Doc, here in FL on Wild Life Management Areaswe have touse center fire cartridgeswhen the season is open.
The smallest center firebeing the Remington .17caliber could be used, but hardly no one uses it, .223 would be thesmallest being used. On private property we can hunt hogs all year round, day/night with a .22 if we desired. Hogs are not considered a game animal on private property, they are considered Owners Property.






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2005-2006 Hunting Handbook[/b]

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LEGAL METHODS OF TAKING GAME
(The definition of “taking” wildlife includes taking, attempting to take, pursuing, hunting, molesting, capturing or killing any wildlife)
Resident game birds and mammals: Rifles, shotguns, pistols, longbows, compound bows, recurve bows, crossbows and birds of prey (falcons, owls and hawks) may be used. Longbows, compound bows, recurve bows and crossbows must have minimum draw weights of 35 pounds. Hand-held releases may be used. Arrows used to take deer, hog or turkey must be equipped with broadheads having at least two sharpened edges with minimum widths of 7/8 inch. Non-migratory game can be taken from stationary vehicles.
Hunting deer: Muzzleloading guns firing single bullets must be at least .40-caliber. Muzzleloading guns firing two or more balls must be 20-gauge or larger.
Migratory game birds: Shotguns (not larger than 10-gauge, plugged to a three-shell capacity including a one-piece filler that cannot be removed without disassembling the gun and incapable of holding more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined), birds of prey and bows (except crossbows) may be used.
PROHIBITED METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR TAKING GAME
• Centerfire, semi-automatic rifles having magazine capacities of more than five rounds.
• Non-expanding, full metal case (military ball) ammunition for taking deer.
• Firearms using rimfire cartridges for taking deer.
• Rifles, pistols or crossbows for taking migratory game birds.
• Fully automatic or silencer-equipped firearms.
• Explosive or drug-injecting arrows.
• Taking or attempting to take game with live decoys, recorded game calls or sounds, set guns, artificial lights, nets, traps, snares, drugs or poisons.
• Shooting from vehicles, powerboats or sailboats moving under power. Motors must be shut off or sails furled and the vessel’s progress must cease from such motor or sail before hunters may shoot wildlife.
• Herding or driving wildlife with vehicles, boats or aircraft.
• Hunting turkeys with dogs.
• Shooting turkeys while they are on the roost.
• Taking migratory game birds over baited areas.
• Taking turkeys by baiting or over baited areas.
• Taking turkeys when the hunter is within 100 yards of a game-feeding station.
• Taking fawn deer or swimming deer is prohibited.
• Hunting with bows equipped with sights or aiming devices with electronic computational capabilities or light projection (laser) features during archery seasons.
• Hunting resident game using bows with draw weights less than 35 pounds.
• Using dogs without collars identifying owners.
• Using dogs on private lands without written landowner permission (See Deer Dog Registration on page 7).
• Possessing modern firearms while muzzleloading gun hunting during special muzzleloading gun seasons.
• Possessing firearms or crossbows while archery hunting during special archery seasons.
• Placing, exposing or distributing soporific, anesthetic, tranquilizer, hypnotic or similar drugs or chemicals; preparation by baits; or by other means whereby game birds or game animals can be affected, unless authorized by permit from the FWC executive director.