IMO the true essence of a grand slam was best captured in the writings of Dwayne Bland... traveling horseback in quest for Merriams...truly roughing it , all the way to crawling thru remote mosquito infested swamps for the elusive true Osceola ...and everywhere between ..savor the moment they pass quickly
Being 51 years old and seeing the population of florida nearly quadruple in my hunting lifetime to 21 million resource sapping individuals, most of those live in the southern portion in apartment buildings where once deer ducks and turkeys roamed.--- I believe the best days of public florida turkey hunting all LONG GONE.....when I was a young one I would sit by the campfire and listen to old ..old. ...turkey hunters who hunted the depression era , OLD FLORIDA .....
The world changes everyday oftentimes not for the best in some eyes