FLORIDA BOY

This is my first season hunting Osceola turkeys on management land, any tips or advice fr me?

Rebel Hog

Find an areawhere most hunterswon't go.......Most hunters won't go far from their vehicles; Someshare on other hunters Roost locations; They come close to other hunters turkey calls and Manysound as a Sherman Tank coming in!...Try to find a Roost deep in the woods...

Dave2pa

be prepared for lots of Bugs ,, have a thermacell ,,and bug spray ,get a seat that gets you up off the ground a few inches .

gamespooker

be careful not to overcall an osceola. they tend to be a little more shy than easterns. jmo

n.florida hunter

People people people! Be very cautious would be my first advice. I hunt in most of the management areas in the big bend area during the spring and people are very thick. One thing that I have had alot of success with is that I will stay in the woods until the end of legal hunting hours when possible. Alot of people will go and if they don't kill a bird first thing they leave. When the hens go to the nest the gobblers will go out looking for more hens in my opinion from 10:00 am and up the hunting gets better because there are less people in the woods and you can strike a bird pretty easy. Just walk through the woods cutting and yelping and you can have some good success. Later on in the year I do less yelping and more cutting and some kee kee running. This may sound silly but most people will yelp and yelp so alot of the birds I have killed in the later part the year will pull cover on you if you just yelp to him.Good luck! I hope that this may help you some!

huntnma

i agree with your style Florida hunter.....i tend to do the same...less yelping....but i tend to do more clucks and purrs, scratching of the leaves....

Chuck7

http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/sounds_of_turkeys.html