Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68A - Freshwater Fish and Wildlife › Chapter 68A-15 - TYPE I WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS › Section 68A-15.004 - General Regulations Relating to Wildlife Management Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) General
				prohibitions: Hunting, fishing or trapping is prohibited on any portion of any
				wildlife management area posted as closed to hunting, fishing or trapping.
				Hunting, fishing, trapping, camping or other usage related to such activity on
				any wildlife management area shall only be at the time and in the manner
				provided by the regulations for the particular wildlife management area. During
				a given season, all legal methods for taking fish, frogs or wildlife during the
				season will be allowed, unless prohibited under the rules governing a
				particular area. Taking furbearers with traps, snares or at night is prohibited
				unless allowed by an area specific rule.
(2) Permits required:
(a) A management area permit as provided by
				Section 379.354, F.S., in addition to
				all regular license requirements, is required for persons, except those
				exempted in subsection (3), hereof, to take wildlife on a wildlife management
				area.
(b) A short-term use permit
				or special-use permit is mandatory on those wildlife management areas where
				required by regulations for that area. On areas where short-term use permits
				(daily or multi-day permits) are authorized, holders of such permits shall
				possess or display a valid short-term use permit receipt in the manner
				specified on the receipt. Access to areas open to special-opportunity deer,
				wild hog (still hunt only), and wild turkey hunting is prohibited by persons
				not in possession of the appropriate special-opportunity hunt permit except
				that a non-permitted individual may accompany a permittee. While hunting or
				scouting, a non-permitted individual may accompany a permittee and participate
				in the hunt but shall not occupy a vehicle separate from the permittee or take
				wildlife with a gun, and shall be in the immediate vicinity (25 feet or less)
				of the permittee. Persons using the Florida Trail for through-hiking are exempt
				from the permit requirements of this paragraph.
(c) A written authorization or permit issued
				by the Department of Defense, in addition to licensing as required by Section
				379.354, F.S., shall be required
				to hunt, fish or frog on any Wildlife Management Area owned by the United
				States of America, Department of Defense. This authorization or permit shall be
				displayed for inspection upon the request of any law enforcement
				officer.
(d) The lead managing
				agency or landowner of a wildlife management area may authorize persons to
				engage in otherwise prohibited activities not relating to the taking of fish or
				wildlife, to allow for access, vehicles, vessels, camping, or horses, valid
				only during periods closed to hunting. The landowner of a wildlife management
				area that requires a Recreational Use Permit (RUP) may only give such
				authorization to persons holding a RUP for that area. Persons so authorized
				must possess a copy of the authorization when engaged in such
				activities.