Osceola down

[spoon]

The season in MS started with seeing lots of signin some hens but zero gobbling! After 4 days we headed south to St. Cloud, FL. to hunt the Triple N ranch.

Arriving late Thursday evening left me with only 1 day to scout before the season opener in the northern zone. First listening spot was a bust. The second spot heard several hens fly down and 3 gobblers fired up. We now have a great spot for opening morning. Spend rest of the day looking around several other areas, all had great signs.

Opening morning we had mile and quarter walk to a fresh burn area with small swamps on either side of us. With the skies cracking daylight the birds fired up. We had about 7-8 on our right and 2 on our left. The right birds were gobbling hard with one bird gobbled around 10 times in a row, unbelievable. Sitting there silently the birds started fly down 5 after 7 and still gobbling. Couple yelps, here they all started coming our way and fast. Through the burned palmettos I can see blue heads darting around from our left and right. What's seemed like seconds two were 20 yds in front of us. I shoot and see him flop then he was running off, another shot, messed. I jumped up and gave chase and finished him on the 3rd shot. At 60 years old, didn't know I could still run that fast. 7:20 we were done

 

[timberjack86]

Great story and congrats!!

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Awesome! Congrats!

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Nice! Congrats

 

[Grnwing]

Congrats and great pictures!!

 

[muddyboots]

Nice job.

 

[megalomaniac]

Gorgeous bird! Congrats! I'm leaving tomorrow for a spot just a few miles away, hope you guys left some for me!

 

[tnanh]

Nice job my friend.

 

[nwsg76]

Thanks for sharing. I am interested in knowing how many points it took to draw that wma. I have several and not sure where to use them for a quality hunt that is not a zoo.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Great pics, great bird!

 

[Turkeychaser]

Congratulations! That trip is on my bucket list.

 

[deerfever]

Nice Gobbler! Congrats

 

[bobbuck]

Congrats! Beautiful country.

 

[Acorn]

Great bird, Congrats!

 

[spoon]

Thanks for sharing. I am interested in knowing how many points it took to draw that wma. I have several and not sure where to use them for a quality hunt that is not a zoo.

It's a raffle, you purchase a $5.00 per ticket, no limit that I know of. Only 1 nonresident per week, there are 3 weeks per year

 

[CBU93]

That's awesome Spoon!

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Absolute dream hunt of mine, thank you for posting! I buy chances every year just can't draw it.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

I'm slightly ashamed of how jealous I am right now.

 

[spoon]

Absolute dream hunt of mine, thank you for posting! I buy chances every year just can't draw it.

I will purchase at least 50.00 a year until I die. Never seen that much turkey sign before. On avg they burn around 900 aces per year. It has fantastic hiding place for nesting places

 

[Shanman]

Congratulations on the gobber and thanks for sharing. Sounds like a fun hunt.