West Shore Outfitters
Hey everyone, and thank you for visiting our Outfitter website. I would like to take this moment and introduce myself and also tell you a few things about us here at West Shore Outfitters. My name is Matt Northcutt and I am the owner/operator of WSO and we have been in business for over 10 years now providing you with all your outdoor hunting and fishing activities. We offer many types of hunting and fishing outdoor adventures from our Central Florida Hog Hunts, to Bowfishing, to Osceola Turkey hunts, and as far out as our Offshore Fishing located in St. Pete, Florida just to name a few. Basically, if it walks or swims, we can provide you and your party with a hunt or fishing charter that will provide memories for a lifetime. We have extremely knowledgeable and professional guides that specialize in their specific fields to provide you with 1) Safety, and 2) a trip and memory that you can share for years to come with friends and family.
Once again, thank you for visiting our West Shore Outfitters website. Feel free to look around as much as you like, and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to answer any questions that you might have. My guides and I look forward to having the opportunity to guide you in the woods or on the water.
About this trip
1-Day Osceola Turkey Hunt:
Allows you one bird per Hunter
$750
Fully guided
Private land
Transportation
Additional Osceola’s:
Allowed within your 2 or 3 day hunt per hunter, $1350
Guest: $100 per guest not hunting per day
Florida Osceola Turkey Hunts
One of the most coveted and sought-after game species in Florida is the Osceola turkey, also known as the Florida turkey. This unique bird is one of five subspecies of wild turkey in North America.
The Osceola lives on the Florida peninsula and nowhere else in the world, making it extremely popular with out-of-state hunters. It’s similar to the eastern subspecies (found in the Panhandle) but tends to be a bit smaller and typically a darker shade with less white barring on the flight feathers of its wings.
We have over 5,000 acres of prime Central Florida Osceola Turkey hunting woods. Our low pressure management and ethical harvesting policies has presented us with some of the finest Osceola Turkey hunting Florida has to offer. We utilize a specialized hunting method that provides every turkey hunter the opportunity to hunt the NON-PRESSURED OSCEOLA TURKEY. This method has proven successful for our Osceola Turkey Hunters and is highly sought after. We have a 100% opportunity rate over the past 7 years.
What you need:
A valid Resident or Non-Resident hunting license (click here)
Hunting Season Dates and Bag Limits:
Season Dates (click here)
How to register your bird:
The National Wild Turkey Federation (click here) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recognize, in their respective turkey registry programs, any wild turkey harvested within or south of the counties of Dixie, Gilchrist, Alachua, Union, Bradford, Clay and Duval, to be the Osceola subspecies. Eastern turkeys and hybrids are found north and west of those counties in the Panhandle.
If you harvest a turkey with an 11-inch beard or longer and at least 1¼-inch spurs, you can get your name listed in the FWC’s Wild Turkey Registry (click here) by applying for an “Outstanding Gobbler Certificate.” There’s also a “First Gobbler Certificate” awarded to hunters under age 16 who harvest their first gobbler, regardless of beard or spur measurements.
Areas We Hunt:
Marion County
Levy County
Volusia County