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Post by meateater on Apr 2, 2024 14:05:05 GMT -5
till we apply for the chance to be corraled in for 3 days with other lucky hunters on what some would call public land. 8 preference points for general gun this year , will i get my number one pick this year.
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Apr 2, 2024 14:14:37 GMT -5
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Post by Crkr 23 on Apr 2, 2024 14:14:37 GMT -5
I missed drawing a quota one year with 9 pts, so there's that.
What's funny is that I drew the same permit the year before and had to return because of a late planned out of state hunt.
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Post by meateater on Apr 3, 2024 12:04:15 GMT -5
this should be my last year deer hunting in south florida , 40 plus years on 20 plus wmas and they all suck compared to what they were years ago. guys who started deer hunting in south florida in the last 20 years or so have no clue how bad the management of the deer has been.
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Post by pinman on Apr 3, 2024 22:41:52 GMT -5
this should be my last year deer hunting in south florida , 40 plus years on 20 plus wmas and they all suck compared to what they were years ago. guys who started deer hunting in south florida in the last 20 years or so have no clue how bad the management of the deer has been. 40 years ago South Florida was only 50 years from being straight up wilderness.....thank Willis Carrier for the transformation.... |
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Apr 8, 2024 13:05:18 GMT -5
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Post by olmucky on Apr 8, 2024 13:05:18 GMT -5
this should be my last year deer hunting in south florida , 40 plus years on 20 plus wmas and they all suck compared to what they were years ago. guys who started deer hunting in south florida in the last 20 years or so have no clue how bad the management of the deer has been. Is it mismanagement or a combo: In a 2012 study, scientists showed that sightings of raccoons, opossums, bobcats, rabbits, foxes, and other mammals in the region have declined more than 80 percent since the mid-1990s. |
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Apr 8, 2024 14:28:20 GMT -5
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Post by flatlander49 on Apr 8, 2024 14:28:20 GMT -5
Panthers and pythons had Don a double whammy on deer in South Florida. Had a former ENP superintendent tell me face to face the small mammals were nearly gone around 2010-2012 timeframe. Few years ago we saw several shooter bucks on camera before season. By the time of archery opening and through ML we saw none. And not much in the way of does either.
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Apr 9, 2024 8:09:01 GMT -5
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Post by One Man Gang on Apr 9, 2024 8:09:01 GMT -5
Chalk up the decline of productive public land deer/all hunting in MOST of South Florida to the following 3 things:
1. Urban sprawl/ growth.
2. The invasion of invasives; including humans (see growth above), plants, and animals.
3. Poor public land management; particularly the unnaturally sustained high water levels. This also includes the overall management through politics rather than sound science. You can also pencil in a overabundance of locked/limited/greatly hindered access where there should not be any, or where there should be more.
This is the story behind the woes of South Florida deer hunting.
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Apr 9, 2024 11:37:53 GMT -5
Post by meateater on Apr 9, 2024 11:37:53 GMT -5
Chalk up the decline of productive public land deer/all hunting in MOST of South Florida to the following 3 things: 1. Urban sprawl/ growth. 2. The invasion of invasives; including humans (see growth above), plants, and animals. 3. Poor public land management; particularly the unnaturally sustained high water levels. This also includes the overall management through politics rather than sound science. You can also pencil in a overabundance of locked/limited/greatly hindered access where there should not be any, or where there should be more. This is the story behind the woes of South Florida deer hunting. poor land management overall, which includes unnatural water levels, predators, not enough prescribed burning and some poaching. fwc continues to restrict public land hunting thru quotas, antler restrictions, access points,no ebikes and 100 other rules when none of this is a problem. when a cougar gives you a boner but a ten point buck with 6 doe in tow makes you limp you got your priorities screwed up. oh by the way cougars are now hunting turkeys big time in big cypress, calling them in is easier then calling in a big gobbler you wont see this on the news or fwc,s website just more restrictions on hunters. |
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Apr 9, 2024 14:31:25 GMT -5
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Post by nuthinfancy on Apr 9, 2024 14:31:25 GMT -5
I know several packs of hog dogs that have become fond of treeing the cats. Would love to see what a pack of genuine lion hounds could do down here.
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Post by meateater on Apr 10, 2024 8:57:27 GMT -5
I know several packs of hog dogs that have become fond of treeing the cats. Would love to see what a pack of genuine lion hounds could do down here. your probably under investigation now for just thinking about that. |
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Post by walkerdog on Apr 10, 2024 17:54:01 GMT -5
Actually, the panther biologists were looking for a new houndsman not too long before Roy died. Pretty particular on what the dogs needed to be like though. Most curs are biters, so they wouldn’t meet the required specs.
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Apr 10, 2024 21:14:37 GMT -5
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Post by nuthinfancy on Apr 10, 2024 21:14:37 GMT -5
I know several packs of hog dogs that have become fond of treeing the cats. Would love to see what a pack of genuine lion hounds could do down here. your probably under investigation now for just thinking about that. Haha you’re probably right. Just for the record to any officer reading this, the above post was for comedic purposes only and I have never intended or attempted to harass or harm our beloved state mammal. |
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May 7, 2024 13:12:10 GMT -5
Post by JS84 on May 7, 2024 13:12:10 GMT -5
With having property now in the North part of the state, I'm looking to apply for quotas at WMAs in the state I had not previously considered. Where I'm running in to trouble is determining what are the better WMAs to apply for. Harvest data is incomplete or non-existent for some areas. How else would you determine otherwise? Is it just historical knowledge?
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May 7, 2024 14:41:01 GMT -5
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Post by Crkr 23 on May 7, 2024 14:41:01 GMT -5
You can look at some harvest reports at
hunterstoolbox.gooutdoorsflorida. It wasn't easy for me to figure how to use, I'm not tech savvy. I used it in turkey season checking on what WMAs produced. When we checked a bird in it showed up in the wmas report almost immediately.
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May 7, 2024 17:03:20 GMT -5
Post by pinman on May 7, 2024 17:03:20 GMT -5
With having property now in the North part of the state, I'm looking to apply for quotas at WMAs in the state I had not previously considered. Where I'm running in to trouble is determining what are the better WMAs to apply for. Harvest data is incomplete or non-existent for some areas. How else would you determine otherwise? Is it just historical knowledge? If you have a place to stay overnight at your property Id probably just pick the closest place for deer an then learn it. Theres deer in just about any WMA (disclosure; I suck at deer hunting). Turkeys arent at as many places so that might take more investigation. |
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May 7, 2024 18:43:54 GMT -5
Post by JS84 on May 7, 2024 18:43:54 GMT -5
You can look at some harvest reports at hunterstoolbox.gooutdoorsflorida. It wasn't easy for me to figure how to use, I'm not tech savvy. I used it in turkey season checking on what WMAs produced. When we checked a bird in it showed up in the wmas report almost immediately. I actually hadn't seen this before. Thank you |
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May 7, 2024 18:58:53 GMT -5
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Post by Crkr 23 on May 7, 2024 18:58:53 GMT -5
Thank wayviss (sp), he put it in an earlier post.
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Post by JS84 on May 8, 2024 8:18:03 GMT -5
Credit where credit it due. Thank you Wayvis! I must have missed the original link.
The tool proved useful though as it turned me onto a property that was flying under the radar for me. Actually had never heard of it but looks like a quality wma based on the report data.
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May 8, 2024 11:11:01 GMT -5
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Post by olmucky on May 8, 2024 11:11:01 GMT -5
I missed drawing a quota one year with 9 pts, so there's that. What's funny is that I drew the same permit the year before and had to return because of a late planned out of state hunt. Me2 |
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Post by TRTerror on May 9, 2024 17:00:19 GMT -5
Actually, the panther biologists were looking for a new houndsman not too long before Roy died. Pretty particular on what the dogs needed to be like though. Most curs are biters, so they wouldn’t meet the required specs. Dang , didn't know Roy had passed.. Worked with him several times and hunted his land in far South West Texas for Aoudad Sheep. Got 2 the first day then hunted Javelins for a week till we got tired of them. RIP Roy.. |
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Post by outdoorsfl on May 12, 2024 13:05:36 GMT -5
Longtime lurker, recently-registered and first time poster. We’re three days out from phase 1 quotas, always an exciting time of year! Need to put some meat in the freezer this year, so purposely applying to a few anterless WMAs. Best of luck to all.
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Post by JS84 on May 13, 2024 7:33:09 GMT -5
Welcome Lurker  and Good Luck!! |
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Post by ben10 on May 14, 2024 19:41:09 GMT -5
Longtime lurker, recently-registered and first time poster. We’re three days out from phase 1 quotas, always an exciting time of year! Need to put some meat in the freezer this year, so purposely applying to a few anterless WMAs. Best of luck to all. Glad I caught this! I was thinking the quotas didn’t start until June 15th. I would’ve been hung out to dry thanks for the heads up |
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Post by meateater on May 16, 2024 10:32:07 GMT -5
Longtime lurker, recently-registered and first time poster. We’re three days out from phase 1 quotas, always an exciting time of year! Need to put some meat in the freezer this year, so purposely applying to a few anterless WMAs. Best of luck to all. Glad I caught this! I was thinking the quotas didn’t start until June 15th. I would’ve been hung out to dry thanks for the heads up wait till june 16th, thats when all the good spots are available.  |
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May 16, 2024 21:23:04 GMT -5
Post by johnnybandit on May 16, 2024 21:23:04 GMT -5
Glad I caught this! I was thinking the quotas didn’t start until June 15th. I would’ve been hung out to dry thanks for the heads up wait till june 16th, thats when all the good spots are available. I have my picks in..... And now I have a number of points..... |
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May 18, 2024 14:10:07 GMT -5
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Post by One Man Gang on May 18, 2024 14:10:07 GMT -5
wait till june 16th, thats when all the good spots are available. I have my picks in..... And now I have a number of points..... Ain't no Johnny come lately this season!  |
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May 20, 2024 9:38:00 GMT -5
Post by meateater on May 20, 2024 9:38:00 GMT -5
I have my picks in..... And now I have a number of points..... Ain't no Johnny come lately this season! he still aint getting dinner island with 2 or 3 points. |
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May 20, 2024 10:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by One Man Gang on May 20, 2024 10:35:56 GMT -5
Ain't no Johnny come lately this season! he still aint getting dinner island with 2 or 3 points. Probably not and that's a shame. |
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May 29, 2024 0:30:56 GMT -5
Post by johnnybandit on May 29, 2024 0:30:56 GMT -5
Ain't no Johnny come lately this season! he still aint getting dinner island with 2 or 3 points.
I have four.... And I still will probably not get one... Or at Spirit...
And I have not been down there much this spring.....
I got both Influenza A and Influenza B at the same time.... It quickly went into pneumonia in both lungs.... And I went into Sepsis.... And My Auto immune blood platelet disorder that has not been much of an issue in about 3 years reared its ugly head because of everything
my immune system was trying to fight...
without being dramatic... I almost died....
I was down there on like March second or third..... After that I got my ass kicked... I went down there three weeks ago..... I have mostly been resting and editing photos
I never got to on the weekends...
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May 29, 2024 7:20:13 GMT -5
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Post by swampdog on May 29, 2024 7:20:13 GMT -5
Darn bandit - hope you’re back to full fighting fitness shortly. Good luck going forward sir.
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