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Giles Island

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United States

Louisiana

449 Old River Boat Camp Road Ferriday

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Широта: 31.608448

Долгота: -91.516324

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(877) 944-5374

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English

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jimmy@gilesisland.com

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Giles Island is a place of legend and drama, a canvas for history and fame. Once a working plantation on the north bluff of Natchez, today the land at Giles Island is a Mississippi hardwood bottom, lush and full of wildlife.

Centuries ago, the famous Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto discovered the Mississippi River north of Natchez. Soon afterward, he was buried in the great river. Giles Island has also been the site of many historic events since the early nineteenth century. Men from Natchez would gather there to settle their arguments at twelve paces.

During this era of the island, Jim Bowie made himself, and his world renowned knife, famous. The savage duel that ensued would be written in history as ‘The Sandbar Fight.’ After the duel, the knife was copied by a blacksmith from Natchez, reproduced in England, and is now one of the world’s best known weapons.

In 1933, the Corps of Engineers dredged the Giles cutoff, separating the land from the main land of Mississippi, creating what is now the hunter’s paradise of Giles Island.

Looking Towards the Future

Steeped in the heritage of the Deep South, Giles Island is the perfect destination for your fair chase trophy whitetail hunt. The island supports a deer population of over 1,000, with a buck-to-doe ratio of one to one. An intense focus on wildlife management contributes to the quality of our trophy bucks on Giles Island. The average buck weight is 200 pounds, with some bucks weighing in at 280 pounds. The average trophy score on Giles Island ranges in the mid 140’s, with several bucks scoring over 170 inches.

With a total acreage of 9,400 and located only 15 minutes from Natchez, Mississippi, Giles Island is the perfect hunter’s retreat. Giles Island offers a variety of hunting scenarios, from dense thickets to wide open fields. In addition to deer hunting, Giles Island offers turkey hunting, alligator hunting, and white perch and bass fishing.