The diversity of landscapes and ecosystems is as wide-ranging as any found in the South. The terrain ranges from fifty foot limestone cliffs to river basin sandbars, interspersed with bottomland hardwoods, broad savannahs, cypress brakes, mesic thickets and upland pine and hardwood forests. Creeks and ponds support the wildlife and are managed to enhance the natural systems which populate the land.
While management efforts at Go Away concentrate on deer, duck, turkey and dove, we also possess a healthy population of rabbit and squirrel. We nurture and maintain a healthy habitat for upland game birds and our hunts are often augmented by pen-raised quail, chukar and pheasant.
The western border is defined by over four miles of Big Black River frontage, which penetrates the heart of the largest U.S. waterfowl migration route, the Mississippi Flyway. While the western side of the Flyway is heavily hunted, our eastern side is virtually untouched and harbors amazing duck populations during the seasonal migrations.
The history of the land is told through the relics and artifacts found on the property. Sand dollars formed in the Miocene Age some 5 million years ago. Arrowheads from the various Native American tribes who occupied the land for almost 12,000 years. Bullets, buttons and belt buckles from the Civil War when the land was strategic during the Battle of Vicksburg. Cisterns and a springtime bloom of daffodils from tenant farmers who lived here in that late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Go Away has, over the past 25 years, grown out of a love of the outdoors and unwavering vision of John Palmer. A pioneer in the telecommunications industry and former Ambassador to Portugal, Palmer is devoted to conservation of both the land and the wildlife of this rich and storied property. Less than an hour’s drive from Mississippi’s capitol city of Jackson and fifteen minutes from historic Vicksburg, the property is located in west Hinds County and is bordered by the Big Black River. Only thirteen miles from the Mississippi River, Go Away is strategically situated on the Mississippi Flyway, the largest waterfowl migration route in the country. The forests, cypress swamps and rich soil of the Big Black River bottom conspire to make this land a sportsman’s paradise.
