Southwest Region
a |
Archery season |
m |
Muzzleloading gun season |
A |
Archery/muzzleloading gun season |
g |
General gun season |
s |
Small-game season |
T |
Spring turkey season |
f |
Family hunts |
c |
Camping allowed |
h |
Hog hunting season |
d |
Hog dogs allowed |
D |
Deer dogs allowed |
r |
Night raccoon hunting |
H |
Horseback riding allowed |
t |
Hiking trails |
F |
Fishing |
M |
Mobility-impaired hunts |
Y |
Youth turkey season |
q |
Released Quail Allowed |
- Arbuckle: 13,925 acres in Polk County
Quota permit required during weekend archery and muzzleloading gun, and spring turkey; camping allowed with landowner permit; horseback riding allowed only during nonhunting periods; recreational access allowed.
- Avon Park AFR: 80,000 acres in Polk and Highlands counties
Landowner permit required for all hunts and activities.
- Babcock Ranch Preserve: 16,612 acres in Charlotte County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun,
general gun, mobility impaired, family and spring turkey.
- Babcock/Webb: 64,874 acres in Charlotte County
Quota permit required during archery, general gun and field trial quail;
camping allowed with FWC permit; horseback riding, fishing and recreational access allowed with management area permit or daily-use fee, unless exempt.
- Babcock/Webb—Punta Gorda Water Treatment Facility: 884 acres in Charlotte County
Quota permit required when hog or dove hunting.
- Babcock/Webb—Yucca Pens Unit: 15,230 acres in Charlotte and Lee counties
Quota permit required during muzzleloading gun and general gun; horseback riding, fishing and recreational access allowed with management area permit or daily-use fee, unless exempt.
- Chassahowitzka: 34,597 acres in Hernando County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, wild hog-dog, youth turkey and spring turkey; horseback riding, hiking, fishing and recreational access allowed with management area permit or daily-use fee, unless exempt.
- Croom: 20,595 acres in Hernando and Sumter counties
Quota permit required during muzzleloading gun, general gun and spring turkey; camping allowed with landowner permit; recreational access allowed.
- Everglades Headwaters NWR—Hatchineha Unit: 1,460 acres in Polk County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, family hunt, general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; recreational access allowed except during periods open to hunting.
- Green Swamp: 50,692 acres in Polk, Sumter, and Lake counties
Quota permit required during general gun and spring turkey; camping allowed only during hunting periods by permit from FWC; recreational access allowed.
- Green Swamp—West Unit: 34,335 acres Pasco County
Special-opportunity permit required during archery, general gun and spring turkey; quota permit required during wild hog and family small-game hunts; camping allowed only during hunting periods or with landowner permit; horseback riding allowed only during nonhunting periods and during small-game and wild hog-still hunts; recreational access allowed except during special-opportunity archery, general gun and spring turkey.
- Hickory Hammock: 3,791 acres in Highlands County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, mobility-impaired, wild hog-still and spring turkey; camping and vehicle access allowed with landowner permit; recreational access allowed.
- Hilochee: 9,369 acres in Lake and Polk counties
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, wild hog-still, youth turkey and spring turkey; fishing allowed with FWC permit; recreational access allowed with management area permit or daily-use fee, unless exempt.
- Hilochee—Osprey Unit: 6,093 acres in Polk County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, family, wild hog hunts, youth turkey and spring turkey; horseback riding not allowed during wild hog-dog hunts; recreational access allowed.
- KICCO: 6,647 acres in Polk and Osceola counties
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; horseback riding, camping and vehicle access allowed with landowner permit; recreational access allowed.
- Kissimmee River PUA: 27,215 acres in Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee, Osceola and Polk counties
Quota permits are not required for this area; offers crossbow season; camping and horseback riding allowed with landowner permit; recreational access allowed.
- Lake Marion Creek: 8,028 acres in Polk and Osceola counties
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; camping allowed only during nonhunting periods with landowner permit; vehicle access allowed with landowner permit; recreational access allowed.
- Lake Wales Ridge WEA—Royce Unit: 2,641 acres in Highlands County
Quota permit required during archery, general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; horseback riding allowed only during nonhunting periods; recreational access allowed.
- Lower Hillsborough: 2,774 acres in Hillsborough County
Quota permit required during family, family small game and youth turkey; camping allowed with landowner permit; recreational access allowed.
- Myakka State Forest Public Small-Game Hunting Area: 7,295 acres in Sarasota County
Quota permits are not required for this area; during archery and muzzleloading gun, only wild hogs can be taken; recreational access allowed.
- Orange Hammock: 5,777 acres in Sarasota County
Quota permits required during archery, muzzleloading gun, mobility-impaired general gun, general gun, youth turkey and spring turkey; horseback riding allowed only during nonhunting periods; fishing and recreational access allowed.
- Tenoroc Public Small-Game Hunting Area: 6,094 acres in Polk County
Daily quota permit required when hog or dove hunting.
- Upper Hillsborough: 5,178 acres in Polk and Pasco counties
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun and wild hog-dog; horseback riding allowed only during nonhunting periods with landowner permit; recreational access allowed.
- Walk-in-the-Water: 6,034 acres in Polk County
Quota permit required during archery, muzzleloading gun and spring turkey; camping allowed with landowner permit; horseback riding allowed only during nonhunting periods and during small game and spring turkey; recreational access allowed.
- Weekiwachee: 2,845 acres in Hernando County
Quota permit required during archery; recreational access allowed.
