Steve Addison : Jacksonville Hog Hunt

Jacksonville Hog Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: BAJAOKLA

On that first evening I told Matt that the hogs should show up at the igloo stand around 6:00 pm. And they did. He watched them for a while, picked out a nice young boar and put it down with a shot to the head. It ended up weighing 112 lbs, a good eating size.

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Big Buck with a Bow

Florida Sportsman member: hunter27

I got my first Florida buck and my first buck with a bow! Chasing does right after first light, first week of October, 180 pounds and almost 16″ wide.

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First Florida Buck

Florida Sportsman member: Lucky Hook II

I was invited to hunt a Northern Florida WMA this past weekend and it turned out to be an awesome hunt! Between my buddy and I, we saw 22 deer of which two were shooters. I was able to harvest a nice eight pointer that weighed 122 pounds.

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Father and Son Deer Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: Baccala

We started our walk and didn't even round the corner and had a few does in our site, but wanted to move into better range and cover. We crawled up on a big bush with this one in our sites at about 75 yards. Now we are set up perfect wind in our face and all the cover we need, my son has the rifle on the bi-pod and the deer is broad side.

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Air Rifle Squirrel Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: Florida Bullfrog

I love the early squirrel season we've been having for a few years now and that we can now also use air guns. This is a .30 airgun I'm using that is shooting 50 grain pellets at 890fps.

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Deer Hunt: Redemption

Florida Sportsman member: bluefieldbowhunter

I decided that if he lifted his head again I would draw and try to get a good look for a shot and as if on cue he lifted his head up and away from me and I drew, quickly settled my pin and squeezed the trigger. I heard and saw it thump him and he ran through the brush and heard him crashing through a flag pond where I thought I heard him pile up.

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Deer Hunt: Unique Buck

Florida Sportsman member: Reel Teal

I shot this unique 8 point yesterday. This buck I got a shot on last year but my arrow practically bounced right off of him and he ran off. He showed up again this year and gave me another chance. This time he only went 40 yards.

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Gator Hunts: Teach the Next Generation

Florida Sportsman member: bgeorge

Passing on our outdoor activities to the next generations is so important to us. Here are a few pics so far of gators from the public water hunts. Just a little over a month left and still have many more to fill.

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STA Teal

Florida Sportsman member: boneheadhunting

The key for us was the 2 mojos we had out. The guys to our right didn't have any and another group of guys 100 yards to our left didn't either and neither of them shot any. We didn't take a shot more than 15 yards, all decoying ducks.

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A Great Start

Florida Sportsman member: dilligaf84

My first sit of the season was very uneventful until this guy showed up last minute. He isn't a monster but great way to start the season!

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Public Land Stud

Florida Sportsman member:dolfan450r

Finally was able to get a quota for a place I've tried several years in a row and it paid off. I got this guy this morning, it was nice after having a no buck year last year.

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First of the Season

Florida Sportsman member:down4dacount

At 8:20 heard a deer coming from in front. I could see a nose and a rack. Oh yeah, right at 20 yards too. As soon as he turned, I drew back, put the 20 yard pin on him and squeezed trigger.

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Filling Tags

Florida Sportsman member: bswiv

To make it harder there was a good bit of wind which relegated our efforts to a very small area. Fortunately everybody else was to smart to go gator hunting in such weather so we were unmolested.

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Pork for Dinner

Florida Sportsman member: BAJAOKLA

We got in the stand about 4:30 pm and soon saw three “scout pigs” come to the edge of the feeder area. The real activity started about 7:30 pm we watched two separate sounders of hogs come to the feeder. One sounder had sixteen hogs and the other had over a dozen. They weren't big hogs but just the right size for the smoker.

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Summertime Hogs

Florida Sportsman member: BAJAOKLA

The hogs were right on time and came into the new feeder at 8:18 pm. We watched them feed for about ten minutes and then picked out one that looked like it would make a nice batch of bratwurst. Andy nailed his hog right behind the ear with the .270 and it went down like a rock.

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Frog Gigging Fun

Florida Sportsman member: Big Bend Brian

This past Friday my 15 yr old daughter & I were fortunate enough to have a good friend named Winfield who took us frog gigging on one of his local lakes.

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Big Pig

Florida Sportsman member: Big Bend Brian

Facing away from us the whole time it never did turn sideways but it did turn its head to look in our direction two times. On the second time Kaitlyn took the shot at the base of the ear with the lil' 5.56/223 black rifle and the big pig just dropped.

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A Trip out West

Florida Sportsman member: gottheitch22

The first one took about 15 minutes to kill, we knew where the bird would be. We heard him when we got to the spot, ended up setting up in a cattle pen and called him in from about 400 yards. The bird came in on a dead run and was killed at 30 yards.

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Orange County Turkeys

Florida Sportsman member: BCSAILS

The gobbler gets to the same decoy set as I had and jumps on the jake. No shot yet and I'm thinking what the hell? Then boom, a miss! The boy loads another shell in his pump gun, bird jumps up, but stays and re-attacks, then boom again and he jelly heads him!

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Tagged Out

Florida Sportsman member: Glenn

The next couple of minutes go by quickly as he is looking for a hen and moving around in the tall grass. He finally stops and gives me a clean shot and I laid him out with the Stevens 20 gauge with Federal Heavyweight #6′s.

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Good Season so Far

Florida Sportsman member: down4dacount

It's been a good season with lot's of encounters. Youth hunt with my daughter,friend and his son the birds never got closer than 50 yards, but the kids had fun. Also they got the privilege to see four panthers, a big female with three big kitties.

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Playing Guide for the Day

Florida Sportsman member: DUCKWHACKER

At 7:30, he spots two hens followed by a gobbler 80 to 100 yards out, but he shows no interest in leaving the girls. At 8:25 I hear a gobbler cluck to our right followed by a bird walking off the end of the tram and slipping through the hardwoods. Dad says he can make the shot and flips the bird onto his back, graveyard dead at 44 yards.

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Dad Bags a Good One

Florida Sportsman member: Glenn

My dad said he was able to set up about 70 yards from him on the roost and the bird stayed in the tree till 8:00am. Once he dropped out of the tree like batman it took him about 20 minutes to get within range of my dad.

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Bird Down

Florida Sportsman member: surfman

Frustrated we decided to go to another spot we had luck at in the past and finally we hear a turkey gobble. Yippie that is great. Finally a single gobbler comes in and my buddy gets to take the shot. Success!

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Opening Day Success

Florida Sportsman member: FloridaHunter1

We got set up and the first call I did on the box a bird gobbled, we couldn't believe it! and for the next half hour before legal light we had about five birds on the roost gobbling their heads off. Then for two hours straight I had them gobbling all around us, not five minutes went by that four or five didn't gobble.

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Weekend Quail Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: Big Bend Brian

Two weekends ago, I and five other adult Boy Scout leaders (from Geezer Patrol) got together to share a little bonding time at the Broomsage Quail Plantation in Callahan. Here's our trip as seen through the eyes of a lens.

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Hogs at the Camp

Florida Sportsman member: swamp munky

We went out yesterday late afternoon and had some good daylight success. My lease is located in central Florida. They were on a feeder when we pulled up to fill it and the picture kind of says the rest.

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Birthday Quail Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: Big Bend Brian

Last weekend for my son Casey's 17th birthday I took him and his good friend Harrison out for a quail hunt at Broomsage Quail Plantation in Callahan FL. Casey graciously allowed his sister to come too. Having hunted quail, partridge, woodcock and pheasants with my Brittany as a child I wanted to pass on the joy of watching bird dogs work.

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Youth Hunt Fun

Florida Sportsman member: Big Bend Brian

There was no way we were gonna get back to the ramp if we hit open water to make it to a favorite spot. So we stayed close and stayed in the interior. Ended up with quite a few ducks in the dekes. There was teal, coots, tons of scaup (bluebills), had a pintail work us plus a shoveler and a pair of big ducks I didn't identify.

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Ending the Season Right

Florida Sportsman member: Cast&Blast

We put out about 50 decoys and got into the blind and within minutes we had a beautiful drake redhead lit up in the setting sun drop in with his landing gear down right in front of me. Instant success!

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Meat in the Freezer

Florida Sportsman member: BAJAOKLA

The weather didn't look good Friday morning but it looked like there might be a break for a few hours Friday afternoon so my friend Chip and I decided to go hog hunting, i'm glad we did. Chip saw three doe under his tree stand about 4:30pm and about thirty minutes later four hogs showed up at the feeder in front of the box blind where I was sitting.

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First of the Year

Florida Sportsman member: 22donk

Got it done Sunday night with the Mathews! Just got onto a new area in town. People called me in cause they're getting over run. Anyways, set a feeder last Thursday, hogs showed up instantly. This guy showed up at last light and I sent the Rage Hypodermic right through both lungs, and went 40 yards with decent blood.

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Weekend Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: Blue Thunder

Forum member Blue Thunder got into some ducks this weekend. With the fronts pushing through, he believes this has more ducks moving south. He was able to put his nephew on a limit this past Saturday. Nice work!

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A Lucky Day

Florida Sportsman member: omegafoo

I spent the evening reading until 5:30 and I lost too much light. At 6 I looked down the pine row and there was movement. I picked up the binos and when he picked his head up all I could see was the beams outside the ears swinging every time he turned his head. I took my time and took the shot to drop him in his tracks.

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Successful Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: swamp munky

I spent last weekend at camp with my wife and nephew, it was his first time ever camping. The weekend concluded with this nine point on the ground. I'd been hunting him specifically since bow season, I could never get his pattern but saw him on camera regularly enough to get lucky.

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Striking Luck

Florida Sportsman member: relicshunter

The whole area is mixed palms and inkberry or gallberry. I thought maybe a pig was feeding out of sight. Then a long stretch of no noise, so I pulled out the grunt tube and did a few. A short time later I saw his face looking my way a good 50 yards away by the sweetgums. Had I not been studying the area so thoroughly I would have missed his face in the shrubs.

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Good Season so Far

Florida Sportsman member: Flredbones

So far have had a pretty good season, can't kill anything with hooves and fur but thankfully the wing hunts have been different. Our first hunt was almost TV perfect with three of us.

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Solo Hunt Success

Florida Sportsman member: micci_man

Five minutes later I get home and before I pulled in the drive the front door was opening. She was ready to look for her deer. We go to the plot and she shows me where he exited the plot. We take up the blood trail that she showed me and 45 yards later we found her deer.

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Ga Bucks

Florida Sportsman member: etohprn

The deer were moving good two weeks ago and then started to shut down again. They were coming out during the daylight following does and the switched right back to coming out just before dark.

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Central Florida Eight

Florida Sportsman member: ROGERSANCHEZ

I killed this buck on my lease in Hillsborough County yesterday. He was chasing a doe throughout the swamp I was hunting. A few grunt calls got his attention for a second and I dropped him with my 20 gauge slug gun.

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WMA Ten

Florida Sportsman member: tarpontamer2007

While I'm scanning all the open areas 100 to 200 yards out I catch movement. The buck is at 40 yards and I have no clue where he came from. I instantly noticed he is a shooter and focus on the shot. He is quartering too me so I take to shot right through the front shoulder. buck runs off 40 yards and piles up.

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A Great Season

Florida Sportsman member: Catalina26

Neither me or the wife were able to pull permits but i did have some very lucky family and friends. With a total of 5 permits all for the same area i really had my work cut out for me.

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Idaho Mulees

Florida Sportsman member: shallowexpectations

A lot of hunters joined us on the first two days of a 7 day hunt. On day 4 though I was able to place my dad in front of a quality 3 point with great mass.

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Making Memories

Florida Sportsman member: bottomtime

I said a little prayer that he might be rewarded with a deer sighting for being so patient. About 2 minutes later, I looked to our left and saw a deer headed our way. Turned out to be a little (165 pound) six point buck. I whispered for him to sit very still and he whispered back,”are you going to shoot it?” I whispered, “do you want me to?” He said yes and I made thunder again.

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First Buck

Florida Sportsman member: publiclandhunter12

My buddy could not make with me on Sunday so I went solo. With the wind blowing perfect, and conditions to be perfect I went for it. I set up on the edge of the swamp in my climber, as soon as the sun came up the monster stood up at 100 yards!

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Bear Hunt Success

Florida Sportsman member: Mackokid

As we hit the first side trail we heard what sounded like something falling out of a tree? We stopped and listened to see which direction it came from. After a minute or so we saw some movement roughly 30 yards off the trails into the brush and it was headed our way!

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The Best Birthday Present

Florida Sportsman member: floridacrackr

My two boys, who are 3 and 4 were extremely upset because I couldn't take them and I promised them i would take them before the season was over. Well, my 3 yr old didn't let me forget about that promise. He told me that's all he wanted for his birthday was to go alligator hunting. Since I work 3 Saturdays a month this past weekend was going to be our best opportunity.

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Dream Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: maq attaq

We spent all of the next two days searching high and low for Danny's bull. We rode 40 to 50 miles each day on the four wheelers all over the mountain to no avail. Finally,on the last morning, at first light, the stars aligned and Danny had a bull moose dead in his sights at 115 yards. He took it down with one shot from his .308.

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First of Many

Florida Sportsman member: down4dacount

Forum member down4dacount's son recently took his first buck. As you can tell from the picture, it was big smiles all around! Nice work!

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Great Start to the Season

Florida Sportsman member: dilligaf84

Forum member dilligaf84 has recently taken two nice bucks on private land. He was able to harvest these animals with a rifle thanks to FWC's weapon of choice program. Nice work!

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Finishing Strong

Florida Sportsman member: grennie-slayer

He went down and right next to where he went down a big gator popped up. I wasn't gonna miss twice in a row and snagged him. Two hours later we got him to the boat. He wouldn't give up and managed to bend my spear when the tape wouldn't break.

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Great Start to the Season

Florida Sportsman member: tarpontamer2007

About 150 yards out I see movement and it is a buck jumping through the grass straight at me. The deer eventually gets to 30 yards and I make a perfect shot on him. He makes it about 150 yards and piles up, perfectly symmetrical 10 point.

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Lake Okeechobee Lizards

Florida Sportsman member: bobert421

With one night left before I had to return to work and my dad had to fly home we decided to call in pro and went with a guide. We called up Alligator Inc. and they had Phil and his wife Tammy available to take us out. Phil did a great job and we ended putting a pair of nice size gators on the boat filling our tags before dark.

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Glades Buck

Florida Sportsman member: hooksetter

Forum member hooksetter took this good buck out in the Glades, opening weekend of season. The arrow connected at 45 yards, to have the deer down only 70 yards away. Nice work!

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Father and Son Hunt

Florida Sportsman member: bgeorge

Took my son out to fill his tags. Rain made it tough to hunt daylight last night, so we left the water and went back this morning. Two done by 8:30. Much easier to sort through them in the daylight. 10′ 5″ and 8′ 3″.

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Filling the Tags

Florida Sportsman member: bgeorge

Put the boat up on plane and made a run at him. Visually marked him with a wind shear line on the water and he went down with 150 yards to go. Shut the boat down as we got close and with a few casts from the crew we had him on the 12/0. Worked him for a little while and got another rod on him. My dad who is 72 shot him with our double trouble dart mounted to the spear gun.

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The Girls Bag a Good One

Florida Sportsman member: trg03

The treble quickly sank and was stuck in the mud so I passed off the rod and grabbed another. After three more failed attempts with the second rod, the passed off rod started peeling off drag and our 5'2″ 90 pound permit holder was fighting a 10'9″ 270 pound dinosaur.

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An Adventure to Canada

Florida Sportsman member: Big Bend Brian

After a bit it stands and turns to sniff Kaitlyn's bolt in the ground and gives me a broadside shot. The shot looks good and about ten seconds later and real close, it gives a death moan, followed by 2 others.

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Chasing Trophies

Florida Sportsman member: harbison

Off at a distance we spot three real trophy boars, but they give us absolutely no chance at a shot; they are on the run. Looks like they did not get that big by mistake, they have us patterned. Finally one monster stops and looks back, big, really big, mistake. The Marlin 45-70 put him down.

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Last Day Luck

Florida Sportsman member: omegafoo

He's quartering away from me and I made up my mind the first clean shot I was going to stop him. He got 30-35 yards, I clucked, he stopped and picked that white noggin' up high, BOOM!

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Private Land Success

Florida Sportsman member: Mackokid

He was able to get them to about 50 yards when the first one started strutting towards his decoys. Shortly after he had all 6 birds walking pretty towards him. The largest of the group started walking up and he nailed him at 30 yards.

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Ending the Season Right

Florida Sportsman member: floridacrackr

I closed the distance to about 50 yards and the ol Tom had enough, his head turned blue and his posture changed. He puffed up and started walking towards me. I knew it was about to go down! This bird got to about 20 yards and charged me and Butch at full speed ahead. He got to about 2 feet before he realized something wasn't right and turned away and I let him have it at literally 5 feet!

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First Birds

Florida Sportsman member: duckhunter305

I quickly learned that turkey hunting and duck hunting are a completely different ball game and like most people I struck out my first season. After this duck season my friends and I decided that this season we would put the time in and get our birds.

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Making Memories

Florida Sportsman member: floridacrackr

We only had Saturday morning to get it done as I had church and Easter plans with the in laws. Well, it didn't take long to get on a couple of gobbling birds and we had one down by 7:30. I can't even explain the feeling of sharing this moment with my grandfather.

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Central Florida Success

Florida Sportsman member: down4dacount

Had a great week long hunt in central zone with family and friends. Hunted with an old buddy and took his kids out and got them on their first birds . Nothing like getting kids or new hunters on game.

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Spurless Gobbler

Florida Sportsman member: Florida Bullfrog

I was able to help my buddy get his first Florida gobbler this morning. The bird worked in all the way to 70 yards away and then ducked into some planted pines. I told my buddy that the bird was probably going to come out to our left and pop out right in front of us. That's exactly what he did, but he hugged the line of palmettos the blind was in all the way to the blind's window.

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Redemption

Florida Sportsman member: hoggator

When they got parallel to us, I ranged them at 65 yards. Every step after that, they were going to get further away. I called again, and they answered, but kept walking. Too far for my son to shoot! Some would argue that maybe too far for me as well! I leaned across my son, rested my elbow on his thigh, told him to cover his ears, and let the Mossberg 835 with 3.5” Longbeard XRs sing.

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Northwest Turkey

Florida Sportsman member: featherfanatic

Set up on a bird that was across a creek. Didn't figure I could do anything with him and I was right. He flew down the other way. Next think I know 2 birds gobbling behind me. Get turned around and after 4 more gobbles here they are. My hevi-shot connected and my buddy that was with me missed.

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Layin' em Down

Florida Sportsman member: Ruff One

No hen talk, but I did hear one gobble so I knew he was there. The hens started flying down with 12 finally settled in out in front of my blind. I yelp and he gobbles, so I just knew he was headed my way. I hear the drumming and he's there, but guess what? He heading out to the hens in the field until he sees “Pretty Boy”. He changes direction and he on his way to the decoy where he runs into a load of number 5′s.

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Youth Turkey Success

Florida Sportsman member: hoggator

At 8am my friend had 8 hens walk by through the ferns on the edge on the cypress. All they could see, were just necks and heads sticking up past the ferns. At 8:10 here comes a second set in the same direction with 7 birds. Except this time, the last bird has some red on his head.

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Hogs in the Offseason

Florida Sportsman member: CaneDiver65

Been able to hunt some good hogs over in Chiefland this offseason. Trying to get these hogs thinned out on our property but it has been tough.

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Turkey Down

Florida Sportsman member: dilligaf84

With a gobble at about 40 yards my son turns around and says nature's calling and he can't hold it. When he turned back around the gobbler was 20 yards lined up perfect but caught the movement and took off. Realizing it was probably game over we answered nature's call and set back up on the same spot. No more than a minute later this jake pitched down right where the previous bird spotted us and saved the day.

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Down South Success

Florida Sportsman member: floridacrackr