Dove Club permits go on sale July 1

June 12, 2007
Contact: Office of Licensing & Permitting (850) 488-3641

Seven special-opportunity dove fields will be open to the public this season through the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s special-opportunity dove hunt program.

Beginning at 10 a.m. (EDT) July 1, sportsmen can purchase Dove Club permits at any county tax collector's office, authorized license agent, online at MyFWC.com/special/dove or by calling toll-free 1-888-HUNT-FLORIDA (486-8356). The deadline to purchase permits is 11:59 p.m. (EDT) Sept. 9.

Dove Club permits are available on a first-come, first-served basis and allow one adult and one youth (under age 16) to participate in all scheduled hunts for a designated dove field (up to eight days). These Saturday half-day hunts cost $150 and enable both the permit holder and youth to 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 social atmosphere. Hunters who purchase the annual permits save more than half the cost of regular daily permits for the season.

The seven special-opportunity dove fields are: Schneider Farms PSGHA (Escambia County), Caravelle Ranch (Putnam County), Dexter/Mary Farms Unit (Volusia County), Hilochee (Lake County), Allapattah Flats PSGHA (Martin County), Fussell Farm PSGHA (Polk County) and Frog Pond (Miami-Dade County).

Daily dove permits also are available for $35. These daily permits enable one adult and one youth (under age 16) to hunt together on one half-day hunt but allows only one bag limit of birds between the two hunters.

Additionally, there is an option to buy a $10 youth permit at the same time a daily dove permit is purchased. The youth permit allows the youth to harvest his own daily bag limit of birds, while hunting under the supervision of the adult daily dove permit holder. The daily dove permits and youth permits go on sale 10 a.m. (EDT) Sept. 17, and they are transferable.

Interested hunters should purchase permits early, because demand for these hunts often exceeds their availability. For more information on these great dove hunting opportunities, visit MyFWC.com/special/dove.