Florida WMA Non-Resident Restriction - UPDATE

[Old Gobbler]

Well , apparently the fwc approved the changes

I am ...going on 41 spring seasons hunting several of the management areas mentioned....it took a few years before we ran into other turkey hunters in some of them ..that was the 80"s ..

I DO NOT APPROVE of the 9 day deal ...it will be the start of a back and forth trade of "localized " rules...it started with a handful of wmas. I'll go on the record stating that it will spread to the rest of the state within 5 years for all public wmas

What was amazing to me is the FWC finally..after a decade ...woke up and closed up the loopholes on the "stacking" of preference points ..this has the practice of people buying swarms of management stamps ALONE and flooding the permit system...then turning back in the permits to stack of preference points
..they would then use a the "buddy " aspect of the permit to perpetually hunt quota areas ...

It's all gone now ... 

[arkrem870]

The dominos are starting to fall. I pray newtons 3rd law is wrong in this case.  Loose lips sink ships

[Ridge]

It's all gone now ... 

Can you elaborate on this?

[jdl80]

As a native south Floridian, I'm stoked on this. Sorry not sorry, but it's become a zoo down here. I will be cartwheeling my way down the alley in a few hours and seasons following. The season is also a month long down here, it will just thin out those who are dedicated to the sport and traveling vs the influencer look at me crowds. Having to save up half a decades + worth of points to hunt my backyard doesn't seem right. Times are changing, you can adapt and plow on, or not kill crying on the couch.

[fldoghunter]

Well , apparently the fwc approved the changes

I am ...going on 41 spring seasons hunting several of the management areas mentioned....it took a few years before we ran into other turkey hunters in some of them ..that was the 80"s ..

I DO NOT APPROVE of the 9 day deal ...it will be the start of a back and forth trade of "localized " rules...it started with a handful of wmas. I'll go on the record stating that it will spread to the rest of the state within 5 years for all public wmas

What was amazing to me is the FWC finally..after a decade ...woke up and closed up the loopholes on the "stacking" of preference points ..this has the practice of people buying swarms of management stamps ALONE and flooding the permit system...then turning back in the permits to stack of preference points
..they would then use a the "buddy " aspect of the permit to perpetually hunt quota areas ...

It's all gone now ... 

You're crazy. There is no way to "game the system" through the guest permit deal.  If you think there is, please explain.

[2flyfish4]

The 9 day deal will be interesting to see how it plays out.
I could see a scenario were the non residents are now forced to other wmas that did not have this nonresident restrictions which will put an overload in those wmas. So the residents that hunt the wmas without those restrictions all move to the wmas with the 9 day non resident restrictions. Which in turn just makes it the same old circus, just the circus will be residents on some wmas and non residents on the others.

The 10% quota hunts to non residents may be a good deal. I would need to see actual numbers of nonresident and resident application ratio to see if it will be as beneficial as one would believe. I think there are several wmas that have very low nonresident applicants.

The 10 day license to a yearly license isn't going to change anything. The added cost isn't going to keep anyone from coming.

[roberthyman14]

I did vote for the 9 days,  I know yall get hammered in the south end ,chasing the Osceola. But uo here in the north end of the state we are full up on out of state hunters. It needs to be 9 days on all public lands in Florida. 

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[zelmo1]

The 9 days in certain areas will shift the log jam to other areas. The non resident rules will force reciprocity and NR license sales will go down, thus driving up the prices. I hope all " regular guys" like me are content hunting just your home state. Looks like the direction we are heading. $$ will ruin anything worth while if we let it. Z

[Tail Feathers]

I will learn to wait, I can't  quit it altogether.