Florida Hunting (pic heavy)

[Old Gobbler]

The sun setting on a Florida pine block - I just called up a hen out of this and she went back in - these types of blocks are preferred nesting as the season progresses and you see hens going solo , and not in flocks -


  sun down - time to go back to camp and be with good and old friends , and a good thing too , they keep you company and keep you going with your spirits high   


I will share with you a few pictures from a special spot I keep all to myself -- its a undisclosed Florida live Oak Hammock , in it must be palm trees that are 100 years plus old , the oak trees are probably way older - its isolated in a hard to approach swamp on all sides --

This is to be one of my favorite Live Oaks , in years past I had a gobbler skirt the hammock for 1 hour he hung up just outside that Oak Tree - its very similar to a oak tree in another area , my father used to call his "7 gobbler tree" he just kept on killing gobblers while sitting under it year, after year - I dont bother hunting that spot anymore , its way too crowded  but sometimes I go back to visit my dads tree



sometimes if I am slow enough I can creep up on a flock of turkeys deer or hogs , nearby the day before I spotted a Mother Panther and cub tracks in a crossing --










Bird in hand...hope I live long enough to see the fog on a Live Oak Hammock with a gobbler negotiating his way through it a few more times -what can say ....people who don't turkey hunt don't understand and that's fine by me , less people in the woods is good thing



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Walking out .... sometimes you have to take  break on a nice morning and soak it all in  , life passes you by quickly , remember and appreciate the good times, the great places,  and special friends --

[nx95240]

way to go . would love to hunt in fl one time before my time is up..

[Flydown]

Beautiful hunting grounds right there brother! Congrats on a great hunt and time spent in the turkey woods!

[Rio Fan]

Great photos and narration and congrats on a beautiful bird. 

[Half fast]

Thanks for sharing

[MiamiE]

Awesome area man!

[CASH]

Cool pics Shannon. That is a neat looking spot to hunt. Congrats on the bird!

[captin_hook]

Great pics. Nice bird also. that terrain down south is so much different than what I'm used too. Man do I need to make it down there one of these years.

[hookedspur]

Beautiful Shannon . I think we all have a special spot ,I know I do .I haven't been there physically in a while but I have sat there many nights in my mind just before I fall asleep .

[tomstopper]

Congrats on the bird and also the awesome photos. I could just lean back & imagine my self there (especially right now while I am stuck here at work  ) You got some great hunting grounds there....

[marshboy]

Beautiful.
I, too, would like to experience that sometime.
Greg

[Publicland]

Great story! Great pics!

[Steve]

Nice write up and pics Shannon...congratulations on a fine bird too.

My wife is bugging me to go to Florida in July for family vacation...I really don't want to go unless I can go fishing or something. I'm not into all the touristy crap. Heck, I'd much rather wait until next spring and come down for some turkey hunting. That looks like a whole different world from what I'm used to hunting.

[DirtNap647]

absolutely amazing congrats

[ElkTurkMan]

Great Thread  and Awesome Pictures Shannon and congrats on the bird.  It was great meeting you last week!