This fall there will be some special deer and wild hog hunts at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge and a unique “big-game” hunt on St. Vincent Island.
There are two archery hunts, two general gun hunts and one mobility-impaired gun hunt on St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, which covers 60,000 acres in Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties.
For hunters looking to rough it a bit more and go after some truly big game St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge in Franklin County is where the hunt’s on for the enormous, imported sambar deer.
These reddish-brown deer, which are actually in the elk family, are native to Southeast Asia and were introduced on the island in 1908.
They can measure 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh more than 700 pounds.
You also can harvest wild hogs on this hunt, but it must be with bows or muzzleloaders.
The primitive-weapon sambar deer/wild hog hunt is Dec. 1-3, and there are 200 permits available, costing $25.
Hunters who purchased this hunt last year aren’t eligible to apply this year.
The FWC issues the permits by a random drawing that takes place in late June.
The application fee is $5.
The application period for these hunts begins at 10 a.m. May 3 and continues through 11:59 p.m. June 9.
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