No, I won't just go hunt my lease and stay out of the quota fight. It's my personal fight too. I hunt WMA's too, and a bunch of them. This past season alone I hunted in 5 different ones. I am not going to come on this thread and defend FWC. I am critical of them myself and yes the quota system stinks(to a degree). You're talking to a guy who can't draw a gator tag, doe tag, spec opp tag, St Marks tag, or a woodruff tag. ever...
But I see a lot of folks jump on the FWC and blame them for things they are not at fault over. You do realize the FWC didn't open this WMA, right? And you do realize the FWC didn't set what hunts would and would not take place on this WMA, Right? And you do realize the FWC did not set the quota limits(Number of hunts/people per hunt) on this WMA, right?
The FWC didn't do any of that. It was the work of one man in a non FWC/ non paid roll that got them open after many years of fights and meetings with SWFWMD. It's their property and they say what goes on with it. He fought with them for many many years to get additional lands opened up. He was up against other user groups that use the land (birding groups, horse groups, etc) that had more pull than he did. SWFWMD finally caved and gave up a couple areas with very limited hunts with low numbers to appease all groups that utilize these lands. Would we like it to be more? Absolutely. But it is an opening in the door and he has a bunch more areas in the works. I know this, because this man is a friend of mine. I helped him all day Saturday with the youth outdoor event he puts together..and he fished with me SundayThe fact is, WMA's close to metro areas are crowded and probably always will be. Not really a lot that can be done to fix it. If a guy in Brandon, Fl wants to go do a morning deer hunt and be home before kickoff he is pretty much limited to green Swamp. Same can be said for the Pinellas guys and Chazz
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If you need to be home for a stupid foot ball game your not a hunter.
In this metro area everything is a hour+ drive away. I prefer tags and camping areas.
If you need to be home for a stupid foot ball game your not a hunter.
In this metro area everything is a hour+ drive away. I prefer tags and camping areas.
Or you could say the real hunters already have their game in the truck and on the way home well before the game starts! :tung
The only thing I hate is the fact that it is an entire month of waiting till I find out if I won the quota!!!!!! :911
More than a month actually. Application period is a month long, which is ridiculous. Should be about 10 days at the most.
I just hope there is not a colossal fuck up like happened this week with gator tags
