Florida Public Land

[RutnNStrutn]

Congrats on your birds!!

[roverboy]

Congrats. Nice hooks on them birds.

[Beards n bbq]

sounds like you had a great trip! Glad to hear someone is having success with these florida birds.  big congrats to you.  I will head out again early tomorrow with hopes of a story like yours. time is running out down here and i will get out as much as work permits

[ddturkeyhunter]

Recently moved back to central Florida from Ohio(ten year stay), learned turkey hunting on Easterns and fell in love with the sport.  After coming back I feel the need to add an osceola fan to my colection.  For the time being I am limited to state ground and have been going to richloam.  Have seen some nice birds harvested there but not having much luck myself.  Not hearing much gobbling there and have not seen any male birds, have seen some hens and some sign.  Do these birds not gobble as much as easterns, are they done breeding, call shy, or just not a large population.  Ive hunted cypress, pines and hardwoods with no response.  There are several burn areas that are starting to come back and i did see some hens there pecking and scratching.  For anyone familiar with richloam, i have been hunting the west end of the property south of highway 50, advice from a local. 
does anyone out there have suggestions for a better area or hunting technique which would be more productice for the florida bird. I assumed my collection of calls and calling style used on ohio easterns would work here but I may be mistaken

My method for florida public pressured birds is call quietly and less, not for everyone but works for me. Enjoy the wildlife and birds around you and being in the outdoors is all parts of hunting. In time you will learn there habits and you will bring home more turkeys, until then enjoy the hunts.

[camotoe]

I like hunting the cypress , most of my birds have come in or around the cypress .


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[NCL]

Congrats on two very nice birds and thank you for sharing the photos. I can relate to having to have a daughter show how to use a computer, my daughter does it all the time, actually usually multiple times before I get it.

[lil foot]

Recently moved back to central Florida from Ohio(ten year stay), learned turkey hunting on Easterns and fell in love with the sport.  After coming back I feel the need to add an osceola fan to my colection.  For the time being I am limited to state ground and have been going to richloam.  Have seen some nice birds harvested there but not having much luck myself.  Not hearing much gobbling there and have not seen any male birds, have seen some hens and some sign.  Do these birds not gobble as much as easterns, are they done breeding, call shy, or just not a large population.  Ive hunted cypress, pines and hardwoods with no response.  There are several burn areas that are starting to come back and i did see some hens there pecking and scratching.  For anyone familiar with richloam, i have been hunting the west end of the property south of highway 50, advice from a local. 
does anyone out there have suggestions for a better area or hunting technique which would be more productice for the florida bird. I assumed my collection of calls and calling style used on ohio easterns would work here but I may be mistaken

My method for florida public pressured birds is call quietly and less, not for everyone but works for me. Enjoy the wildlife and birds around you and being in the outdoors is all parts of hunting. In time you will learn there habits and you will bring home more turkeys, until then enjoy the hunts.

be there when their feet hit the ground. most don't gobble much after that. the more pressure the less they talk.