Monday, February 28, 2011

FWC approves youth turkey hunting and more guns on hog-dog hunts


The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has passed new rules that affect hunting on many of the state’s wildlife management areas. 

One of the new rules establishes two-day, Saturday-Sunday youth turkey hunts on 78 state-managed areas, all of which support adequate turkey populations.

The hunts will begin with the 2012 season.

It also creates a youth turkey quota permit.

Forty-nine of the 78 Wildlife Management Areas will require the permits.

The other statewide rule removes the one-gun restriction on all hog quota hunts using dogs. 

Currently, these “hog-dog” quota hunts allow only one hunter (permit-holder), one gun, one assistant and up to three dogs. 

An additional person also may join the hunting party, if a guest permit is obtained in that person’s name. 

But starting with the 2011-12 hunting season, each participant will be allowed to hunt with a gun.



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