JF Griffin - Index

JF Griffin - magazine - Index

PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS
Wildlife
management
areas (WMAs)
NOTE: In addition to hunting
licenses and related permits
and management area
permits, other permits or tags
may be required for all or parts
of a season. These requirements vary
by area. For specifi c details on permit requirements
and exemptions, consult the WMA brochure for each area you
wish to hunt. They are available at FWC regional offi ces, county
tax collectors’ offi ces, license agents or at MyFWC.com/hunting.
Northwest Region
1 Apalachee 7,952 acres in Jackson County
Quota permit required during general gun and spring turkey; recreational
access allowed.
Apalachee Public Dove Field 60 acres in Jackson County
2 Apalachicola
582,691 acres in Franklin, Leon, Liberty and Wakulla counties
Quota permits are not required for this area; recreational access allowed.
3 Apalachicola Bradwell Unit 1,420 acres in Liberty County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun and
spring turkey; recreational access allowed.
4 Apalachicola River WEA
81,754 acres in Franklin and Gulf counties
Quota permits are not required for this area; recreational access allowed.
Apalachicola River WEA Public Dove Field
40 acres in Franklin and Gulf counties
5 Aucilla 47,532 acres in Jefferson and Taylor counties
Quota permit required during muzzleloading gun and general gun;
recreational access allowed.
6 Blackwater 191,148 acres in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties
Quota permit required during general gun, family, quail and archery/
muzzleloading gun; recreational access allowed.
Blackwater Public Dove Field 100 acres in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa
counties
7 Blackwater Carr Unit 590 acres in Santa Rosa County
Special-opportunity released quail permit required.
8 Blackwater Hutton Unit 5,243 acres in Santa Rosa County
Legend
Archery season
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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, mobility-impaired,
general gun, hog management, quail and spring turkey; recreational access
allowed only during non-hunting periods.
9 Box-R 8,397 acres in Franklin County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun and
spring turkey; recreational access allowed.
19
Muzzleloading
gun season
8
ESCAMBIA
ESCAMBIA
SANTA
ROSA
31
7 6
12
Archery/
muzzleloading
gun season
OOKALOOSA KALOOSA
17
NORTHWEST REGION
10 Choctawhatchee River
57,299 acres in Bay, Holmes, Walton and Washington counties
Quota permit required during spring turkey; recreational access allowed.
11 Econfi na Creek 36,866 acres in Bay and Washington counties
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, mobility-impaired,
general gun and spring turkey; camping allowed with landowner permit;
recreational access allowed.
12 Eglin AFB
265,000 acres in Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties
Landowner permit required for all hunting seasons and activities.
13 Escambia River 34,476 acres in Escambia and Santa Rosa
counties
Quota permits are not required for this area; recreational access allowed.
14 Flint Rock 15,267 acres in Jefferson and Wakulla counties
Recreational use permit required for all hunting seasons and activities;
recreational access allowed only during hunting periods.
15 Joe Budd 11,039 acres in Gadsden County
Quota permit required during archery and archery/muzzleloading gun;
camping allowed with landowner permit; fi shing and recreational access
allowed only during non-hunting periods.
Joe Budd Public Dove Field 50 acres in Gadsden County
16 L. Kirk Edwards WEA Public Small-Game Hunting Area
731 acres in Leon County
Quota permits are not required for this area; squirrel and waterfowl only;
recreational access allowed.
17 Lafayette Creek 3,160 acres in Walton County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, family
and spring turkey; fi shing and recreational access allowed only during nonhunting
periods.
General gun
season
Small game
season
Spring turkey
season
Fall turkey
hunting
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21
10
WALTON
20 11
HOLMES
28
9
29
WASH WASHINGTON
INGTON
BAY
24
1
JACKSON
CALHOUN
GULF
4
22
LIBERTY
26
3
GADSDEN
FRANKLIN
2
15
25
27
LEON
WAKULLA
WAKULLA
30
18
16
JEFFERSON
J E F FERSON
23
14
5
Camping
allowed