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<blockquote data-quote="Stoner" data-source="post: 1606009" data-attributes="member: 3364"><p>I appreciate the kind comment, I do not know if I am a great hunter but I do enjoy chasing Osceola�s. Most of my turkey hunting is in West Central Florida, Hernando and Citrus Counties. If I was going to hunt for a trophy Osceola I would hunt above I-4. The northern boundary of the Osceola range is if you draw an east west line across the state over the town of Gainesville. The one management area that you hear a great about is the Green Swamp Management area northeast of Lakeland. It is a good area to hunt but there is a lot of people there hunting as well. The Green Swamp area has a lot of hardwood bottoms and is the headwater areas for the Withlacoochee and Hillsborough Rivers. I hunted there many years ago when it first was open to the public. I personally would not waste my time there anymore due to the number of people hunting that area. Another management area that maybe is worth a closer look is Richloam Management Area. It is located in Hernando and Lake Counties. I have not hunted this area in many years, but it does have some nice Osceola�s. When I was hunting that area it did not get a lot of pressure and was overlooked by many hunters due to its location. There are some hotels and a Cracker Barrel to stay and eat not far from Richloam; they are located at the intersection of I-75 and US HWY 50. Someone mentioned above about checking the regulations for the management areas to determine if they have a special quota hunt that you have to apply for, that is good advice. For the last twenty years I have been hunting private land and try to hunt every day of the season. Osceola is a challenging bird to hunt. Many people say that they will not readily come into a call like an Eastern. That is not true; they will come in just like an Eastern. If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask. I live in some of the best Osceola country there is. Below is a picture of a nice dominant Osceola from this last spring.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/studeb/P1050055.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/studeb/P1050033.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stoner, post: 1606009, member: 3364"] I appreciate the kind comment, I do not know if I am a great hunter but I do enjoy chasing Osceola�s. Most of my turkey hunting is in West Central Florida, Hernando and Citrus Counties. If I was going to hunt for a trophy Osceola I would hunt above I-4. The northern boundary of the Osceola range is if you draw an east west line across the state over the town of Gainesville. The one management area that you hear a great about is the Green Swamp Management area northeast of Lakeland. It is a good area to hunt but there is a lot of people there hunting as well. The Green Swamp area has a lot of hardwood bottoms and is the headwater areas for the Withlacoochee and Hillsborough Rivers. I hunted there many years ago when it first was open to the public. I personally would not waste my time there anymore due to the number of people hunting that area. Another management area that maybe is worth a closer look is Richloam Management Area. It is located in Hernando and Lake Counties. I have not hunted this area in many years, but it does have some nice Osceola�s. When I was hunting that area it did not get a lot of pressure and was overlooked by many hunters due to its location. There are some hotels and a Cracker Barrel to stay and eat not far from Richloam; they are located at the intersection of I-75 and US HWY 50. Someone mentioned above about checking the regulations for the management areas to determine if they have a special quota hunt that you have to apply for, that is good advice. For the last twenty years I have been hunting private land and try to hunt every day of the season. Osceola is a challenging bird to hunt. Many people say that they will not readily come into a call like an Eastern. That is not true; they will come in just like an Eastern. If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask. I live in some of the best Osceola country there is. Below is a picture of a nice dominant Osceola from this last spring. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/studeb/P1050055.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/studeb/P1050033.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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