Your Connection To an Alabama Black Belt Adventure

January rut openings-Jan 12-18 Click Here to book!!

♦ Deer hunt the November season opener! 3 slots left Click Here

♦ Tired of hunting a good lease that takes up so much time and money for work days and food plots. We've done all the work. Come hunt with us.

♦ Corporate Quail Memberships available for 2010 ! Includes 5 free quail hunts. $3,500 Click Here

Alabama's "Trophy Black Belt"

Located in the heart of Alabama's "Trophy Black Belt", Southern Sportsman Hunting Lodge offers the best outdoor recreational experiences possible.

Experience the thrill of a covey of quail rising beneath you, sharpen your shooting skills with sporting clays, listen to the first gobble of the morning in the spring woods, or the anticipation of a whitetail buck as you hear his steady approach to your stand.

Plan a hunt now with your family and friends, a corporate retreat for your best clients and co-workers, or just come and get away from it all.

One thing for sure, we understand how to make your trip an enjoyable one.

Michael Waddell with a 2008 spring gobbler

Realtree Roadtrips Turkey Hunt

Bob Walker, Paul Butski, and Michael Waddell on a successful 2008 Deer hunt

Bob Walker (Walkers Game Ears), Paul Butski,(Butski's Game Calls), and Michael Waddell(The Bone Collector) on a successful 2008 deer hunt !!

Our Customers Speak Volumes !!!

Southern Sportsman Hunting Lodge has attracted serious and professional hunters and outdoor authorities including Michael Waddell, Jackie Bushman, Paul Butski, Billy Macoy, Barry Wensel, Ben Rogers Lee, Dick Kirby, Pete Shepley, Bo Jackson, and Dale Earnheart just to name a few. We are the preferred location for many hunting videos on the market today.

Great hunting, exceptional southern style cooking, outstanding lodge and facilities, corporate conference room w seating for 100, archery and rifle ranges, experienced guides, and plenty of good ol southern hospitality make Southern Sportsman your connection to superior outdoor recreation !!!

A few pictures from our 2009/2010 season!!


153" main frame 10 with 3 kickers!!! Congrats on an awesome buck!!!	Dean w/ a great AL Black Belt 9 pt scoring in mid140s	A January father and son hunt yielded this 7 pt.	Mr Charlie's 3rd 8pt for his short stay with us!!!	Young Mike Lonuzzi Jr.with his first racked buck.


Jason's first longbeard for 2010 season	A true double bearded gobbler! 2010 season	Mike Lonuzzi's 2010 bird slipped in to the wrong hen	The headless strutter was caught on a game camera. Neat picture!!

If you have questions about our hunts or openings please Click Here to email us.We will do our best to reply asap.

Purchase your hunting license online or see state game limits and laws at www.outdooralabama.com

Land for Sale!! Buy or lease land/real estate right here in the Alabama Black Belt at www.lyonproperties.com

A few Testimonials from past clients

Dear Dave and Jim,
I have been in the service business all of my life and have always tried to keep my customers experience a great one. It is nice to see when I spend my money that a company like yours reciprocates!! I have been to your lodge four times and have not been disapppointed but simply delighted. The "experience" should be the main focus of anyone seeking an outfitter, for if you take away the experience then your just a "meat hunter" and you should stay home and go to your local market.
I would highly recommend the Southern Sportsman Lodge to anyone seeking that "ideal experience", Great home cooked food, concerned, safe and understanding guides, clean comfortable lodging and all at a very "High value" for your dollar!!
Gentlemen, Thank you for all you do and please keep up the good work, I would like to be one of those older gentlemen that keeps coming back for some of your "Good Southern Hospitality"
Your Friend
Bill Owens

"To anyone considering a “classic” southern style turkey hunt, look no further. Dave and Jim are outstanding hosts!
The property provides a wide range of diverse locations in which to hunt. The guides are knowledgeable of the area and strive to provide you with the kind of hunt that you want. The accommodations are comfortable, the food delicious, and most important the people are fantastic. Everyone went out of their way to see to it that we (and our non-hunting wives) had a great visit, and they were successful! Looking forward to a return trip."

Glen Marrer- Finger Lakes Custom Calls

"I have been coming for many years and always have a great time. However, this year was extra special for me. I took 3 eight points in 4 days of hunting!!! Thanks for the great hunts guys!

Charlie Raineri, New York