Florida
Osceola turkey, alligator permits, wild hogs, and year-round hunting in Everglades and WMA systems.
State Field Guide
Small Game & Upland Hunting in Florida
Official Regulatory Authority
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
Flatwoods Bobwhites
Northern Bobwhite Quail
Florida's pine flatwoods and palmetto prairies across central and northern WMAs support wild bobwhite coveys from mid-November through March.
Flyway Pass Shooting
Mourning & White-winged Dove
Migrating doves concentrate in peanut and corn agricultural fields in north and central Florida during autumn.
Oak Hammock Bushytails
Eastern Grey Squirrel
Grey squirrels thrive in Florida's live oak hammocks and cypress river bottoms with a 12-squirrel daily limit.
Wetland & Slough Migrants
Wilson's Snipe
Florida's freshwater marshes and pasture wetlands host high winter concentrations of fast, zigzagging Wilson's snipe.