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Post by hornharvester on Feb 9, 2011 17:32:49 GMT -5
I was in Florida last weekend hog hunting and Friday evening while sitting on stand a gobbler started gobbling his head off. Talk about getting your blood pressure up! On Saturday we were riding around on the swamp buggy and I saw a group of hens that had about 20 in it, all Osceola. My friends want me to come back next month and hunt turkeys with them. Not sure Im going but might....decisions, decisions. h.h.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 9, 2011 17:36:16 GMT -5
Do it....Most folks have to pay a premium price to just hunt Osceolas...........
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Post by oggie on Feb 9, 2011 20:46:10 GMT -5
You really should go. I'm planning a trip for next year and is going to be expensive
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Post by gobblerstopper on Feb 9, 2011 22:45:05 GMT -5
I'd go!! I had a hunt for this spring down there, but let another guy use the tag. I can't wait to get back down there though. A lot different than Indiana.
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Post by hornharvester on Feb 10, 2011 10:11:57 GMT -5
Yes hunting Osceola is expensive. Right beside the lease my friends are in, is a guy who guides and he gets $2500.00 for 3 days and that includes food and lodging. All it would cost me is $150.00 for the license and my expenses to get there. Their season starts the first Saturday in March and runs 4 weekends, plus I can bow hunt hogs while Im there. Like i said, decisions, decisions...h.h.
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Post by schall53 on Feb 10, 2011 11:48:46 GMT -5
Looks like a no brainer to me!! Good luck HH
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Post by drs on Feb 10, 2011 11:57:25 GMT -5
A hunting friend of mine who lives in Florida has taken all five species of Turkey for the Royal Grand Slam. He hunted around the Country to where the various Turkeys are found. Here I sit and haven't even got a shot at a Turkey yet.  ;D |
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Post by hornharvester on Feb 16, 2011 17:08:39 GMT -5
I decided to go back in April to turkey hunt. Bought my airline ticket last night. Here is a link to the place i hunt. Click on the scenic tour at the top of the page to see how it is there. Great place and very nice people. h.h. www.hackletrap.com/hackletrap/pictures.cfmOh, by the way thats me in the first picture. |
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Post by swat1018 on Feb 16, 2011 20:21:08 GMT -5
Anyone who wants to kill an Osceola should go and try, believe me, it doesn't have to cost thousands. At one point I had killed 3 Osceolas in 4 hunts (2008 & 2009) on wide open public ground with no permits required. Just takes some shoe leather (or bike pedaling) and time in the woods. It will cost you some coin for the license though. The same principles apply as hunting public here, get away from the crowds!
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Post by gobblerstopper on Feb 16, 2011 22:46:35 GMT -5
A couple of buddies of mine down there sent me a link to a video they got Tuesday morning on a scouting trip. Then they reminded me that they still had a permit that I could use if I wanted to head down for a couple of days. Said they heard around 30 birds, but this was the closest one. Check out his hooks!! At about 7' away he decided that might be two fat guys sitting in the palmettos.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejo12hm3_pw |
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Post by hornharvester on Feb 17, 2011 13:59:08 GMT -5
A couple of buddies of mine down there sent me a link to a video they got Tuesday morning on a scouting trip. Then they reminded me that they still had a permit that I could use if I wanted to head down for a couple of days. Said they heard around 30 birds, but this was the closest one. Check out his hooks!! At about 7' away he decided that might be two fat guys sitting in the palmettos.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejo12hm3_pwWhere do you hunt there? If you look in the video you will see the bird came out of a flag pond which is dry now. Those tall furry weeds weren't there a couple years ago and when Florida went into a big drought and the ponds dried up, those weeds grew. The first year those weeds were 10-12 ft high and you couldn't see about 5 ft into them. I was told those weeds only grow when those ponds dry up for an extended time. This year they were small and not very many. h.h. |
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Post by gobblerstopper on Feb 17, 2011 14:10:53 GMT -5
When I was down there I hunted outside of Kenansville. This is a different place. Interesting about the weeds.
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Post by swat1018 on Feb 17, 2011 14:14:12 GMT -5
It's getting pretty dry again. At my place on Okeechobee the big lake is down to 12.34 feet. It was about a foot and a half deeper this time last year and about three feet deeper in turkey season.
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Post by gobblerstopper on Feb 17, 2011 16:48:54 GMT -5
hh, my buddy said they were around Chuluota at an undisclosed location.  He said the sawgrass you're talking about is some bad stuff. It's not what the bird came through, but he said I wouldn't want to walk through it. |
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Post by hornharvester on Feb 17, 2011 23:25:16 GMT -5
Those bushy weeds aren't saw grass but some kind of weed that only grows during extreme drought. I know a old wild life biologist at camp and when Im there I will ask him what they are. Saw grass and saw palms both have teeth like a saw on both sides of the plant. Ive been in saw palms and it cut a hole in my pants. Saw palms are a form of palmetto's. The only thing i worry about when turkey hunting is sitting in a mound of fire ants.  I always look before sitting down. h.h. |
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