Hunting in Florida????????

[FOTIS]

Lookinng at possibly moving to Tampa bay area. (Wife's wish not mine. ) Anyway can someone paint a picture for me. I have not really looked into it that deeply.

Thanx fellas.

 

[Guest]

Beautiful area, POP, but you'd better start thinking about a center console boat and some Penn reels, instead of much in the way of hunting. Once you get your Osceola Turkey, you will find the deer hunting a bit tame compared to what you're used to. The season is long, but the deer are tiny, sparsely distributed in that area, and overall the hunting is bug-net and sweatband hunting. You might consider duck and gator, though, as they are plentiful down there.

From the fishing standpoint, you'd be in tarpon heaven, and you'd be within a daytrip of some great tuna, sail, and marlin fishing, if you want to spend the coin.

Oh, you could get an out of state license in Alabama and come hunt with me, though!

 

[FOTIS]

I am in! Got a camper too!

What about pigs?

 

[bullet]

Florida is not a hunting paradise for sure. I use to lived a little east and south of Orlando. You might want to seriously consider the offer to Hunt in Alabama for sure. I live in Mississppi and where I live hunting is great. Good luck on the move.

 

[Richracer1]

POP, you'd better make sure you don't leave a "chad" behind.

 

[Guest]

You'll have the chance to hunt pigs down there, too, POP. As far as Alabama hunting is concerned, your being retired and having a camper would lend well to joining a club in lower Alabama (dues anywhere from $800-8000 depending on what you want to spend) but there are some phenomenal white-tails in the blackbelt region around Montgomery, Selma, Eufaula, and areas south a bit. Just be sure you don't join a club down in the coastal plain, as the soil is crap and the deer are small and spindly.

Is the wife laying down the law, or just dreaming?

 

[FOTIS]

Actually she never did like it up here so she put up with it for 14 years. Time for a change....

 

[Guest]

You might be better served if you could convince her to choose the coast of Texas - much better in state hunting there, but it's still a long drive. If you move to Tampa, maybe we can trade out hunting and offshore fishing?!?

 

[russ808]

POP, Beware of those hurricanes. Humid to. But you got to keep her happy. Makes for better living conditions.

 

[FOTIS]

POP, Beware of those hurricanes. Humid to. But you got to keep her happy. Makes for better living conditions.

You're on it!!!! :lol:

 

[bullet]

Hey POP, let us know when you make the move. I have some real good places in Mississippi and Louisiana that I could take you.

 

[FOTIS]

I am in!!!!!

 

[bullet]

Sounds good, just let me know when you are moved.

 

[Guy Miner]

I'd turn into a fisherman for sure if I lived down there. Good stuff!

Dunno about the hunting, but the fishing... Yeah, that's good stuff!

 

[bullet]

POP, I have a little brother who lives in the Tampa area and he shoots a lot of pistol competitions and also hunts hogs and deer in the Ocala National forest.

 

[DIXIE]

born and raised on the east coast of florida...hunting is second to fishing there for sure, both fresh and saltwater...

The more north you go in the state the bigger the deer get and the cooler it will be in the still hot winter...leases are pricey. I know someone who paid $5400 this year to be on a 4000 acre lease near COCOA florida... I pay 500-1000 in Georgia and its better hunting.

Hog hunting is good in the center part of the state. Places Like yeehaw junction, holopaw, fort drum, okeechobee, etc... Be prepared for mosquitoes, small deer, GNATS, and HEAT, and oh yeah terrible humidity as well...

you can shoot deer there but it wont be any that you will likely mount...

 

[FOTIS]

As long as it keeps the war department happy I will put up with the above.

 

[FOTIS]

Looks like End of the 2009 School year for the move......

Man I will be using the hell out of my bike!!!!

Take a ride.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNjIS2ReEqo

 

[Woodycreek]

A wheelie from 55 mph to 140 mph :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[FOTIS]

yeah she moves! :twisted: