JF Griffin - Index

JF Griffin - magazine - Index

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Alligator hunts
The FWC offers alligator hunts, which
provide a thrilling hunting adventure
unlike any other hunting experience
imaginable. For more information, see
page 23.
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Division of Hunting and Game Management,
Public Awareness Section and produced
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Commissioner’s message ....................2
Introduction ............................................4
Resident game birds, mammals and
migratory birds
Waterfowl and other migratory game
bird regulations
Major changes .......................................4
FWC regional offi ces.............................4
Wildlife Alert Reward Program ...........6
Hunting zones ........................................8
Hunting season dates ...........................9
License and permit requirements ........
......................................................10-11
License and permit fees
License and permit exemptions
Lifetime licenses
Bag limits .............................................10
Hunter safety requirement ................12
Hunter safety course
Hunter Safety Mentoring Exemption
Children and fi rearms – Florida law
Youth Hunting Program
Legal methods of taking game .........14
Prohibited methods and equipment for
taking game ......................................14
Areas closed to hunting .....................14
Antlerless deer permits – private lands
14
General information ......................15-16
Deer, elk and moose carcass
transportation regulations
Wild hogs
Trespassing
Use of fi rearms by felons
Shooting hours
Hunter orange requirement
Hunting dogs
Statewide deer-dog registration
Feeding game
Buying or selling game
Sex evidence
Dividing carcasses
Transport of game
Littering
Motor vehicles
Use of structures on vehicles
Tree stands
Permanent duck blinds
Florida Buck Registry .........................16
CONTENTS
Hunting seasons ............................ 17-19
Deer-dog training season
Archery season
Crossbow season
Muzzleloading gun season
General gun season
Antlerless deer season
Fall turkey season
Quail and gray squirrel season
Spring turkey season
Florida Wild Turkey Registry ..............18
Furbearer hunting regulations ....19, 22
Commercial furbearer requirements
My fi rst spring gobbler ...........20-21, 23
Falconry .................................................22
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW)
Program ..............................................22
Alligator hunting adventure ................23
Florida’s Wildlife Management Area
System ...............................................25
Public hunting areas .................... 26-33
Wildlife management area permit
requirements .....................................34
Wildlife management area regulation
changes ..............................................34
Public small-game hunting areas (SGA)
34
Hunting Florida’s military bases ........34
Hunting Florida’s national wildlife refuges
(NWR) ........................................34
Quota permits ............................... 34-36
Limited entry hunts – application periods
Worksheets
Quota permit exemptions
Antlerless deer permits – WMAs .....36
Recreational use permits ...................36
Youth and family hunting
opportunities .....................................37
Special-opportunity hunts ...........37-38
Nongame wildlife regulations ............38
Birds
Unprotected birds and mammals
Frogs
Turtles and gopher tortoises
Venomous snakes
Endangered or threatened species
Species of special concern
Dove hunters’ online updates ............38
On the cover
This 8-point buck with a 17-inch spread was taken on opening
day of the muzzleloading gun season with a Hawken 50-cal.
muzzleloader off of the Crosby Ranch in Kenansville. Pictured
from left to right is Tyler Crosby - 12, William Crosby III - 14,
hunter William (Bart) Crosby - 39, and Chandler Crosby - 10.
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