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Welcome to 2025-26 Florida Hunting

Cover of the 2025–2026 Florida Hunting Regulations guide featuring a white-tailed deer in a green forest setting, highlighting new rules and public hunting areas.
The 2025–2026 Florida Hunting Regulations guide features updates including expanded antlerless deer days, new public hunting areas, and extended youth turkey hunts.

Major Changes

Major regulation and rule changes for this season are listed below. There are many other changes not listed here. Hunters are responsible for learning requirements and regulations pertaining to the types of hunting they pursue.

  • Six new public hunting areas: C-44 STA in Martin County, Deep Creek in St. Johns County, Dinner Island Ranch-Caracara Unit in Hendry County, Green Heart of the Everglades in Collier County, Lake Apopka North Shore in Lake County, and Rice Creek in Putnam County.
  • Antlerless deer harvest opportunities have been expanded on lands outside of the WMA system in hunting zones B, C and D.
  • Youth spring turkey hunt has expanded to a 4-day, Friday through Monday hunt.
  • Airbows are now allowed during crossbow and muzzleloading gun seasons on lands outside of the WMA system.
  • Nonresident turkey hunters must purchase annual hunting license, are limited to only being issued up to 10% of spring turkey quota permits, and are not allowed to hunt the first 9-days of spring turkey season at Big Cypress (non-quota units), J.W. Corbett, Three Lakes, Herky Huffman/Bull Creek and Jumper Creek.
  • Major changes to quota application and issuance process including preference point applications and no longer getting “plus one” when returning permits.
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