Comments on: FWC Makes Major Changes To Deer Hunting In Northwest Florida

By: RAF

RAF — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:24:07 +0000

To ME – From an eating perspective, I’ll take a fat doe over an older, larger (and tougher) buck any day of the week. More than once in my life I have passed up a shot at a larger buck to take a smaller (legal) doe from his harem because of meat quality. A friend of mine took a 12 point buck on the eastern shore of Maryland (215 lbs after hanging for five days) – even the backstraps were shoe leather and only good for sausage.

By: ME

ME — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:28:51 +0000

Those of you who say “you cant eat bone” do understand that if you let the bucks get another year on them to grow that they will have more meat the next year right? Why would you want to shoot a spike anyway if all you want is the meat? You can harvest a doe a day during archery and doe season, shoot a doe if all you want is meat.

By: curious

curious — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:23:07 +0000

To jake, it’s not to hard to measure horns, when they’re standing around eating corn, when your on management land in Florida, where you can’t bait, it makes measuring more difficult, & some people can’t afford a club, & some people do try to hunt legal w/ out spreading corn, although there are some that don’t care, they just think, huh, I’ll just get a lawyer to fight it, instead of trying to be honest.

By: jake

jake — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 02:14:21 +0000

If Florida would go with a 8 point minium then they might have some deer. And if you got to measure the hone to be sure if hes legal then u need to go back to learning school.

By: Active Deer Hunter

Active Deer Hunter — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:52:51 +0000

Good steps to improve buck quality in Northwest Florida. Just like Alabama, the Buck quality will improve. Give it time. I agree with the one buck / doe per day but I trust FWC is doing the research on herd population to set the correct daily limits.

By: Bamma Lady

Bamma Lady — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:24:31 +0000

The thing I see that might be difficult is getting the deer to come up to you before you shoot him so you can measure that horn….. Just Saying……….

By: Jmyers

Jmyers — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:18:43 +0000

@Southerner

FWC has been practically begging for input from local hunters lately. I am signed up to receive FWC Update/Hot Sheet emails and have had at least 5-6 emails in the past several months from FWC asking for input about deer management in our area. I suggest that those who concerned by the new rules sign up yourselves and become active in managing our resources rather than complaining after the fact.

You can sign up for the FWC Updates at the MYFWC com website.

By: DOC

DOC — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:45:15 +0000

If they want to change the number of point on a buck you can shoot that’s fine with me, they did that in Alabama no big deal… But i don’t just hunt horns I have a big family to provide for and the price of beef and hamburger these days,,,, deer is the way I get that… They need to at least do one buck and one doe a day…. That’s just my opinion…..

By: southerner

southerner — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:32:13 +0000

I don’t eat antlers. This can complicate things for a responsible hunter that is trying to be legal. If people want to limit themselves to bigger older bucks, let them join a club. Why doesn’t the government simply tighten the controls on the land they own and control? If you do not like the change contact FWC.

By: LEO GUY

LEO GUY — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:19:19 +0000

None of this does any good to control the exploding deer population. Why not just give each hunter two doe permits or at least one each. That way each hunter can harvest at least one deer each season. Believe me, there is no shortage of deer, ask any insurance company paying for the damage done to cars alone, much less the crop damage to farmers. :-/