Florida deer are small?!
03-10-2008, 08:57 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blanchester Ohio USA
Posts: 1,269
RE: Florida deer are small?!
ORIGINAL: strutnbuck
My buddy killed a nice buck in Florida. But the body sizes are what get me. What did those two deer dress?
My buddies was 90 lbs and looked like a mature buck.
One was just over 150, the other 170. I shot an 8pt in a local WMA that was 175. Last year there were 5 bucks taken there over 150, the largest being 198. That's on the hoof. We do get some good weights, problem is they usually don't live long enough. Florida allows 2 bucks a day all season. WMA's have there own limits, they varie. Both these bucks were 3 yrs. old. Could have gotten even bigger. FL is supposed to change their managment plan next year, implementing a stricker bag limit and antler restriction depending on location in FL. Hopefully they will! One antler 5" is the current legal buck!
My buddy killed a nice buck in Florida. But the body sizes are what get me. What did those two deer dress?
My buddies was 90 lbs and looked like a mature buck.
One was just over 150, the other 170. I shot an 8pt in a local WMA that was 175. Last year there were 5 bucks taken there over 150, the largest being 198. That's on the hoof. We do get some good weights, problem is they usually don't live long enough. Florida allows 2 bucks a day all season. WMA's have there own limits, they varie. Both these bucks were 3 yrs. old. Could have gotten even bigger. FL is supposed to change their managment plan next year, implementing a stricker bag limit and antler restriction depending on location in FL. Hopefully they will! One antler 5" is the current legal buck!
03-10-2008, 09:09 PM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Florida deer are small?!
Thanks alot!!!!!!!
Here I have been telling everyone that Florida deer are little bitty things and you go and show pics like this.
Next thing you know all of those people from Illinois will be coming down here to hunt.
Here I have been telling everyone that Florida deer are little bitty things and you go and show pics like this.
Next thing you know all of those people from Illinois will be coming down here to hunt.
03-11-2008, 02:20 AM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: outback Australia in england now
Posts: 603
RE: Florida deer are small?!
hey all yo uflorida hunters in this thread check out my thread about hunting in florida pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee 
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2686792
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2686792
03-11-2008, 04:55 AM
#16
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where the big deer are from, seminole county FL
Posts: 1,435
RE: Florida deer are small?!
^ you thought the beach, suprisingly florida is a very rural state, it is just alittle swampier then other states. is there anything wrong with those boots[8D]
you thought the beach, suprisingly florida is a very rural state, it is just alittle swampier then other states. is there anything wrong with those boots[8D]
03-12-2008, 07:36 AM
#17
Join Date: May 2005
Location: StL, MO
Posts: 745
RE: Florida deer are small?!
Did a hog hunt down there last month on a private lease. I was very suprised at the deer size. I expected the "dog size" you hear about, but they looked pretty normal to me. Not as big as our deer up here, but certainly nothing that struck me as "small" either.
03-12-2008, 07:59 AM
#20
Join Date: Oct 2007
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RE: Florida deer are small?!
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
I was down in FL for a farm convention.....went to an all you can eat breakfast one morning.
Those boys came in looking like some hardcore cowboys. They strap on their boots and spurs like we put on our pants and shirts.
I've gotta tell ya, I was taken back by the "florida country"....I saw some spots that looked great for whitetails down there.
Whoda thunk it !! FLORIDA ??? And I thought the convention was going to be on a beach
I was down in FL for a farm convention.....went to an all you can eat breakfast one morning.
Those boys came in looking like some hardcore cowboys. They strap on their boots and spurs like we put on our pants and shirts.
I've gotta tell ya, I was taken back by the "florida country"....I saw some spots that looked great for whitetails down there.
Whoda thunk it !! FLORIDA ??? And I thought the convention was going to be on a beach
Its not! Thats South Florida, which I consider a nuther country (Cuba),The rest of Florida isnt much different from any of your other south eastern states like Georgia or Alabama... Give FL some credit!