At this past years annual meeting one of our members from FL, Bob Hayes generously donated a 2 day snipe hunt with lodging included. I was the lucky winner of the auction. When I scheduled the hunt for mid-January, I mentioned to Bob that we might like to do some hog hunting and my buddy Kevin wanted to kill a gator while we were there.
Bob has a beautiful 3000 acre cattle ranch about 30 miles north of Lake Okeechobee. The snipe are tough little buggers- easily the hardest birds I have hunted. Central Florida has had a very wet "dry season" and the birds were quite scattered which made for a lot of walking and searching! It was great fun. I was hunting with a VH 410, and my buddy Kevin was using a DHE 20ga repro. The hogs were taken the old fashion way - with knives. There will be a full story in the upcoming Parker Pages.
Bob was a great guide and we very much enjoyed his company. I would encourage anyone who wants to experience real FL hunting to check out his operation. His website is:
www.littlelakelodge.net