Hunting the vastness of Florida
Deer season in Florida is about a diverse as its population and activities.
Due to the diverseness of the state those who wish to hunt deer could actually do so from July all the way to February based on the zones and environmental conditions.
Ironically Northwest Florida is the leader for deer taken statewide with Santa Rosa County ranked tops across the Sunshine State.
In Santa Rosa County according to the 2010 FWC Deer Harvest Survey Report, 10,584 deer were harvested and hunters reported spending a total of 151,118 hunting days in the woods, which was also tops in the state.
Next in both categories were our neighbors in Okaloosa County with 10,163 deer and 146,843 days respectively.
Escambia County also finished in the top 10 with 6,238 deer harvested and 69,041 hunting days reported in its survey.
The numbers actually are not that surprising to some.
“Personally those numbers sound high,” said Donna Tucker, Executive Director of the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce. “But I can sit here and give you a list of people who hunt in private hunting clubs or own land to hunt on.
“The word is already getting out in the hunting segment, but what we will have to make sure of is the accommodations for the groups and the fuel necessary to meet their needs.”
While residents in South Florida and around the Everglades have been hunting since July, hunters here in northwest Florida are preparing for deer season to open on Oct. 22 with crossbow season.
“The dates to the deer seasons across the state of Florida correspond to the rut,” said Stan Kirkland, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Public Information Coordinator for Northwest Florida. “Florida is so diverse compared to others states that it has several different ruts and it would be hard to set one period of dates to accommodate the entire state.
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Wildlife officials use robo-deer to catch poachers – Sacramento Bee ...
SALT LAKE CITY — State wildlife officials nationwide are using roadside robot deer decoys to nab unscrupulous hunters, and the program is expanding in states such as Florida and Utah.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokeswoman Amy Canning says the state now has five robotic deer decoys.
Canning says the decoys are often used to catch hunters who try to shoot deer at night, which is prohibited even during hunting season.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Katie Purcell says Florida is using six decoys statewide.
She says the deer decoys allow officers to catch would-be poachers in the act, saving investigative time later.
Georgia’s program was so successful that the state’s robotic deer decoy had to be replaced in 2006 after being shot more than 1,000 times.
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