Comments on: FWC Continues To Study New Deer Hunting Regulations For Northwest Florida

By: Florida sportsman

Florida sportsman — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:31:47 +0000

Is the horn rule going to apply to the Depredating Deer Permit’s!! If not a waste of time! Need antlerless deer days for everyday and let the hunters control the deer. Besides the season from may 1st til oct 15th day r night where a lot of the young bucks the hunter’s let walk get killed by the D.D.P’s!!! The F.W.C. could do something better with the antlerless deer day’s for the hunters to help out the farmers and the insurance companies!!!!

By: david ellis

david ellis — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:22:42 +0000

Florida needs to allow doe harvest the entire season. I’m tired of dodging doe deer on my daily travels. I’m sure insurance companies could provide some collision cost that reflect the number of deer/car accidents that we have. Hunting clubs are not killing enough doe deer. They need to limit the total number of bucks you are allowed to kill each year. You certainly don’t need to be allowed 2 bucks a day. You might get the buck/doe ratio a little closer together.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:10:12 +0000

I support this, but they need to work on opening the season for wild hogs. People should be able to take hogs year round on wma without having quota hunts. They are a lot of fun to hunt. Its a great way to feed your family.. What they need to also open up more areas for people to hunt. Its slim pickins out there.

By: JD

JD — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:38:54 +0000

If the FWC would enforce the current laws and do more to catch poachers then there would not be a problem with the current population. If they were to change current regulations to take a certain number of does during regular gun seasons then hunters wouldn’t be so quick to shoot immature bucks.

By: MicheleG

MicheleG — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 03:23:55 +0000

As a hunter I am in complete support of this. We have seen too many immature deer taken that need to be allowed to grow and mature. That is why our population is so out of whack now. The mature bucks need to be thinned and the younger bucks allowed to grow to maturity. That is how healthy deer management is done. It isn’t about hunting horns!

By: Cinndee

Cinndee — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:03:32 +0000

This change in the law would mean less officers needed on the ground and would give them more options to arrest/ticket you. The more laws there are makes it easier to violate them. You almost have to be a Philadelphia lawyer to be able to fish these days – I guess it’s going to be that way for hunting, too.
BTW – I’m sure the buck is going to stand perfectly still while you measure his horns at 200 yards. Good luck with that.

By: Leroy Findley

Leroy Findley — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:42:29 +0000

I do not hunt horns. I only hunt for the meat. If given the choice between a 5″ or a eight point I will shoot the younger one every time. I only kill one or two a year, don’t have any use for more. I don’t have any need for horns. I don’t need a trophy, the trophy is when you place on the dinner table. How are you going to measure 1″ at a 100+ yards? Why change something that is working? If we need change it would be more wardens in the woods.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 12:24:10 +0000

Unfortunately I have seen hunters take fawns that have just lost their spots. This is not hunting…this is just killing to kill. Hunting is something you do to eat or mount, preferably both. How much meat can a tiny fawn that just lost it’s spots have? I have hunted for food, no problem there…just don’t like to see baby animals killed just to kill something.

By: gst

gst — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:48:59 +0000

complete waste of time&money there’s no way they can enforce this.people already know how to get around the laws they have on the books now.