Staffers Chet Maxcy and Charlie Peck have been inviting me down to try for an Osceola turkey for a couple years now. After my success last spring bowhunting for turkeys in MO and KS, I was ready this spring to take them up on it. Winter has been hanging on here in MO, so the nice weather helped me make my mind up too! Charlie worked to line up a few spots of private ground for me and offered to run the camera for me all week if need be. Well…it took nearly a week, but things finally came together when 8 or 9 jakes came within a few yards of our ground blind. They couldn’t help themselves but to check out our decoys and eventually I got a good shot at around 18 yards. While not a longbeard, I was plenty excited to get any Osceola turkey with my bow. A big thanks to Charlie for his effort behind the camera and also to his family for taking me in for the week!
Hunting in shorts an loving it!
