The proposed rule amendment would adjust season dates to conform to calendar year changes and revise specific area regulations on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in the Northwest Region as follows: Apalachicola WMA – clarify that motorized vehicles are allowed only on designated, named or numbered roads and mixed-used roads, except all-terrain vehicles are allowed only on designated motorized trails and mixed-use roads; and establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (no quota permit required). Apalachicola WMA, Bradwell Unit – remove the limitation of one gun per hunting party during the wild hog-dog season. Aucilla WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (no quota permit required); remove the small game-only status for the area south of U.S. Highway 98 and designate it as a three points on a side still hunt area (the Pinhook still hunt area) with the following seasons and regulations: two 9-day archery hunts (quota 20 per hunt, no exemptions); a 3-day muzzleloading gun season (quota 20, no exemptions); a 2-day family hunt (quota 20, no exemptions); a 23-day general gun season (divided into 7-, 7-, and 9-day hunts, respectively; quota 20 per hunt, no exemptions); a 16-day wild hog-still season (no quota permit required); a 2-day youth turkey hunt (no quota permit required); other seasons as currently allowed on Aucilla WMA; require that antlered deer have at least one antler with three or more points, each point one-inch or more in length; set the bag limit for deer during the archery season at two deer, only one of which can be antlered, per quota permit; set the bag limit for deer during the family hunts at one antlered and one antlerless deer per quota permit; set the bag limit for deer during the muzzleloading gun and general gun seasons at one antlered deer per quota permit; require hunters to enter the Pinhook still hunt area at a designated entrance; and all other rules that currently apply to the Aucilla WMA. Blackwater WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (no quota permit required); allow vehicles only on named and numbered roads; prohibit hunting from Bryant Bridge, Norman Riley, Sandy Forest and Pleasant Home roads; exempt individuals hunting raccoons at night in the dog hunt area from quota permit requirements; allow rabbits to be chased during the fox, raccoon, opossum and bobcat season; and convert the quail season on the Field Trial Area from two 4-day hunts with three quotas each, to four 2-day hunts with a quota of four each. Blackwater WMA, Hutton Unit – remove the quota permit requirement during the wild hog-dog season; remove the limitation of one gun and three free-running dogs per hunting party during the wild hog-dog season; and establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 5, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Box-R WMA – remove the limitation of one gun per hunting party during the wild hog-dog season. Choctawhatchee River WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt for the entire area and in the quota hunt portion of the area, set a quota of 5 permits (no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Econfina Creek WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt, except in the mobility-impaired area, with a quota of 3 in the Cat Creek and Fitzhugh Carter areas (no exemptions), a quota of 10 in the still hunt and dog hunt areas (no exemptions) and a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Eglin AFB WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (no quota permit required) in areas specified by the Installation Commander. Escambia River WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (no quota permit required). Flint Rock WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (Recreational Use Permit required); allow wild hog to be hunted during existing seasons, as well as the small game season, with no height or bag limit restrictions; and allow the use of dogs to hunt wild hogs during the small game season. Joe Budd WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 20, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Juniper Creek WMA (NEW) 914 acres – establish a new wildlife management area with the following open seasons: five 3-day family hunts; a 2-day youth turkey hunt; establish as legal to take antlered deer, antlerless deer, wild hog and wild turkey (during the spring turkey season only); set the bag limit for deer at one antlered or one antlerless deer per person; set the bag limit for turkey during the spring turkey season at one gobbler or bearded turkey per person; prohibit camping on the area; prohibit hunting with dogs; allow public access during closed seasons by foot (pedestrian) only except that authorized hunters may use motorized vehicles one day immediately prior to each hunt; during hunting seasons, require possession of a U.S. Forest Service zone tag to access and hunt on the property; allow vehicles only on named and numbered roads; prohibit airboats, tracked vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and unlicensed and unregistered motorcycles; and prohibit fires. Ochlockonee River WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 5, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit; and allow wild hog to be hunted during the small game season. Perdido River WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 5, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Pine Log WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 5, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit; and allow wild hog to be hunted during the small game season. Point Washington WMA – allow wild hog to be hunted during the small game season; and prohibit hunting from all named and numbered roads. Talquin WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 5, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit; and allow wild hog to be hunted during the small game season; Tate’s Hell WMA, Womack Creek Unit – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 10, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Tyndall AFB WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (no quota permit required) in areas specified by the Installation Commander; and allow the Installation Commander to set dates for supervised youth hunts anytime between the beginning of archery season and December 31. Upper Chipola River WMA – rename the management area as “Chipola River WMA”; establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 5, no exemptions), except in the Altha tract, with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit; and establish the following seasons and regulations for the new Altha tract: two archery hunts (7 and 9 days, respectively; quota 10 per hunt, no exemptions); a 4-day family hunt (quota 5, no exemptions); a 3-day muzzleloading gun season (quota 10, no exemptions); an 18-day small game season (9 Saturday-Sunday hunts); and three 3-day spring turkey hunts (quota 5 per hunt, no exemptions); establish as legal to take all legal game, fish, frogs and furbearers; allow fishing and frogging year round; allow trapping from December 1 through March 1; set the bag limit for deer during the archery season at one antlered or one antlerless deer per quota permit; set the bag limit for deer during the family hunts at one antlered and one antlerless deer per quota permit; set the bag limit for deer during the muzzleloading gun season at one antlered deer per quota permit; set the bag limit for turkey during the spring turkey season at one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit; prohibit the possession or consumption of intoxicating beverages; and all other rules that currently apply to the Upper Chipola River WMA. Wakulla WMA – add an additional day of hunting to the second archery/muzzleloading gun hunt to make it a 3-day hunt; and establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt (quota of 5, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Yellow River WMA – establish a 2-day youth turkey hunt in the Burnt Grocery Creek area (quota of 3, no exemptions) with a bag limit of one gobbler or bearded turkey per quota permit. Additionally the proposed rule amendment would provide non-substantive technical changes, such as grammatical corrections and language standardization. There are also proposed changes to some hunting seasons on FWC-managed areas in an effort to better align season dates with times of peak deer activity associated with the breeding season and other hunter preferences.