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Anyone ever did a DIY Osceola hunt in florida? Was wondering what kind of public hunting they got down there, or are the prices worth it with the outfitters? Got my wife into turkey hunting, and we are gonna try for our grand slam.
 
Forget the public hunting land, unless you want to be very disappointed! I would recommend an outfitter! I lived on lake Okeechobee for 29 years and shot Osceolas every year, its realy no different than hunting Easterns. I never really understood what the big deal was. Look at this web site. The price burns me up but if you dont know someone with private land then there isnt really an option unless you have an area that you could trade hunt for hunt!

http://www.okeechobeeoutfitters.com/
 
The above post is right about public land in Florida. You can shoot the a turkey on public land but the odds are against you. I would hire an outfitter in Florida.
 
Plenty of turkeys on public land in Florida. Yes, they are tough to kill, but so are any public turkeys, in any state. South zone(below highway 70) holds the purest strain of osceolas. I'll be down there in two weeks for opening weekend.
 
Some buddies of mine and I have been talking about doing it for years, just havent gotten around to it yet.
 
If you draw a line across Florida you will find the from Gainesville south is where you will find Osceola's. One management area you do not hear a lot about and does not have the pressure some of the other management areas have is Richloam. It is part of the Withlacoochee State Forest System. I have not hunt there in recent years. But when I did hunt it, there were a fair number of birds and not a lot of people hunting there for spring gobbler. It is a mixture of low lying cypress swamps and pine and scrub oak ridges. I would still recommend trying to find some private land to hunt. It you are going to spend the money to hunt Florida it would be worth paying a little more and increase your odds by a good margin.
 
Exactly...When chasing the Slam, every subspecies can be hunted on public land...but the Osceola is the one bird that just about demands the use of an outfitter in order to be successful...the use of an outfitter or guide has more to do with access to the right property than anything else due to the limited range of the Osceola compared to the other birds.
 

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