As told by Chet: After Charlie’s opening morning success, we spent the rest of that weekend and the entire second weekend trying to position ourselves on another good Osceola Gobbler. We couldn’t catch a break the first couple days of working a particular bird. After two days of bad luck, and watching this bird strut and gobble for his group of hens, always just out of range, we finally felt like we had him figured out. We settled in for the afternoon hunt around 5:00pm., knowing the birds wouldn’t work back across the property line until an hour or so before dark. At 5:30pm I did a couple lost yelps and loud clucks on the slate call to see if he could get a response. About 10 minutes later we heard a couple gobbles from across the field, and after a few more minutes we saw the group of birds feeding under some oaks about 300 yards out. We settled in for the wait, and hopefully an opportunity to finally get a shot at the big gobbler. As we were watching the gobbler strut for his hens across the field, Charlie noticed movement to his left. Out of nowhere another big tom came in silent about 40 yards out, heading straight to the group across the field. I quickly repositioned and got ready, as Charlie got the camera in position. Just that fast, the hunt was over. He had a 10 inch beard, with 1 ¼ inch spurs, and weighed right at 19lbs.
Chet - Blue Headed Gobbler
