http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:09:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scott Ellis, a contributing writer for U.S. Hunting Today and Skinny Moose Media, will be participating in the 2008 Florida National Wild Turkey Federation Turkey Calling Championships in Orlando, Florida next month. Scott is a 5-time winner of turkey calling events in Florida and will be joining others for this ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/27/florida-nwtf-turkey-calling-championship/ By Scott Ellis Turkey Tale Number one: It was Thursday evening, April 3, 2006 at the Ellis’ household. My nine year old son Zachary and myself were headed turkey hunting the next morning. We were hunting with my protégé and good friend Aaron “Boomer” Walters. Boomer is a former Florida State ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/16/a-tale-of-two-turkeys/ Scott Ellis, a contributing writer for U.S. Hunting Today, recently participated in the U.S. Open Turkey Calling Championships. He placed 8th. Our congratulations to Scott for his efforts. 1st- Matt VanCise 2nd Sadler McGraw 3rd Billy Yargus 4th James Harrison 5th Doug Bennefield 6th Chris Parrish 7th Mark Prudhomme 8th Scott Ellis 9th Walter Parrot 10th Mitchell Johnston http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/22/scott-ellis-8th-in-us-open-turkey-calling-championships/ We have heard this discussion often of late and in Florida once again they are debating a bill that would allow an employee to keep a gun in their car at work provided it is kept locked in the trunk or the glove compartment of their automobile. News4JAX has a ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/21/should-employees-be-able-to-keep-gun-in-car-at-work/ By: Scott Ellis 2005,2006,2007 Florida State Turkey Calling Champion 2004, 2007 Florida State Gobbling Champion Quaker Boy Game Calls Pro Staff One of the most asked questions about hunting the wild turkey is “when do I call and how often?” I feel that there is an art to calling turkeys. It’s all based on ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/06/calling-the-wild-turkey%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6when-and-how-often/ By Scott Ellis As the days start to grow longer and the fall hunting seasons have passed, our thoughts start wandering to the upcoming spring turkey season. If anyone out there is a quarter like I am, you are starting to prepare your “tools of the trade” for that glorious opening ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/06/preparations-for-spring-turkey-season/ By Tom Remington A nasty and heated debate has already begun in North Dakota over a proposed ballot initiative that is intended to put an end to high-fence hunting. The Attorney Generals office has yet to come up with a title for the initiative and the petition, which will need 12,844 ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/what-good-can-come-from-legislating-fair-chase/ By Tom Remington There is a reason why state fish and game management sets goals for attaining and/or maintaining an ideal whitetail deer population. Some people, hunters and non-hunters alike, want to see deer everywhere. This is not practical nor is it healthy for deer and humans. Most states, depending upon several ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/a-deer-population-under-control-is-a-healthy-thing/ By A. Sayward Lamb My first encounters with alligators happened in the summer of 1973, when my wife and I traveled from Maine to South Carolina to visit our niece Pam and her husband Daniel. Daniel worked for the Federal Wildlife Service and was stationed on Bulls Island, ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/chasing-gators/ By Tom Remington   Available in Audio   "Taking a stand" is an expression that is used in hunting in perhaps two different ways. For many hunters, it means going to your favorite location where you have erected your tree stand or blind and getting into it ... http://floridahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/taking-a-stand/