Grand Slam
03-16-2024, 06:32 PM
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Typical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Circleville Oh
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Grand Slam
On March 4th, 2024, I finally got an Osceola! It's been a long time coming. I've killed a lot of big toms before, and this wasn't one of them lol. I only had 3 days to hunt, and it was the last day. Hadn't heard that first gobble when 5 jakes come in and started flogging the jake decoy. I really didn't want to shoot a jake, but with it being my last day to hunt, I figured a bird is a bird! He did have a 4 8/16'' beard and weighted 13 lbs. This completes my Grand Slam for turkeys! Now I'm waiting for WV and Ohio season to start! Good luck to all the turkey hunters this year!!
03-16-2024, 06:36 PM
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On March 4th, 2024, I finally got an Osceola! It's been a long time coming. I've killed a lot of big toms before, and this wasn't one of them lol. I only had 3 days to hunt, and it was the last day. Hadn't heard that first gobble when 5 jakes come in and started flogging the jake decoy. I really didn't want to shoot a jake, but with it being my last day to hunt, I figured a bird is a bird! He did have a 4 8/16'' beard and weighted 13 lbs. This completes my Grand Slam for turkeys! Now I'm waiting for WV and Ohio season to start! Good luck to all the turkey hunters this year!!
- Jake
03-17-2024, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
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My pro bass fishing buddy just got back from a family vacation in Florida. His 12 year old daughter loves to hunt so he hired a guide for a turkey hunt. She shot a nice Osceola on one hunt then a couple hogs with guide on another.
Before they came home he hired an aligator guide and his daughter shot a decent 8 foot gator and an armadillo. He said glad to get home because he was going broke with guides and the resulting taxidermy costs.
Before they came home he hired an aligator guide and his daughter shot a decent 8 foot gator and an armadillo. He said glad to get home because he was going broke with guides and the resulting taxidermy costs.
03-17-2024, 12:57 PM
#9
Typical Buck
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My pro bass fishing buddy just got back from a family vacation in Florida. His 12 year old daughter loves to hunt so he hired a guide for a turkey hunt. She shot a nice Osceola on one hunt then a couple hogs with guide on another.
Before they came home he hired an aligator guide and his daughter shot a decent 8 foot gator and an armadillo. He said glad to get home because he was going broke with guides and the resulting taxidermy costs.
Before they came home he hired an aligator guide and his daughter shot a decent 8 foot gator and an armadillo. He said glad to get home because he was going broke with guides and the resulting taxidermy costs.
03-17-2024, 04:21 PM
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Congrats on completing your slam. Funny what you'll shoot on the last day especially to complete a slam. Trying to finish mine I needed a merriams. In five days in NM I think I called in every jake in the state finally took one on the last morning . I enjoyed hunting them so much I actually shot fourteen more since that one and not another jake lol