This fall, Northwest Florida will offers 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. There are 200 available permits for each hunt at $15 each.
For hunters looking to rough it a bit more and go after some truly big game, the nearly 13 thousand acre, St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge is offering hunts 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 takes place Dec. 2-4, and there are 200 permits available, costing $25.
To apply for a permit, go on-line to www.fl.wildlifelicense.com, or stop by the county tax collectors' offices or any retail outlet that sells hunting and fishing supplies, between 10 a.m. on May 4th and 11:59 p.m. on June 10th.
The FWC will issue the permits by a random drawing that takes place in early August.
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