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DOVE CLUB PERMITS GO ON SALE JULY 1

June 20, 2005
Contact: Kurt Hodges (850) 627-1773 ext. 102
 

Each year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) offers exceptional dove hunting opportunities throughout the state. The FWC manages nine special-opportunity dove fields through its Dove Club, the agency’s Special-Opportunity Dove Hunt Program.

Beginning at 10 a.m. (EDT) July 1, sportsmen can apply to purchase Dove Club Permits at any county tax collector's office, authorized license agent, online at MyFWC.com/dove or by calling 1-888-HUNT-FLORIDA (486-8356), toll-free from anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Dove Club Permits, which are available on a first-come, first-served basis, allow one adult and one youth (under age 16) to participate in all scheduled hunts for a designated dove field (up to 8 days). These half-day hunts cost $150 and enable the permit holder and the youth to both take a daily bag limit of birds.

Dove hunting opportunities are in high demand, and these special hunts offer the perfect setting for friends and family to hunt together in a friendly, social atmosphere. Hunters who purchase these annual permits will save themselves more than half off the cost of daily permits for the season.

There are two new special-opportunity dove fields that will be open this coming season. A 31- acre dove field has been added to the Bayard Public Small-Game Hunting Area (PSGHA) in Clay County, and 50 acres has been created as a dove field at the Fussel Road PSGHA in Polk County.

Seven additional special-opportunity dove fields are probably already very familiar to some hunters, as they were open last year. They are: Schneider Farms (Escambia County), Parker Road (Alachua County), Caravelle Ranch (Putnam County), Dexter/Mary Farms Unit (Volusia County), Hilochee (Polk County), Allapattah Road (Martin County) and Frog Pond (Miami-Dade County).

Dove Day Permits also are available at a cost of $35. These daily permits enable one adult and one youth (under age 16) to hunt together, but only allows one bag limit of birds to be harvested between the two.

Additionally, there is an option to buy a $10 Youth Permit at the same time a Dove Day Permit is purchased. The Youth Permit enables one youth, while hunting under the supervision of the adult Dove Day Permit holder, to harvest an additional daily bag limit of birds. The Dove Day and Youth permits go on sale at 10 a.m. (EDT) on Sept. 18, and they are transferable.

Interested hunters are encouraged to purchase permits early as demand for these hunts often exceeds their availability. For more information on these great dove hunting opportunities, visit MyFWC.com/dove.

 

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