Sunshine State Bow Season
August 4th, 2006 by Administrator
With the archery season opening at the end of this month in southern Florida, here are some things to consider to improve your hunts in any part of the Sunshine State.(August 2006)
As any football fan will tell you, it’s a long, long, time between the Super Bowl and the first pre-season game of the next NFL season. And for those afflicted with a case of football fever, the possibility of severe withdrawal symptoms is real!
Serious hunters can emphasize with them. Once spring turkey season closes, they too have an interminable wait before they can get back into the woods. That’s one reason why the opening of archery season for deer ranks high on many hunters’ lists.
Not only does it signal the start of another hunting cycle, but it’s also a great time to get out early, before the deer feel the full pressure of the hunting season. The bucks are more relaxed in their movements, and hunters have an excellent opportunity to harvest a quality buck, even on public lands. In fact, the top non-typical Florida buck was harvested by bow hunter James Stovall on the Green Swamp West WMA in 1999, and scored a massive 207 5/8 Pope and Young points!
By William J. Bohica