Florida Deer Hunting Notes – January 2019
The spike pictured above stood at the end of a line of fresh rubs. It’s possible he accounted for a few of them. Almost certainly a larger buck was working the area, ripping up thick scrub oaks around...
View ArticleThis Season’s Trophy Florida Bucks
With the 2018-19 season winding down, I’ve been having this recurring thought – Florida hunters have taken a lot of big bucks this season. More so than in recent memory. Since archery kicked off in...
View ArticleReviewing Florida’s Hunting Regulation Changes on the Down South Hunting Podcast
Last Monday evening, Chuck Echenique and I were guests on the Down South Hunting podcast with Mike Higman. The topic was the various changes to Florida’s hunting regulations the FWC Commission approved...
View ArticleEmbracing Florida’s New Deer Harvest Reporting System
Of the hunting changes debated and approved at the February FWC Commission meeting, the new deer harvest reporting system excites me the most. Yes, pretty dorky, I’ll concede. My earnest hope is that...
View ArticleFlorida Deer Hunting Notes – September 2019
Deer hunting returns to the bulk of the state on September 14th with Archery and Crossbow seasons in Zone C. South Florida hunters have been sticking nice bucks already. Check out Lower Florida Bucks...
View ArticleFlorida Deer Hunting Notes – October 2019
Last weekend was my first in the woods for deer. Months of trail camera photos boosted my excitement. No matter how old I get, it’s tough to sleep the night before the Opener. Over Saturday and Sunday...
View ArticleFlorida Deer Hunting Notes – November 2019
Wrestle every free daylight moment you have to sit in a stand during November. I clamored into my blind at 2:00 on Saturday afternoon. At 6:50, I caught movement in the corner of my binoculars. A young...
View ArticleFlorida Deer Hunting Notes – December 2019
The article is three years old, but I read an interesting piece from Florida Today regarding acorn masting. “Oak acorn production varies markedly year to year and by species. But every several years,...
View ArticleUpdated Deer Data: 2018-19 Harvest Report, Hunter Satisfaction, and More
FWC has recently released a great deal of deer hunting and management data. I talked about the South Florida Deer Research Project last month. But now, FWC has posted harvest data and hunter...
View ArticleWhere Were You Yesterday, Buck?
Trail cameras are the very devil. Once upon a time, you could spend a weekend in the public land woods believing the forest was void of game and that’s why you weren’t seeing anything. That’s changed....
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