Outdoors

FWC needs help in mapping fox squirrel sites

October 11, 2011

If you have seen a big squirrel with a long, bushy, fox-like tail, Florida wildlife biologists need your help. What you saw was a Florida fox squirrel, and biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) are asking you to go online and record your sighting of this creature twice the size of an ordinary squirrel. Fox squirrels often have distinctive, masked faces with a black head and white nose and ears but, there are wide variations in coloration – from tan to gray or black. You can use the FWC’s Google map application at www.public.myfwc.com/hsc/foxsquirrel/GetLatLong.aspx to...

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Hunters now must download permits from FWC website

July 23, 2010

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wants to make hunters aware that beginning this year, quota permits for general gun, archery, muzzleloading gun, family, youth, airboat and track will not be mailed out to successful applicants as they have been in the past. Instead, the FWC is allowing hunters, who are awarded permits in the random drawings, to print the quota permits by going to www.fl.wildlifelicense.com and choosing “Limited Entry/Quota then Pickup/Pay for Awarded Permit.” For detailed instructions on how to do this, go to MyFWC.com/Hunting and click “Limited Entry Hunts,” then “How to Print Your Limited...

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Apply for summer hog hunts on Joe Budd and Ochlockonee River WMAs

July 23, 2010

Because of an abundance of wild hogs on portions of Ochlockonee River and Joe Budd Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Northwest Florida, several hunting opportunities will be available during the coming months in an effort to reduce hog populations. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has quota permits available for hog-dog hunts on the Joe Budd area and still hunts for the Ochlockonee River WMA during August and September. Hog-dog hunts are set for nighttime hours on Aug. 19-22 and Sept. 16-19 in Zone G of the Joe Budd WMA. Five quota permits will be available for...

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Deer hunters required to get new $5 permit this season in Florida

July 23, 2010

Beginning with the upcoming 2010-2011 hunting season, anyone hunting deer in Florida will need a deer permit. The new permit costs $5 and is available now for purchase. Those with a Sportsman’s License, Gold Sportsman’s License, 64 or Older Sportsman’s License, Military Gold Sportsman’s License, Lifetime Hunting License or Lifetime Sportsman’s License will not need to purchase the new deer permit, because it already is included in each of these licenses, even if they were purchased before July 1. However, the deer permit is not included with a hunting license, combination hunting/freshwater fishing license, combination hunting/freshwater/saltwater license or a...

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