Another Florida Native

[customcutter]

Hello, I found this site after Drift gave me the name. I also shoot the 6.5 Grendel, it is currently set up with an ATN 3X12 X-sight, and a T-50 illuminator off Ebay. Mine doesn't go PING like another members here. I'm new to NV, and learning from my mistakes. I turkey hunt primarily the past few years and hand load tungsten for 12 & 20 gauge. NV will allow me to expand my hunting opportunities. Hopefully I can find other local properties with hog or predator problems and get permission to hunt them.

I lived in Texas back in the early 60's. My dad was stationed at the SAC base there northwest of Dallas, Fort Worth area. We were stationed there the year Kennedy was assassinated, many years ago.

 

[Ratdog68]

Welcome to yaz. Good crew here. Watch out for that Itsazonik character though. :>)

 

[Chopperdrvr]

Welcome!

 

[FrankT]

Welcome, where in FL?

 

[customcutter]

Just east of Tampa, near Brandon. We used to hunt up in Appalachicola National Forest 30+ years ago, after we left the Suwanee area. We mainly hunted hogs with trail and catch dogs in Suwanee, and switched to more deer hunting in ANF.

 

[FrankT]

We have a guy on the lease from down there and drives up here to hunt...works at Disney so closer to Orlando I guess.

 

[Itsazonik]

Welcome to yaz. Good crew here. Watch out for that Itsazonik character though. :>)

Hey I resemble that remark!!!!!


Welcome to the site. Lots of Florida residents here

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Welcome to hog central!

 

[Brian Shaffer]

Welcome customcutter!

If this keeps up, we may need a Florida subforum. ;)

 

[Drift]

It's good to see you here CustomCutter. The rest of you guys need to know CC is the best turkey caller/hunter I have ever met.

 

[Itsazonik]

Welcome customcutter!

If this keeps up, we may need a Florida subforum. ;)

We're slowly taking over. Kind of like the snowbirds do

 

[FrankT]

CC, what kind of turkey is this? recently seen on our lease

 

[Ratdog68]

Looks like one lookin' for a deep frier to hop into.

 

[Brian Shaffer]

CC, what kind of turkey is this? recently seen on our lease

At first glance, it looks like it had low roost in the tree. Otherwise, it would appear to be a leucistic turkey, aka piebald.

 

[FrankT]

That is what I thought Brian, there is a color phase that looks like that. Also our lease owner released 500 Osceola(they are not native this far N in FL) pullets years ago to breed w out native turkeys so I am sure we have some crossed birds.

 

[customcutter]

It's good to see you here CustomCutter. The rest of you guys need to know CC is the best turkey caller/hunter I have ever met.

You guys need to know that Drift hasn't met very many turkey hunters, and I'm just the luckiest one he's met.

 

[customcutter]

CC, what kind of turkey is this? recently seen on our lease

Frank, my guess would be a hen. But seriously, my guess would be a genetic mutation like Brian suggested. Or it could be a domestic turkey, or a cross breed between a domestic and wild turkey. I saw a picture years ago on the Georgia Outdoor News forum of a similar looking turkey and everyone there thought it was a domestic turkey that had "escaped". IIRC it was whiter, with darker wings.

 

[FrankT]

I really think this is a mutation from the mix of the colors and I agree it is a hen. We do have a rich guy a county away that raises all kinds of things and he does release full grown turkeys on the lease, this is not one of those we do not believe.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Chameleon turkey, they take on whatever color they are next to, Hard to kill a lizard turkey like that, especially around white sand.

 

[Galveston340]

Welcome! I was stationed at NAS Jacksonville back in the 70's and used fly all over the state.