Info on Florida Hunting
 

Hi All,

I looks like I might have to move form the Northeast to Florida for my job. If so this will be in the Sanford / Lake Mary area.

I am wondering how the hunting is in this area? What type of hunting isaround here? Deer, Hog, Bird, ect...

Also are there any hunting clubs in this area??

IfI have to move I want to make sure I can continue my sport...

Thanks!

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i live about 45 min's from sanford. you can find turkey, hogs, and deer around here. you just have to know where to look. there are quite a few clubs around but most of them are for dog hunting for deer. there are a number of good wma's around. the ones that i hunt are probably a little far from you though.

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no deer in florida....haven't seen any in 20 some odd years. waste of time buying a hunt'n license! :eek:

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yep , I've heard that also.better stay up north where there's some good hunting.:D :D :D :D :D

haven't hunted that area in about 35 years.there were some good bird hunting and hog hunting in that area.don't know bout the deer. there were no deer there 35 years ago.heard there some good one now adays though. ;)[8D][8D]

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well you can't say there aren't deer. there are a couple of em' around but all the bucks are small and don't taste good.

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All the deer are next door, in Lake county!:D

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there are plenty deer in central fl.. i live in sanford and have hunted here for 50 plus years and have killed and seen some fine bucks..a friend killed an eight point this year that weighed 152 pounds..and i have never eaten a venison steak that didn't taste good..

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Boy... I get the feeling I'm not welcome in Florida.... :D:D

Thanks for the info... - I think. [:-]

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If you like hunting in a tropical rain forest..come on down.

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Rebel, quit try'n to send people over to my neck of the woods....we ALL know that the only deer and hogs in Florida are over on your side of the line...lmao

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rebel you know this is how rumors get started. ;)i hunted down in richloam which is just north of green swamp and all that were killed were small deer for the most part. not to lie or anything, because that would be wrong, that deer was killed in richloam by a dog hunter. the new state record was actually shot just south of the georgia line. but to get really nice deer you have to go out of state. ;)

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See Clay H. Mickler? I know him!
You were right, he killed it in Pasco not Polk. I have lived on county line Rd for 40yrs and have hunted Hillsborough and Pasco for many,many years.:)

Florida Buck Registry

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There are plenty of management areas for you to hunt one in particular is Tiger Bay about 1/2 north of you near Daytona. Great deer population some ncie sized deer for FL but wet, swampy and skeeter iinfested, but still good for public land. I am a transplant from NY so I am feeling your pain lol I lease land in Central GA and N Fl in the panhandle, going lease some land in GA and SC this coming year. YOu can hunt in Fl but you wont care for it, so drop me a line when you move here and maybe we can squeeze you in on our lease if we have an opening in GA, 4 hour ride from Sanford.

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I too am from NY.... WTF Upstate NY....

It aint like NY.

BUT there are opportunities, the hog hunting down here is fantastic.. I do it more then deer hunting. I do miss ducks n geese n pheasant, but down here we have dove (just have to shoot more to fill your plate).

You have quite a few WMA within a short drive of Sanford/Lake Mary area, and the bowfishing on the st. johns is fun too... lived there for a couple of years.

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I hear there's some good hunting in Madison & Jackson county..

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camocop you dont know anything about deer in florida i live in eustis and i see deer all the time and my hunting club kills deer all the time and not does

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deerkiller - I believe he was being facetious..... course, I have been known to be wrong every now and then :D

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im sorry i did not look at where he lives now i know he lives in lake county fl sorry

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Everybody's tryin to keep the Florida secret! I like that. I tell my relatives up north all the time that it never gets below 95 degrees and the humidiy is 100% all year long. That way maybe we can stop the ant farm subdivisions from taking just about every drop of Blackwater Jungle we have left to hunt in. I love when they tellme the bucks are the size of dogs! Then I usually send them a picture of this dog and tell them to please send me a pic of their dog from this year!

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exactly...

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WOW..GREAT BUCK!!!

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Nice, real nice! Way to go bro!

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Guys,

While it is certainly a very exciting time for our friend who is moving from the Northeast dowwn to FL, lets keep a few things in perspective. Do we want to welcome him? Sure. No problem with that at all. But, we need to let him know and make it clear that we do not tolerate certain things down here in Florida.

Am I right guys? Who here wants another Yankee living in South Florida?

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dont need any more cab drivers either, theres already plenty of greencards to do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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the hell are you doin? hes got family there. maby they moved north, maby he didnt move down here. you need to shut your mouth till you get facts.

p.s. if us yankees suck so much, why did we win the confedreate war?

( no offence guys just to tdww)

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yeah.. keep them all in North Florida where you live!!

I especially don't like them yankees that come down and marry them good ol florida cracker girls... and then start having kids!! GD those yankees!!

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for all that don't know, i was joking about no deer in florida. as mentioned above, florida has some FINE hunt'n. it's just harder to hunt florida because of the terrain and elements...but you can't tell anyone that. like bigboar said, no matter what you tell people, they all believe our deer are sickly and little. you just have to know where to go to get the big boys....



this buck was killed by me (holding the rifle) last hunting season in lake county, florida. he was an 8 point weighing in at 150 pounds with a 17 1/2 inch spread.

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for all that don't know, i was joking about no deer in florida.
Camo

I knew you were joking.;)I remembered your picture from last year. I'm chasing a fine Florida buck myself. If I wasn't an honest hunter I could of got him last year but wasn't daylight yet. Florida does take skill though when hunting in those public places. You need to hike a good piece away from the others and try to score in archery season.
By the way I'm a yankee too. Came here in 81 to go to Bible college. Actually Mason and Dixon line Maryland.
C7