BOWHUNT FOR THE FLORIDA OSCEOLA
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A Grand Slam For Bowhunter Eyad Yehyawi

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. The birds were quiet and later they scouted and looked for an active gobbler.

In the evening Eyad and Doug Crabtree went to a new area. But David Mills called on the cell phone and had just seen gobblers strutting on the other end of the swamp. The hunters moved and set up. Doug called with excited cuts and yelps. They heard a faint gobble and Doug continued and the gobbles came closer.

The gobblers and 3 hens were on one side of a creek and the blind was on the other. Doug switched to excited aggressive calling and one by one the gobblers flew across the creek. Eyad saw the first fan 80 yards away.

Two gobblers came in to 25 yards and became nervous. Doug purred and soft called and the gobblers slowly moved to the right. They were going to leave. Eyad had to make an awkward move to shoot the strutting gobbler. Eyad shot and the gobbler stumbled and left fast. They waited 30 minutes and looked for the Tom. They could not find the gobbler. They returned in the morning to look again and were still unable to find it.

They moved to a new area for the afternoon hunt and set up the blind at 2:30. At 3:00 Doug made his first call. At 4:30 Eyad saw two big Toms at full strut 150 yards away. Doug went to work on them and they gobbled but didn't come any closer. Eyad saw hens with the gobblers and Doug switched calling techniques and called to the hens.

Eyad's decoy setup in the cypress swamp.
The turkey group worked around the area and Doug continued calling. Then Doug turned the video camera on and told Eyad that a new Tom was coming down the road to their left. The longbeard walked in slowly but steadily. Eyad got ready to shoot and when Doug said he was on it with the video Eyad drew his bow. He released the arrow when the gobbler was 22 yards and the hit was perfect. The Tom expired 25 yards away. He had 1 1/4 inch spurs and a 10 inch beard.

This completed the Grand Slam with the bow for Eyad Yehyawi.

Eyad is a regular visitor of Bowhunting.net and he told me, "I want to thank David Mills and Woodhaven for the opportunity to hunt Osceolas. I never would have imagined this hunt could have been as perfect as it was: the weather, the terrain and the Osceolas were all that I could have asked for. Hunting with Doug Crabtree was by far the best calling experience I have ever had. The opportunity to hunt with a World Class caller and as well as someone who excels in bowhunting gobblers was an invaluable experience and something I will never, ever forget."

Doug Crabtree congraulates Eyad Yehyawi on his his Florida Osceola. 

Eyad gets his picture taken a few minutes after he got the gobbler. This completes his Grand Slam. 
 

In Florida we are hunting with David Mills of Zolfo Springs, Florida in Central Florida's Osceola wild turkey country. David is an immediately likable guy and makes you feel at home from the get go.  David has thousands of acres available to hunt Florida Osceolas. He understands this unique species of wild turkey and knows his extensive area like the preverbal back of his hand. David is now part of the Woodhaven Sting Team and is hosting them on this hunt. To contact David about Osceola hunts, bow or shotgun, phone 1-863-990-9087.

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