FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
68A-15.064Specific Regulations for Wildlife Management Areas - South Region
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 50 No. 15, January 23, 2024 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
68A-15.064 Specific Regulations for Wildlife Management Areas - South Region
(1) through (4) No change.
(5) Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.
(a) Open season:
1. through 2. No change.
3. Archery – Opening the Saturday prior to Labor Day and closing 29 days thereafter in all units (except Loop and Stairsteps) and reopening 6 days later and closing 15 days thereafter and reopening twelve days prior to Thanksgiving Day and closing January 1 in the Deep Lake, Loop, and Stairsteps units only, unless January 1 falls on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday, in which case the season would close on the following Sunday.
4. Muzzleloading gun – Opening 21 days after the first day of Zone A antlered deer season established by Rule 68A-13.004, F.A.C., and closing 15 days thereafter, except in the Deep Lake Unit, Loop, and Stairsteps units.
5. through 8. No change.
(b) Legal to take: All legal game (except armadillo), fish, frogs, coyote and nutria. Taking of antlered deer not having at least one antler with two or more points is prohibited, except by persons less than 16 years of age. In the Corn Dance and Loop units and zones 1 through 3 of the Stairsteps Unit, taking of deer not having at least one antler with four or more points is prohibited. The take of deer in Loop and Zone 4 of the Stairsteps Unit units is prohibited. The taking of turkey or antlerless deer during the archery season is prohibited. The bag limit for deer is one annually (by hunting season not calendar year). The bag limit for turkey is one per day, two per spring turkey season.
(c) through (d) No change.
(6) through (13) No change.
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 379.2223, 375.313 FS. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 379.2223, 375.313 FS. History–New 6-21-82, Amended 7-1-83, 7-27-83, 9-27-83, 7-5-84, 7-1-85, 5-7-86, 8-5-86, 5-10-87, 8-24-87, 5-1-88, 6-7-88, 7-1-89, 7-1-90, 9-1-90, 7-1-91, 7-1-92, 7-1-93, 7-1-94, 7-1-95, 8-15-95, 7-1-96, 9-15-96, 10-20-96, 6-1-97, 8-7-97, 7-1-98, 7-2-98, 7-1-99, Formerly 39-15.064, Amended 11-17-99, 7-1-00, 7-1-01, 6-2-02, 2-27-03, 5-1-03, 7-1-04, 7-1-05, 7-1-06, 7-1-07, 7-1-08, 7-1-09, 7-20-09, 1-19-10, 7-1-10, 8-26-10, 7-1-11, 7-1-12, 7-1-13, 7-1-14, 9-18-14, 7-1-15, 7-29-15, 7-1-16, 7-1-17, 9-14-17, 7-1-18, 7-1-19, 7-1-20, 7-1-21, 7-1-22, 7-1-23, 10-11-23, 7-1-24.
