2nd Osceola Down This Morning, Done In Florida

[Stoner]

I was a beautiful morning down here is west central Florida. Birds were very vocal this morning but they were a good ways south from where I was sitting. I back away from aggressive calling that I had been using in the earlier part of the season. I went back to my tried and true laid-back traditional calling got some strong gobbles to my south. Every time I yelped and purred on the box call I got an immediate gobble. Every time I yelp they gobbled closer, they were coming fast and hard. To my left or south is a dim woods road that meanders thru some long leaf southern pines. With rays of sunshine dotting the sand road I saw a whole troop of bobbing redheads coming my way. Twenty yards out they veered their right making their way to direction that would be behind me. I had to twist around to my left and had the side of the shotgun touching the bark of the pine tree that I had my back against earlier and the birds came thru the barbwire and I shot what I thought was one of the larger birds and he hit the ground hard. It was a great morning to be in the turkey woods. I am done in Florida for the season, two Osceola's down. Next stop Tennessee.

[captin_hook]

Nice pics, Congrats.

[tomstopper]

Nice pics, Congrats.

x2

[alloutdoors]

Nice photos, congrats!

[Muzzy61]

Congratulations. Nice bird. Like the camo FSU cap also 

[jakebird]

Congrats on the bird and thanks for sharing the great pics!

[boomer]

Great pics! Congrats!!

[TRKYHTR]

WTG Stoner. Did you have your yellow lab with you? Nice double beard. Congrats,

TRKYHTR

[kevin2]

nice bird

Couple nice photos...

[Stoner]

WTG Stoner. Did you have your yellow lab with you? Nice double beard. Congrats,

TRKYHTR

No, if he did I would not have seen the first gobbler. He is all Lab.

[AUDoubleBeard]

Congrats! Nice bird. 

[hookedspur]

Yahoo Great job Stoner.

[DirtNap647]

congrats and nice pics

[kansas hooks]

Congrats on a great bird.

[AndyH]

Congrats! love the pics