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Tripple Double Grand Slam Bowhunt
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NEBRASKA
Hunt 1 - I Get
Lucky
 
Sometimes things work textbook
right. This was one of those textbooks. GO...
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. |
Movin' On
The Bowmobile is loaded
up and on course to Nebraska. GO...
The Hush Mouth
Gobbler
 
The gobbler didn't make
a sound ... but he came on down. Part
1 and Part 2
Day 9
MORNING - Sean Keleher's
friend Brian Whidden took us to a new area. A red bull and his buddy checked
us out. (Here's a bigger pic of them.) We saw some hens but no gobblers.
AFTERNOON: We are
going to the same place again but moving to the opposite end of the orange
grove, closer to the roost area.
Day 8
- Sean Keleher & the Kamikozi Longbeard
Doug Crabtree
Gets His Osceola
 
Sometimes the gobblers come
faster than others. This one came like a rocket. Sean...
And we catch up with Doug
Crabtree via Podcast and hear about his successful Osceola
bowhunt.
Day 7 - Friday
A bobcat tried to get my
decoys an hour after daylight. When he got right to them, only inches from
the gobbler, he realized something was wrong and scooted straight out of
Dodge. But no turkey luck for me this morning. When Fred picked me up he
had zipped too. Both of us heard some distant, early gobbles.
I phoned David Mills for
permission to return to the first area we hunted. It was ok and he said
he would have us a new area tomorrow. We went out at 3:30 and I set up
where we saw all the hens the first morning. Fred and Sean Keleher went
to a different area that Sean said was a good afternoon spot. We both zipped.
Day 6 - Thursday
  
Fred
and I get a little gobbler action. And "aBowhunter" Greg
Ballard tells his tale of his own successful gobbler hunt.
Keith Beam and
Brodie Swisher
 
Keith
Beam brings in a "sore footed stomp" gobbler and Brodie
Swisher meets the Second Chance gobbler.
Days
3 & 4
Fred
gets into longbeard gobblers on both days. GO...
Day
2 - Sunday
Fred
and I returned to the same place we hunted yesterday. Hunt
Report & Pics...
Day
1 - Florida Central Zone Opener
Jim & Sam Get Their Osceolas
 
Pennsylvanians Jim Panaro
& Sam McCartney report on their Osceola hunts and gobblers. Jim...
| Sam...
Day 1 - Saturday: The decoys bring 'em
in ... and In
Fred Lutger and I had a
turkey busy opening morning near Zolfo Springs. Hunt
& PIcs...
Osceola
- Saturday Morning
It is 10:10pm Friday and
tomorrow morning's wake up time is 4:45. Fred Lutger and Doug Crabtree
are here for the opening day of the Central Florida Osceola season. Look
for the bowhunting logs right here.
Mike Pentecost Brings In The First Longbeard
 
My cell phone vibrated and
I looked to see who it was. David Mills. He asked about Fred and my hunt
and told me Mike Pentecost was the first one in with a longbeard and soon
to be pan fried turkey breast. To
Mike's Hunt...
Tripple
Double Grand Slam Bowhunt ...
This
year Bowhunting.net is hunting in several states and will follow Robert
Hoague, Fred Lutger and Doug Crabtree, among others. Fred, Doug and Robert
are trying for 2 Grand Slams each, all during this Spring's turkey seasons.
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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 17.
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The
Merriam's: On March 27 Fred and I hunt Merriam's in Nebraska.
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Rio
Grande: April 2 Fred Lutger and I bowhunt in Texas on as the
guest of Rick Philippi in Jack county. Also we will hunt the Leon River
and with Billy Don at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch in Burnet, Texas.
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Eastern:
It's off to Illinois, Tennessee and MIssouri. And possibly more.
Recognizing Hens
& Gobblers
The heads of hens and gobblers
are different and their overall appearance has a different purpose. GO |
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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 |
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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 |
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