Ya your right, I’ll have to brush up on my abbreviations before heading out to public land to hunt.

WMA's are pretty much the only public land to hunt in FL if you don't even know what one is, it shows you haven't even looked at the MYFWC.com website. Check it out and you'll get most of your questions answered there.

honestly though florida public land hunting is probably the worst place to hunt public land in the united states.

I saw a hog hunt on craigslist the other day called "two guys and a hog" never hunted with them but they offer half day hunts for $30-$40 and hole days for $70. or they offer a guaranteed hunt for a little more...

Check them out allthough they are up in Perry.

Good luck
 

..moved here 6 year's and I still can't find anyone that hunts and I don't even want the meat but will help with dressing it..I have gun ammo clothing treestand blind and all that and I have never been hunting before and would like to go..I been hearing they have hog tours.. 5 person hunt

.223 is a bit on the light side unless you limit yourself to head shots. With your zero experience hunting anything I recommend you look for a guided hunt. I don't know if Florida requires a license to hunt hogs but if they do, you will need to take and pass a hunter education class. It would be to your benefit to learn something abut hunting before you decide to do it.

No license needed for hogs in FL on private, but you will need a WMA permit if you hunt WMA's and check into the license thing on public. I'm not certain. Hogs migrate a lot so be ready to do a little legwork on public. Get a pair of snakeboots i'm still killing moccassins and pygmys in Dec.

When hunting on the wma's you need a license and the wma permit. It does not matter the species being hunted. I will be hunting wma for the first time this year. I did the guided hunt the first time and chose stalking so I could watch the guide read the terrain. FL is much different than Maine.