TAYLOR HUNTING & FISHING



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AUCILLA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

 



 
Location: Entrances off Hwy 19/27 and off Hwy 257  
Hours of Operation:

8:00 am to Sundown
365 Days a Year

Regulations: Click HERE for FWC Brochure (pdf)  
Hunting:

Middle Aucilla WMA: (2,261)
Habitat: floodplain forests, pine flatwoods, pine/hardwood forests.
Deer Hunting,  Hog Hunting, Migratory Bird Hunting, Small Game Hunting, Turkey Hunting.

 

BIG BEND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

HICKORY MOUND UNIT

 



 
Location:  20 Miles West of Perry  
Hours of Operation:

8:00 am to Sundown
365 Days a Year

Regulations: Click HERE for FWC Brochure (pdf)  
Hunting:

Hickory Mound Unit: (14,427 acres)
Habitat: pine flatwoods, coastal hardwoods and cypress swamp. Deer Hunting,  Hog Hunting, Migratory Bird Hunting, Small Game Hunting, Turkey Hunting, Camping, Prohibited; ATV's designated roads. Dogs Allowed. 

 

BIG BEND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

SNIPE ISLAND UNIT

 



 
Location:    
Hours of Operation:

8:00 am to Sundown
365 Days a Year

Regulations: Click HERE for FWC Brochure (pdf)  
Hunting:

Snipe Island Unit: (10,688 acres)
Habitat: coastal hardwood and some cypress swamp, planted pines. Deer Hunting,  Hog Hunting, Migratory Bird Hunting, Small Game Hunting, Turkey Hunting, Camping, ATVs and Dogs Prohibited.  Scheduled hunts include archery, muzzleloading gun and general gun, small game and spring turkey.

 

BIG BEND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

SPRING CREEK UNIT

 



 
Location:    
Hours of Operation:

8:00 am to Sundown
365 Days a Year

Regulations: Click HERE for FWC Brochure (pdf)  
Hunting:

Spring Creek Unit: (14,600 acres)
Habitat: Planted pine plantations and some hardwood. Deer Hunting,  Hog Hunting, Migratory Bird Hunting, Small Game Hunting, Turkey Hunting, Camping Prohibited; Dogs Allowed, ATVs restricted to roads. No still hunt area. Designated Dove field.  Scheduled hunts include archery, general gun, small game and spring turkey.

 

BIG BEND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

TIDE SWAMP UNIT

 



 
Location:    
Hours of Operation:

8:00 am to Sundown
365 Days a Year

Regulations: Click HERE for FWC Brochure (pdf)  
Hunting:

Tide Swamp Unit: (19,538 acres)
Habitat: coastal hardwood, Pine Plantations and lowland hardwood swamp. Deer Hunting,  Hog Hunting, Migratory Bird Hunting, Small Game Hunting, Turkey Hunting, Camping, ATVs, and Dogs Prohibited.  Scheduled hunts include archery, muzzleloading gun and general gun, small game and spring turkey.

 

LOWER ECONFINA RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

 



 
Location:    
Hours of Operation:

8:00 am to Sundown
365 Days a Year

Regulations: Click HERE for FWC Brochure (pdf)  
Hunting:

Lower Econfina River WMA: (2,387 acres )
Habitat: coastal hardwood hammock, planted pines. Deer Hunting,  Hog Hunting, Migratory Bird Hunting, Small Game Hunting, Turkey Hunting, Camping and ATVs, Prohibited; Scheduled hunts include archery, muzzleloading gun and general gun, small game and spring turkey.

The Scanlon Tract, located 16 miles west of Perry on U.S. 98, will be added to the Lower Econfina River Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The tract will provide 617 additional acres to the WMA and that land will be open to hunters for the first time this hunting season. The land also will provide a river access point for fishing.

 

STEINHATCHEE FALLS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA

 



 
Location:

From Perry - South on US 19 to SR 51, turn right

 
Hours of Operation:

8:00 am to Sundown
365 Days a Year

Regulations: Click HERE for FWC Brochure (pdf)  
Hunting:

Steinhatchee Falls: (1,766 acres )
Habitat: floodplain swamp, bottomland forest, pine plantation and mixed hardwood forest. Deer Hunting,  Hog Hunting, Migratory Bird Hunting, Small Game Hunting, Turkey Hunting, Camping and ATVs, Prohibited; Scheduled hunts include archery, muzzleloading gun and general gun, small game and spring turkey.

 

Boat Ramps

 

Aucilla Wildlife Management Area (4 Ramps)
 
Main Entrance - 3.5 miles east of Hwy 59 & 98 hunction at Western Sloughs.  
Access to Aucilla River  
   
Nutall Rise Boat Ramp
 
From Perry - West on 98 for 24.6 miles to Aucilla River, turn right at first bridge and travel 0.2 miles to ramp  
Access to Aucilla River  
       
Highway 98 Ramp      
From Perry - West 18.3 miles on Hwy 98      
 Access to Econfina River