I finished my Florida season this morning. I have been seeing three very nice Osceola gobblers chasing hen since the beginning of season. I have been seeing them come out of the woods about 200-220 yards in front of me chasing hens and heading north. I thought I knew where they were going so I got up a little earlier and walked a little further to get to place I thought they would be. I never hunted this particular spot and carried a pair of loppers to trim where I would be sitting. It was not the best of spots to sit, I was somewhat in the open. I did pile some brush I clipped in front of me and I was still in the shadows. I ended up calling all three gobblers right to me. The first photo is when he was some ways out from me but kept answering me and chasing hens at the same time. I called it to within ten yards when I killed him. He weight 22lbs, 9ozs., right spur 1 3/8� and the left spur 1.5, beard 10 5/8�. Nice mature Osceola, but not my record Osceola. I am done in Florida and will be traveling to Tennessee in a couple weeks to try for a bird on the Cumberland Plateau.
This is the gobbler I shot.
This is another Osceola that I called in and was relatively close.
I think I short myself a little bit on the one spur, it really was 1.5 for both the right and left spurs. I measured them first with a metal tape measure and did not get an accurate measure so I which to a soft tape measure and got a better measurement. But I already wrote it down on the plate, so I left it.
I had to put my VooDoo Team hat on for the photo.
This is the gobbler I shot.
This is another Osceola that I called in and was relatively close.
I think I short myself a little bit on the one spur, it really was 1.5 for both the right and left spurs. I measured them first with a metal tape measure and did not get an accurate measure so I which to a soft tape measure and got a better measurement. But I already wrote it down on the plate, so I left it.
I had to put my VooDoo Team hat on for the photo.
