Florida

Male Whitetail Deer in Florida range in weight from 115 to 190 pounds, while those in North Florida can reach more than 190 pounds. The smaller females weigh 90 pounds, while larger ones exceed 120 pounds. Bucks grow and shed antlers annually, adapted to pine flatwoods and palmetto scrub.

The Florida black bear with glossy black fur is a recognized subspecies of the American black bear and is the only bear native to Florida. Inhabits dense sand pine scrub, oak hammocks, and cypress wetlands.

Endemic strictly to the Florida peninsula south of the panhandle. Highly sought-after by wingshooters completing the Grand Slam of wild turkeys, Osceolas are darker in coloration with narrow white wing bars, inhabiting palmetto flatwoods and oak hammocks.

Florida holds over 1.3 million wild alligators inhabiting freshwater rivers, lakes, retention ponds, and swamps throughout all 67 counties, managed through an iconic statewide harvest program.

Inhabits pine flatwoods, palmetto prairies, and hardwood hammocks throughout Florida, providing year-round action for spot-and-stalk and dog hunters.

Bobcats are generally yellowish-brown with dark brown or black streaks. They have pointy ears with black tufts, short bobbed tails, and excellent nocturnal vision for hunting rabbits and rodents in palmetto scrub.

Eastern cottontails inhabit dry brush and fields, while darker marsh rabbits with smaller ears frequent wetlands, sawgrass borders, and tidal marsh edges.

Bushy-tailed grayish-brown fur body feeding on bark, nuts, pine cones, fungi, and seeds across live oak and laurel oak hammocks.

Small, slender canids that weigh between 20 and 35 pounds with pointed ears and bushy tails, establishing stable territories in rural, agricultural, and suburban landscapes.

Small, rounded game bird with a short tail and neck, thriving in fire-maintained longleaf pine and wiregrass ecosystems in north Florida.

Swift migratory game bird popular among wingshooters across agricultural fields, pastures, and open pine flatwoods.