Just got back from my first South Fl trip wednesday. Was able to hunt with a friend who lives there. He had a small property we hunted once and then hunted with some of his friends on different properties. I was able to see all types of south fl hunting. We hunt a grove, some oak hammoks, pasture, and a vegetable farm. It was a neat experience but those turkeys are for sure different.
I killed about 30 minutes into setting foot on the grove the first day. Just happened to make the right move at the right time and got lucky. A friend was with me trying to finish his slam and we spent the rest of the time trying to get him a bird. We covered about 30 miles in the following 3 days with a lot of close calls, some mistake, and some evil turkeys.
In the first 3 days we never had a turkey gobble at a call. The last two days we got on some responsive birds. We made bad set ups on the two responsive birds and they got hung up. We tried to get in front of them after they drifted off and both birds literally made about a 1.5 mile hike without stopping we walked fast as we could and could not catch up. That is not a typical activity of local easterns.
I would go back but it will be a trip to some public when I do.
