ACguy

Anyone going to try and hunt Green Swamp West this year?

Is upper-Hillsborough a good placeto get aquota hunt?

Thanks

Chuck7

No sir..I only hunt the Green Swamp East..

midsouth_hunter

The whole Special Opportunity hunts is a big money maker for the state. $5 an entry, then they promote you to put multiple entrys in to have a betterchance of being selected and then if you are selected $100 for a few days of hunting.

Chuck7

I know it's an opportuity hunt.I sent an application there a couple of years ago..

strutnbuck

Ya know, if ya really want to hunt any managment area, you can even without a permit. If you get caught it's only a "hunting without a permit" ticket, like $80. I won't do it, but found out last year on a turkey hunt at fisheating creek. Lyke' brothers leasee's went onto the management area and got caught shooting a tom. All the game warden said he could do was take the bird as evidence and give him the ticket. Can't charge ya with "felony tresspass or tresspass" on property owned/leased by the state. As a resident, you technically own the land. As far as the special opps go, that's cheaper than applying! LOLOLOLOL! It's a shame!

BangFlop

I just put in for one of the Special Opportunity hunts - we'll see what happens. I hunted GS East all last year - never saw a deer (did see some sign) - got one hawg though - 120 pounder - good smoked ...

FLboy77

Green Swamp west is some of the pemier public land in the state hands down. Thats were the record archery buck for FL came out of you might have heard of James Stovall and his 206" deer he killed in there. Id love to try and hunt it but they only allow like 30 permits and thousands of people apply for it. If you get it you have a great chance of killing a deer.

Good Luck!