Florida Administrative Code

(1) No person shall operate any unauthorized vehicle on that portion of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area known as Eleven-mile Road and posted as closed. (2) Only the following vehicles are authorized: (a) Petroleum-industry vehicles. (b) Vehicles of persons hired to carry…

All "off-road vehicles" as defined in Section 375.312, F.S., are hereby prohibited from access to those public lands known as Everglades Holiday Park more fully described as follows: Tracts 50, 62 and 63 of Everglades Land Company subdivision of the south one-half of Section 28, …

When used in this rule chapter, the terms and phrases listed below have the meaning provided: (1) Taxidermist - any person who prepares and preserves whole specimens, hides, or parts of wildlife or fish as part of a commercial enterprise. (2) Processor - any person who butchers o…

(1) No person may take any game or crows except as herein provided. (2) Game and crows may be taken only during the daytime between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour after sunset in the open season established by the Commission, provided that the hours in which the t…

(1) Wild Turkey: (a) It is unlawful for any person to take or possess any beardless wild turkey hen during any season that allows gobblers or bearded hens to be taken within the state unless authorized by Division 68A, F.A.C. For any harvested wild turkey during any season when t…

(1) The possession for sale or the purchase or sale of birds, game mammals or the carcass or any part thereof whether produced in this state or transported from any other state or country is unlawful except as authorized herein. (2) Wildlife legally taken may be stored in public …

(1) A person may transport the possession limit of lawfully taken game. (2) A person may at any time possess mounted specimens of game, including heads, antlers, hides or feet, and the skins of game birds lawfully taken. (3) Lawfully taken game may be shipped by the person who to…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-21-82, Formerly 39-12.06, 39-12.006, Repealed 6-2-25.

(1) All dogs used for taking or attempting to take, trailing, pursuing, or molesting wildlife shall wear a collar or tag which shall legibly display the name and address of the owner of the dog. No person shall use any dog to take or attempt to take, trail, pursue or molest wildl…

(1) Pen-raised quail may be released and taken by centerfire or muzzleloading shotgun on private lands for the purpose of dog training provided that such quail are banded before release or a proof of purchase, including the name and address of the vendor and date of purchase with…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Amended 6-4-81, 6-21-82, 7-1-85, Formerly 39-12.09, Amended 4-14-92, 4-12-98, 6-23-98, 9-21-98, Formerly 39-12.009, Amended 7-6-06, Repealed 5-1-08.

(1) No entity shall establish or maintain a commercial or private hunting preserve to allow the introduction or possession of captive-reared native and nonnative game animals, as specified herein, unless permitted pursuant to Section 379.3712, F.S., and in accordance with this ch…

(1) No entity shall establish or maintain a game farm within this state to allow the possession of captive-reared game birds, defined per subsection 68A-1.004(37), F.A.C., and game mammals of the families Cervidae, Suidae, and Bovidae for the purpose of breeding, sale, or consump…

No individual shall harvest bears from the wild within the state of Florida except as provided herein. The Commission finds that Florida's bear population can sustain bear harvest. Accordingly, as set forth herein, the Commission creates a limited-entry hunting opportunity for ap…

When used in this rule chapter, the terms and phrases listed below have the meaning provided: (1) Deer management unit (DMU) - The following geographical portions of the state, less any lands established by the Commission pursuant to Rule 68A-14.001, F.A.C.: (a) DMU A1 - That por…

(1) The open seasons for taking game shall be those specific periods designated by rule of the Commission. The Commission shall establish annual seasons during which game mammals and game birds may lawfully be taken and the daily bag and possession limits of such game mammals and…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-1-79, Formerly 39-13.02, Amended 7-1-94, 8-11-98, Formerly 39-13.002, Transferred to 68A-16.001.

The Commission has approved the following regulations and bag limits for taking ducks, geese, and coots: (1) Duck, light goose, and coot season: (a) Open season: 1. First phase - Opening the Saturday before Thanksgiving and closing the Sunday following Thanksgiving. 2. Second pha…

The Commission has approved the following hunting regulations for taking non-migratory game. (1) Bag and possession limits: (a) Deer: Statewide annual bag (all seasons combined including antlered, antlerless, archery, crossbow, and muzzleloading gun seasons and the youth deer hun…

Hunting shall be permitted in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary of the Interior. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 8-20-79, Amended 6-22-80, 6-4-81, 7-29-82, 7-27-83, 10-27-83, 8-13-84…

(1) Public small-game hunting areas shall be established and regulated as follows: (a) All areas for public small-game hunting shall be posted as a wildlife management area. (b) Specific small-game hunting areas shall be established by order of the executive director, and regulat…

The Commission has approved the following regulations and bag limits for taking crows and migratory game birds other than ducks and coots: (1) Mourning doves and white-winged doves: (a) Open seasons: 1. First phase - Opening the fourth Saturday of September and closing sunset 22 …

Whenever the Commission establishes an area to be a wildlife management area; a wildlife and environmental area; a wildlife refuge; a bird sanctuary; a restricted hunting area; a critical wildlife area; a fish management area; or a miscellaneous area, it shall do so by an establi…

The Commission may establish wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, critical wildlife areas, fish management areas, wildlife and environmental areas and miscellaneous areas and regulate and manage the lands or water therein in the best interest of the state; and in furthera…

(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 …

(1) At times specified in paragraph (1)(a), a quota permit or special-opportunity permit, in addition to other required licenses and permits shall be required for any person while hunting on land owned, leased or managed by the Commission. (a) The maximum number of quota and spec…

(1) The Commission may establish specific regulations for miscellaneous areas to regulate and manage the lands or waters therein in the best interest of the state. (2) Kissimmee River Public Use Area. (a) Open season: 1. Non-migratory game - Zonal seasons established under Rule 6…

(1) Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area. (a) Open season: 1. General gun - Opening the first day of Zone B antlered deer season established by Rule 68A-13.004, F.A.C., and closing 57 days thereafter. 2. Archery - Opening 36 days prior to the first day of Zone B antlered deer sea…

(1) Camp Blanding Wildlife Management Area. (a) Open season: 1. General gun still - Opening the Monday before Thanksgiving and continuing for 57 days thereafter (excluding Thanksgiving and Christmas), only in the following areas: a. Still hunt area one, which is within the area d…

(1) Apalachee Wildlife Management Area. (a) Open season: 1. General gun - Open the first 69 days of Zone D antlered deer season established by Rule 68A-13.004, F.A.C. (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays closed to hunting in Zones A and B, except hunting is allowed the Friday after T…

(1) J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area. (a) Open season: 1. General gun - Nineteen days prior to Thanksgiving day through January 1 except those years when January 1 falls on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday, in which case the season would close on the following Sunday. 2. Smal…

(1) Herky Huffman/Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area. (a) Open season: 1. General gun - Opening the first day of Zone C antlered deer season established by Rule 68A-13.004, F.A.C., and closing 1 day thereafter and reopening 1 day later and closing 55 days thereafter. 2. Small ga…

(1) The following United States statutes are hereby adopted as rules of the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference. (a) The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. Sections 703-711 and 16 U.S.C. Section 712. (b) The Migratory Bird Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Section 715…

(1) No person shall take, feed, disturb, possess, sell, purchase or barter any bald eagle or parts thereof, or their nests or eggs, or attempt to engage in any such conduct, except when such conduct is authorized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2) For purposes of this sec…

For birds identified by the United States Departments of Interior or Commerce in 50 C.F.R. §10.13, List of Migratory Birds (effective 09/2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07922), and not listed in Chapter 68A-2…

(1) For the purpose of this rule, a bird trap is any device, material, substance or enclosure designed or used to catch and retain avian species, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body. Poultry coops and lofts for domestic pigeons are n…

(1) General prohibitions: Hunting, fishing or trapping is prohibited on any portion of any wildlife and environmental area posted as closed to hunting, fishing or trapping. Hunting, fishing, trapping, camping or other usage related to such activity on any wildlife and environment…

(1) Southwest Region. (a) Little Gator Creek - Pasco County. 1. The designated wood stork rookery area is closed to public access. 2. Public access is prohibited February 1 through August 31. 3. Possession of any animal is prohibited, except dogs as provided by paragraph 68A-17.0…

No person shall take or possess any wildlife on any area established as a wildlife refuge; or take or possess any freshwater fish on any area closed to the taking of freshwater fish. In any wildlife refuge, no person shall be in possession of a dog or trap for taking wildlife. In…

(1) The Commission may establish bird sanctuaries for the protection of all birds and other wildlife and restricted hunting areas within any developed area upon the written request of the local governmental body having jurisdiction over such areas. In requesting establishment of …

No person shall take any wildlife in any bird sanctuary using a gun unless such taking is authorized by specific rule relating to such sanctuary. Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 120.53 FS. History-New 8-1-79, Formerl…

(1) The general regulations for critical wildlife areas shall be as follows: (a) Areas in which regulations are to be enforced shall be posted as a "Critical Wildlife Area" to provide due notice as to the identity and status of the area. (b) The take of fish and wildlife is prohi…

No person shall take any wildlife in any restricted hunting area using a gun unless such taking is authorized by a permit issued by the executive director or his or her designee. Such permits may be issued on an annual basis upon application by a landowner or lessee under the fol…

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 372.021 FS. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const., 287.042, 287.0947 FS. History-New 12-12-88, Amended 8-23-92, Formerly 39-2.014, Transferred to 68-1.002.

Rulemaking Authority 370.023 FS., Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented 370.023 FS., Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History-New 4-4-04, Amended 3-15-05, Transferred to 68-1.003.

No person shall take fish in any fish management area except as provided by rules of the Commission. (1) Any person fishing on a fish management area shall be licensed to take fish as provided by Section 379.354, F.S., unless exempt by law. (2) All Fish Management Area lakes are …

(1) Northwest Region: (a) Juniper Bay Lake, Walton County. (b) Lake Victor, Holmes County: 1. The use of boats propelled by gasoline motors is prohibited. 2. Motor vehicles are prohibited on dams, spillways and fishing fingers. 3. Daily bag limit of fifteen (15) black bass, none …