JF Griffin - Index

JF Griffin - magazine - Index

QUOTA AND LIMITED ENTRY HUNT APPLICATION PERIODS
■ June 2-12, 2008: Archery/Muzzleloading Gun and General Gun
Quota Hunts – Phase I
■ June 4, 2008 - until all permits are sold: Recreational Use – Phase II
■ June 3-9, 2008: Statewide Alligator Hunts – Phase I
■ June 10, 2008 - until all permits are sold: Statewide Alligator Hunts –
Phase II
■ June 25 – July 9, 2008: Airboat, Track, Youth, Quail, Family and
Mobility Impaired Quota Hunts – Phase I
■ July 1 – Sept. 9, 2008: Special-Opportunity Dove Club Hunts
■ July 15 – Aug 29, 2008: Archery/Muzzleloading Gun and General
Gun Quota Hunts - Phase II
■ Aug. 5-11, 2008: Mobility-Impaired Quota and Track Hunts - Phase II
■ Aug.12, 2008 - until all permits issued: Mobility-Impaired Quota
Hunts - Phase III
■ Aug. 26, 2008 - until all permits issued: Waterfowl Quota Hunts -
Stormwater Treatment Areas (STA)
■ Aug. 28, 2008 - until all permits issued: Waterfowl Quota Hunts - St.
Johns River Water Management District
■ Sept. 2, 2008 - until all permits are issued: Archery/Muzzleloading
Gun and General Gun Quota Hunts - Phase III
■ Sept. 3, 2008 - until all permits are issued: Waterfowl Quota Hunts –
T. M. Goodwin/Broadmoor Unit – Phase I
■ Sept. 9 – Oct. 14, 2008: Special-Opportunity Spring Turkey Hunts
■ Sept. 11-22, 2008: Dove Quota Hunts – (Small Game Areas)
■ Sept. 18, 2008 - until all permits are sold: Special-Opportunity Daily
Dove Hunts
■ Oct. 1, 2008 - until all permits are issued: Waterfowl Quota Hunts -
Merritt Island NWR
■ Oct. 28 – Nov. 6, 2008: Spring Turkey Quota Hunts – Phase I
■ Oct 29, 2008 - until all permits are issued: Waterfowl Quota Hunts –
T. M. Goodwin/Broadmoor Unit – Phase II
■ Nov. 21 – Dec. 3, 2008: Special-Opportunity Quail Hunts
■ Dec. 3, 2008 – Jan. 5, 2009: Spring Turkey Quota Hunts - Phase II
■ Dec. 4, 2008 - until all permits are issued: Waterfowl Quota Hunts –
T. M. Goodwin/Boradmoor Unit – Phase III
■ Jan. 6, 2009 - until all permits are issued: Spring Turkey Quota Hunts
- Phase III
■ Jan. 7, 2009 - until all permits are issued: Waterfowl Quota Hunts – T.
M. Goodwin/Broadmoor Unit – Phase IV
■ Jan. 21, 2009 - until all permits are issued: Youth Waterfowl Quota
Hunts – T. M. Goodwin/Broadmoor Unit
■ Jan. 28 – Feb. 7, 2009: Punta Gorda Hog Still Quota Hunts
■ April 21, 2009 - until all permits are issued: Blackwater Hutton Hog
Dog Hunts
■ May 1-31, 2009: Recreational Use – Phase I (renewals only)
■ May 5 – June 11, 2009: Special-Opportunity Fall Hunts (deer, hog
and quail)
■ May 20-26, 2009: Statewide Alligator Hunts – Phase I
■ May 27, 2009 - until all permits are sold: Statewide Alligator Hunts –
Phase II
■ June 1-11, 2009: Archery/Muzzleloading and General Gun Quota
Hunts – Phase I
■ June 4, 2009 - until all permits are sold: Recreational Use Permit –
Phase II
■ June 25 – July 9, 2009: Airboat, Track, Youth, Quail, Family and
Mobility Impaired Quota Hunts – Phase I
Worksheets
To apply for quota hunts and other limited entry hunts, you will need
to read and complete the correct worksheet. Worksheets contain
information about when, where, and how to apply as well as the
hunt numbers, dates and quotas. You may fi nd these worksheets at
MyFWC.com/hunting under “Limited Entry Hunts,” at tax collectors’
offi ces and at FWC’s regional offi ces (see page 4).
If you choose to have a tax collector or license agent submit your
application for you, you will need to give your completed worksheet
to the clerk. If you choose to submit your application online at www.
wildlifelicense.com, the completed worksheet will help you answer
questions that will be asked during the application process.
Quota permit exemptions
Attention Georgia seniors (65 or older): The reciprocal hunting
agreement between Florida and Georgia that exempts seniors from
license fees has been eliminated and you will need to purchase a
Florida hunting license, management area permit and apply for quota
hunt permits to hunt on wildlife management areas.
Residents age 65 or older; residents with Disabled Person Hunting
and Fishing Certifi cate; residents in the U.S. Armed Services stationed
out of state and home on leave for 30 days or less; and children
under age 16 are exempt and not required to have quota permits to
participate in many hunts. Due to lease agreements, size and other
factors, some hunts do not allow exemptions. Hunts where all persons
must have quota permits are listed in bold print on the quota permit
worksheets. This also is indicated by the phrase “no exemptions”
found under the Quota Permit Information section in specifi c Wildlife
Management Area (WMA) brochures. Children under the age of 16
may accompany any quota permit holder, age 18 or older, on hunts with
“no exemptions” provided the youth and permit holder share a single
bag limit.
Anterless deer permits – WMAs
Antlerless deer permits are available in limited numbers on some
WMAs. Hunts that offered antlerless deer permits last year are
indicated with an asterisk (*) beside hunt numbers listed on the quota
permit worksheets. However, antlerless deer permits may be issued for
any area, and the areas which will allow them along with the number of
permits issued will be determined after a deer census is conducted in
August. No wildlife management area offers an antlerless deer season.
To be eligible for antlerless deer permits:
■ You must check “Yes” to the antlerless deer question on the quota
permit application.
■ You must be awarded a quota permit for an area during the Phase I
random drawing that allows antlerless deer permits.
Group applicants will be treated as individuals in the antlerless deer
drawing. If one member of a group is selected for an antlerless deer
permit, it does not mean all group members will receive antlerless deer
permits. Special-opportunity and Recreational Use permit holders will
automatically be included in the Antlerless Deer permit drawing (if
permits are available for that area).
Recreational use permits
Recreational use permits are designed to provide more revenue to
landowners in the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) system. Money
set aside by the FWC to compensate those landowners for hunting
use on their lands was not suffi cient enough to compete with private
hunting leases. Rather than have WMAs drop out of the system,
the FWC offers recreational use permits. Fees collected from these
permits supplement the private landowners, keeping their lands open
to public hunting.
Except for hunting, recreational use permit holders and their
spouses or dependent youth (under 16 years of age) may participate
in other activities on designated WMAs. Only permit holders and one
dependent youth (under 16 years of age) may hunt. If spouses or more
than one dependent youth (under 16 years of age) wish to hunt, they
must purchase a recreational use permit. These permits also include a
management area permit that may be used when hunting public lands
not in the recreational use program.
Recreational use permits are only valid on the area designated on
the permit and may not be used on other recreational use program
areas. Once permits are issued, they can be renewed annually for two
additional years, essentially making them a three-year permit. Renewal
notices are mailed May 1, 2008. Permits not renewed by May 31, 2008
will be forfeited, and they will be made available to the public on a
fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. Obtain a worksheet (see page 36) for
information relating to when and where to apply for these permits.
Quota permits are not required on WMAs within the recreational
use program.
36 2008-2009 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission