RE: hunting florida
In the Bay, Washington, Escambia, Holmes, Gulf, Liberty county areas of Northwest Florida you've got about three choices (1) Join a lease/club (2) Hunt state wildlife management areas (3) Go to Alabama to hunt. The state/public lands are over pressured, especially by hunters using dogs to drive deer. Leases are slightly higher than Florida's northern neighbors. You could also check out Tyndal and Eglin Air Force Bases wildlife offices - they normally do quota hunts, but with all this war talk that might not be happening this year. I hunt my own land in NW Florida that's connected to my F-I-Ls land and a diary farm.
Florida deer are small and if they get in the swamp thickets you'll have to fight biars, snakes, and other water hazards getting them within shot range.
Heaven is best viewed from a deer stand at sunrise in the forest
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