Gobbler Nation

Had a great morning near Gainesville, FL this morning; had quite the duel with a bird for most of an hour. He finally gave up, came in on a sprint until I cut at him at 12 yards. I got my second Osceola of the season and finished my 17th Grand Slam on an awesome hunt in a gorgeous palmetto covered hardwood bottom........




Instead of hanging out and relaxing, I decided I wanted to try to catch a quick afternoon hunt on the South Carolina opener as work duties will be keeping me out of the woods more than I like for most of the next two weeks. I loaded my truck, but ice on my bird and I headed up I-95 for a 5 hour drive while working from my iphone. I sat down in a spot that I saw a longbeard during deer season on the edge of some mature hardwoods and some pines. Two series of yelps from my Britt Oswald box call and I heard the crunching of leaves. 10 minutes after sitting down, I tagged a South Carolina Eastern. Needless to say, it was a good day.


Both birds together:





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Great job Jason!!

When I grow up . . .

Awesome!!! Great way to start the season!!!

Great start young man !

Jason, when you reach a certain age, you will celebrate killing an Osceola with a nap and not a 5 hour drive to hunt the same day. Make hay while the sun shines. It tires me reading about it. 12 or 20 gauge? Gil

GLS wrote:Jason, when you reach a certain age, you will celebrate killing an Osceola with a nap and not a 5 hour drive to hunt the same day. Make hay while the sun shines. It tires me reading about it. 12 or 20 gauge? Gil

Ha Ha! I was using a well worn 870 12ga I picked up. It's about a 25 year old gun and the previous owner had some good use out of it as the action is as smooth as I have ever seen on an 870.

Have a day Hart!! Congrats!!

That is what it's all about Hart, I like how you roll. I can relate to your get up and go......as soon as I shoot one, I want to go hunt for and shoot another. The adrenaline that turkey hunting gives me is like no other. Congrats again on your success, and thanks for sharing with us.

Way to get after them. 17th slam, wow!

Now go en' git' ya' some more

Great pics. of your success

That's just awesome! Congrats!

NOICE!!! You're gonna be done before I can even start.

That's great dude. Congrats on a fine season so far.

Now that's awesome!

Very strong sir

Congratulations! Man, our season doesn't start for another month.

Great pictures and nice old 870.

Congrats Jason ! Great Gobblers !

What a great day - that one will be hard to top - congrat's - dang nice birds too!

That is great,congrats!!

Nice work Hart! Congrats buddy