Suggestions for Florida Hunting Guide

[bhw]

Gang,

I just "wasted" 2 mornings at the Upper Hillsborough WMA in Florida while on a family vacation. I next course of action is to use a guide next spring in florida to complete my Grand Slam. Can anyone provide me with the names of any good outfitters in Florida? I might as well get planning now so that I have something to look forward to

[Ryan Tucker]

shoot me an e-mail rtucker@turkehuntinginc.com

[DHF:KYLEN]

Ryan Tucker is your man for information and so are a few others on this board. In regards to the central and northern section of the state of Florida.

I have a few questions for you about your hunt at upper hillsborough.

1. Was your hunt during the week or on the weekend?
2. Did you cross the Hillsborough river and slip into the south east section?
3. Was the check in/out station maned?
4. If so, did you see the states on the number of birds taken from that area?

The reason I'm asking is the following. I have a itch to hunt that area next year based on the information that I've gotten from this site. But the time I was able to hunt that area we decided to go to green swamp and bull creek.

Both areas have taken birds and are maned and were heavily hunted this year.

Green swamp: 69 birds at the time of our hunt
bull creek: 42 birds at the time of our hunt

Just looking for information about the area. Thanks.

[bhw]

DHF,

I really did not hunt hard at all! I had my family waiting to go to Busch Gardens and to the beach. As a result, I could not concentrate on proper hunting. I was there for the first 2 hours and never heard a gobble or saw a bird. I did see lots of wild boar, however.

Answeres to your questions...

1. Was your hunt during the week or on the weekend? UH is open on wed & thurs only

2. Did you cross the Hillsborough river and slip into the south east section? YES, that is where i saw the boars

3. Was the check in/out station maned? YES, some nice guy who admittedly did not know much about the territory

4. If so, did you see the states on the number of birds taken from that area? NO, did not see stats, but was told that one bird was shot each day there

One guy I met said he'd been there 6 times that season and had not heard any gobbles. I walked the whole loop and then some in a scouting trip and covered over 9 miles in brand new snake boots. I had some nice blisters to remind of the fun.

It was not worth the $ 180 + in license fees, but it was my fault for not hunting hard