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Northwest Region

Florida Wildlife Management Area Northwest Region Map

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Archery season

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Muzzleloading gun season

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Archery/muzzleloading gun season

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General gun season

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Small-game season

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Spring turkey season

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Family hunts

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Camping allowed

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Hog hunting season

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Hog dogs allowed

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Deer dogs allowed

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Night raccoon hunting

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Horseback riding allowed

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Hiking trails

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Fishing

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Mobility-impaired hunts

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Youth turkey season

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Released Quail Allowed


Wildlife management areas (WMAs)

Only general wildlife management area (WMA) regulations are covered in this booklet.

For specific information on WMA regulations, permit requirements and exemptions, obtain individual WMA brochures for each area you wish to hunt. These brochures are available only at MyFWC.com/
WMAbrochures.

Northwest Region

  1. Apalachee: 7,952 acres in Jackson County

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Quota permit required during general gun (Zone A only) and spring turkey; recreational access allowed.

  1. Apalachicola: 593,364 acres in Franklin, Leon, Liberty and Wakulla counties

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Quota permits are not required for this area; recreational access allowed.

  1. Apalachicola—Bradwell Unit: 1,420 acres in Liberty County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, family, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed.

  1. Apalachicola River WEA: 108,865 acres in Franklin and Gulf counties

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Quota permits are not required for this area; camping in designated campgrounds allowed only by FWC permit; recreational access allowed.

  1. Aucilla: 50,549 acres in Jefferson and Taylor counties

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Quota permit required during general gun; also required during archery, muzzleloading gun and family in Pinhook Still Hunt Area; recreational access allowed.

  1. Beaverdam Creek: 1,317 acres in Liberty County

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Quota permit required during muzzleloading gun, family, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreation access allowed.

  1. Blackwater: 207,028 acres in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties

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Quota permit required during general gun, family, and archery/muzzleloading gun; recreational access allowed.

  1. Blackwater—Carr Unit: 590 acres in Santa Rosa County

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Released quail permit required.

  1. Blackwater—Hutton Unit: 7,629 acres in Santa Rosa County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, family, mobility-impaired, general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed only during nonhunting periods.

  1. Box-R: 18,490 acres in Franklin County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, wild hog-dog, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed.

  1. Chipola River: 9,094 acres in Jackson and Calhoun counties

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Quota permits are required during archery, muzzleloading gun, family, youth turkey and spring turkey; camping allowed only at designated campgrounds by landowner permit; recreational access allowed.

  1. Choctawhatchee River: 58,008 acres in Bay, Holmes, Walton and Washington counties

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Quota permit required during youth turkey and spring turkey in Spring Turkey Quota Area; camping allowed throughout the area, but camping in designated campgrounds only allowed by landowner permit; recreational access allowed.

  1. Econfina Creek: 41,725 acres in Bay, Jackson and Washington counties

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, family, mobility-impaired, general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; see WMA regulations for quota exemptions for waterfowl hunters in certain areas; camping allowed only at designated campgrounds by landowner permit; recreational access allowed.

  1. Econfina Creek—Fitzhugh Carter Tract: 2,174 acres in Washington County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed.

  1. Eglin AFB: 250,000 acres in Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties

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Landowner permit required for all hunting seasons and activities.

  1. Escambia River: 35,413 acres in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties

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Quota permits are not required for this area; camping allowed throughout the area, but camping in designated campgrounds only allowed by landowner permit; recreational access allowed.

  1. Escribano Point: 4,087 acres in Santa Rosa County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, archery/muzzleloading gun and spring turkey; recreational access allowed, except vehicles are prohibited 1.5 hours after sunset until 1.5 hours before sunrise.

  1. Garcon Point: 3,245 acres in Santa Rosa County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, archery/muzzleloading gun and spring turkey. Recreational access allowed.

  1. Joe Budd: 11,173 acres in Gadsden County

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Quota permit and zone tag required during archery, archery/muzzleloading gun and spring turkey; camping allowed only at High Bluff Campground with permit from Florida Forest Service; fishing and recreational access allowed only during nonhunting periods.

  1. Juniper Creek: 914 acres in Calhoun County

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Family and youth turkey hunts only; landowner zone tag required for all hunts; recreational access allowed only during nonhunting periods.

  1. L. Kirk Edwards WEA: 1,782 acres in Leon County

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Quota permit required during archery, family, archery/muzzleloading gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed except from a half-hour before sunrise to 1 p.m. during youth and spring turkey hunts.

  1. Lafayette Creek: 3,160 acres in Walton County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, family, archery/muzzleloading gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; fishing and recreational access allowed only during nonhunting periods.

  1. Ochlockonee River: 2,816 acres in Leon County

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Quota permit required during archery/muzzleloading gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; fishing and recreational access allowed 1.5 hours before sunrise until 1.5 hours after sunset.

  1. Perdido River: 6,261 acres in Escambia County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, archery/muzzleloading gun, family, youth turkey and spring turkey; camping allowed only at designated campgrounds by landowner permit; horseback riding allowed on designed trails; recreational access allowed.

  1. Pine Log: 7,413 acres in Bay and Washington counties

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Quota permit required during muzzleloading gun, general gun, family, archery/muzzleloading gun and youth turkey; camping allowed only at designated campsites by landowner permit; recreational access allowed.

  1. Plank Road: 9,432 acres in Jefferson and Leon counties

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, family,
mobility-impaired, youth turkey and spring turkey; horseback riding allowed;
recreational access allowed 1.5 hours before sunrise until 1.5 hours after sunset, except during night raccoon hunts.

  1. Point Washington: 15,355 acres in Walton County

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Quota permit required during general gun, family and youth turkey; camping allowed only at designated campsites by landowner permit; recreational access allowed.

  1. St. Marks NWR: 42,000 acres in Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties

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Landowner permit required for all hunting seasons; recreational access allowed.

  1. St. Vincent NWR: 11,400 acres in Franklin County

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Landowner permit required for all hunting seasons and camping; recreational access allowed.

  1. Talquin: 3,053 acres in Leon County

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Quota permit required during general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; fishing and recreational access allowed 1.5 hours before sunrise until 1.5 hours after sunset.

  1. Tate’s Hell: 187,071 acres in Franklin and Liberty counties

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Quota permit required during general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; camping allowed with landowner permit; recreational access allowed. See Tate's Hell PSGHA regulations brochure for details on spring and summer wild hog-dog hunts.

  1. Tate's Hell - St. James Island Unit: 8,182 acres in Franklin County

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, family hunts, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed.

  1. Tate’s Hell—Womack Creek Unit: 13,754 acres in Franklin and Liberty counties

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Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, archery/muzzleloading gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; camping allowed only at designated campsites by landowner permit; recreational access allowed. See Tate's Hell PSGHA regulations brochure for details on spring and summer wild hog-dog hunts.

  1. Telogia Creek: 12,384 acres in Liberty County

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Quota permit required during general gun and spring turkey. Recreational access allowed, except vehicles are prohibited 1.5 hours after sunset until 1.5 hours before sunrise.

  1. Tyndall AFB: 14,400 acres in Bay County

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Landowner permit required for all hunting seasons and activities.

  1. Wakulla: 4,045 acres in Wakulla County

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Quota permit required during archery, archery/muzzleloading gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed 1.5 hours before sunrise until 1.5 hours after sunset.

  1. Yellow River: 27,208 acres in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties

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Quota permits are not required for this area; recreational access allowed.

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