Boy JW , why in the world would you have to ask a thousand questions in one post [8D] and at this time of night

Yes I have hunted them all and it is hard to discribe the difference after you have hunted them all a number of different times. Because like every hunter out there that enters the turkey woods , every hunt tends to be different no matter what kind of Sub Specie you hunt. The biggest difference that I have endured in hunting these different type birds is more leaned to the terrain. As for calls , well all the same calls tend to work.

Merriams tend to Gobble well and as well like to walk 6 thousand miles an hour up and down darn Mountains and fat arse like me just gets plain wore out trying to keep up.

Rio's love to Gobble and the calling seems to be a little more frequent to keep their intrest. Your all the time Dodging rattlesnakes and when thay comit to your calls There coming.

Osceloa's are a little mellower birds and the sounds of the gobbles are sometimes hard to hear because of the folage that they tend to stay in. These birds in my opinion have the best Eye sight as they seem to beable to see Hundreds of years away. When ya chase them you have a hard time walkign fast in the sand and seem to take 2 steps for everyone you would somewhere else. I find too in Mid days the heat in the sand tends to be hot on your feet with the hunting boots.

Easterns , well they will never change , they tend to be the loudest birds and very cocky at trying to work at times. I find the eastern the most aggressive sub out of them all , they will fight each other more often then what I have seen from the others.

As too how hard are these different Sub's. Well they all seem to have their challenge , but its more to the terrain then the bird it self...BT