Hunting in Florida

[Seips]

Wife and I are seriously considering a move to Florida, coming from Michigan I have grown up a whitetail deer hunter and don’t think I could ever give it up, not looking for spots (I’ll find my own) but is deer hunting in Florida enough to scratch the itch?

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I don't think there is a worse state for hunting. Great for fishing and non traditional hunting (gators, iguanas, pythons) but deer hunting is rough.

 

[06 SB]

Florida hunting sucks. It never really gets cold enough to get rid of the bugs or snakes (esp cottonmouths) so will need hip boots and snake gators. There are very few trees where you can climb and ladders tend to walk away. It can be done but it is not normal hunting.

 

[mitchamafied]

Wife and I are seriously considering a move to Florida, coming from Michigan I have grown up a whitetail deer hunter and don’t think I could ever give it up, not looking for spots (I’ll find my own) but is deer hunting in Florida enough to scratch the itch?

There’s plenty of deer hunting to do, just count on it being challenging on public land and you won’t be after giants. And if you’re in Orlando or south, your public options get progressively worse. If you just like to be in the woods, you have probably the longest season in the US. I don’t miss the heat at all though.

 

[Wolfshead]

Check out the southern outdoorsmen podcast/youtube.
They had a successful (I believe) Florida hunter on and he talked a lot about how he hunts down there.

 

[Poser]

I've lived and hunted in the Midsouth and in the Deep South, including lots of bottomland. If I had to live in Florida further south then the panhandle, I'm not sure I'd deer hunt there at all.

 

[stump06]

Do you have to live in Florida? Hunting in Alabama/Georgia/Mississippi is loads better than Florida. I live in Ga about an hour from the Fl line. If you have to live in Fl but want good deer hunting, I would not consider living below Ocala (I'd stay as far north as I could). As mentioned above, Southern Outdoorsman has an episode on hunting Fl.

 

[Seips]

We are starting our home search in the Vero beach area. I don’t have a problem driving and would probably buy a non red Georgia tag if needed, I’ve told her I was willing to move to Florida but I won’t give up my bow hunting.

 

[Seips]

Thanks for your replies guys.