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BOWHUNT FOR THE FLORIDA OSCEOLA
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In Florida we are hunting with David Mills of Zolfo Springs, Florida in Central Florida's Osceola wild turkey country. David is an easy going, likable guy with a good sense of humor. David has thousands of acres available to hunt Florida Osceolas. He understands this unique species of wild turkey and knows their habitat. David is now part of the Woodhaven Sting Team and is hosting Mike Pentecost and several members of the team on this hunt. To contact David about Osceola hunts, bow or shotgun, phone 1-863-990-9087.

Opening Day Eve

David Mill sent everybody out to look and listen for roosting gobblers. I think he sent me to a pretty good spot. Check out the Pics... I set up a ground blind and am ready for tomorrow's opener. A bunch of serious turkey hunters from the Woodhaven Sting Team are here for opening day. We might have stayed up kinda late shooting the breeze. But that's a part of the hunt, a good part too..

Woodhaven Custom Calls Team Hunt

The Woodhaven Team was hunting turkeys at the same time. Meet Mike Pentacost, his team and experience their hunts. They got real. Woodhaven Hunt...

Opening Morning - Billy Yargus Talks To 'Em

David Mills looks around after our hunt. Billy Yargus with his first Osceola gobbler.

David Mills and I had been my ground blind long before daylight and the hens and gobblers started talking. It was very foggy and we didn't hear a bird fly down until just after 8:00. They talked to us some but didn't come in sight.
But Billy Yargus was busy seeing wild turkeys. To Billy's Hunt... 

A Double For Kindell Keeton and Brett Berry

Kindell Keeton and Brett Berry with their opening day Double.
When Brett called 5 jakes came in. But it wasn't gonna be a jake hunt for these Woodhaven Sting Team members. Go...

Moxey Bags & Tags #4

Before daylight Doug Crabtree led the way for Mike "Moxey" Spivey into a cypress head, grunting and walking on all fours to disguise themselves as hogs so the nearby roosting turkeys would not detect them.  To Moxey's Hunt...

A Grand Slam For Bowhunter Eyad Yehyawi

Eyad needed an Osceola to get his Grand Slam with the bow. The hunt began Saturday morning on a wide open pasture in South Central Florida. Eyad's Bowhunt...

A Woodhaven Triple Header

Ryan Prince, Mike Pentecost and Sam Huff bring a gobbler in from the afternoon's hunt. GO...

And I Was Hunting Too
Keeping up with the Woodhaven Sting Team's successful hunts got me behind on reporting on my own hunt. Here's What Happened...

Day 3 - Bad Luck ... Good Luck 

An accident in the morning. But the afternoon was a whole different story. GO...

Day 3 - Continued - The Real Deal 

Behind the hen her was the real deal, a fat bellied longbeard. I called and he blew up into full strut. To The Pics & Hunt...

Day 3 - Continued - Doug Crabtree

Doug set up 150 yards from the timber where the gobblers were roosted and gobbling. His plan was to wait till the gobblers flew down and then start calling them. But that plan was quickly changed. To Doug's Hunt...

Day 4 - Right Out Of The Box

Once I could see around me in the growing light I yelped and purred on the Woodhaven aluminum slate, dropping a hint on what direction they should go when they flew down. GO...

Day 4 - The Shark Tooth Gobbler

Yesterday, when I returned from hunting, David Mills 6 year old daughter Faith gave me a good luck present, a shark tooth. It worked! GO...

Day 5 - Is That What It Looks Like?

Gobbles sounded as dawn approached. I called and waited, hoping for a repeat of yesterday morning's meeting with the slunger longbeard. I got it, sort of. GO...

Day 6 - More Gobbler Action
Gobbles! A good ways off. I called pretty loud. The call was very raspy and gobblers sounded off as well as some hens. GO...

Day 6 - Last Dance

A hen popped out of the woods and passed 15 yards from me. The gobbles behind her were getting closer. GO...

2006 Multi-State Gobbler Bowhunt ...
This year Bowhunting.net is hunting in several states and will follow Robert Hoague, Fred Lutger and Doug Crabtree, among others. 

1. The Florida Osceola:  Doug Crabtree starts the hunt in Florida on March 5 at in the Southern Zone. Fred Lutger & I go to the Central Zone on March 21.
2. Rio Grande:  April 1 Fred Lutger and I bowhunt in Texas on the Leon River and with Billy Don at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch.
3. The Merriam's:  On April 4 Fred and I hunt Merriam's in Nebraska.
4. Eastern:  It's off to Illinois, Tennessee, MIssouri, Ohio and more.

The heads of hens and gobblers are different and their overall appearance has a different purpose. GO

The Difference Between Wild & Domestic?

Webster’s Dictionary defines "turkey" as: a theatrical production that has failed, three successive strikes in bowling, a stupid or foolish person and a large North American bird that can either be domestic or wild.  The large bird is the turkey we're talking about and here is the difference between Domestic & Wild Turkeys

So What Is A Grand Slam, Anyway?
The Grand Slam consists of 1 each of all 4 of the North American wild turkey sub species. 

Eastern

Merriam's

Osceola

Rio Grande