal
acres of the former Old Morrisville come down here when they get tired
Plantation, it’s no long, dusty back destination for groups of all types of vacationing at the beach for a week.
and sizes.
road to get there. The fully modern We may not see them for more than
operation has extensive amenities that According to the club’s general manager, one or two days at a time, but we
keep groups and individuals coming John Michael Morris, one of the biggest count on seeing them every year.”
back year after year. assets for Back Woods is its location. Back Woods Quail Club has plenty

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