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Notice: 6570409

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Freshwater Fish and Wildlife

Chapter:

TYPE I WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS

Overview

RULE:

68A-15.005

Quota Permits; Antlerless Deer Permits; Special-Opportunity Permits

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the proposed rule change is to revise and clarify the methods for issuance and use of quota permits, antlerless deer permits and special-opportunity permits. The effect will be to enable the agency to more fairly distribute hunting opportunities and better manage hunting and public use on lands owned, leased or managed by the Commission.

SUMMARY:

The proposed rule change would revise or clarify the rule as follows: Provide that the number of quota and special-opportunity permits shall be established by order of the Executive Director, after approval of the Commission; change all quota hunt permits from transferable to nontransferable; establish a guest permit for archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun, wild hog, mobility-impaired and spring turkey hunt types; allow one guest permit per quota hunt permit; allow an individual to be the guest of only one quota permit holder per hunt; require the guest and host hunters to enter and exit the area together, share the same vehicle and share the bag limit; provide that the guest may only hunt when the host is present on the area; provide that the guest may bring no additional hunters; provide that the quota permit holder may bring only one additional hunter (one guest, one youth, one mentor supervisor or one mentor license holder); require the guest to hunt in the same zone as the host (on those areas with zone tags); and provide that these changes would not apply to the Blackwater WMA dog hunts or Holton Creek WMA; expand quota hunt types from archery/muzzleloading gun and general gun to archery, muzzleloading gun, general gun and wild hog; allow up to 5 permits per hunt type (only one of which may be issued during the Phase I or Phase II drawings for each hunt type) and one permit per hunt number; allow preference points to accumulate for each year an applicant is not selected during Phase I; base the issuance of group permits on the group member with the lowest number of preference points; allow all quota permits to be returned postmarked prior to the hunt; allow returned permits drawn by preference to have preference points restored and an additional point awarded and those returned permits drawn during Phase I to have a preference point awarded; provide that returned quota permits be re-issued; and eliminate preference points if an applicant fails to apply for 2 consecutive years; change quotas or bag limits on the following areas: Croom – muzzleloading gun and general gun from 400 to 300; Hickory Hammock – general gun hog from 10 to 5; KICCO – spring turkey from 15 to 10; Upper Hillsborough River – archery and muzzleloading gun from 150 to 75; Andrews – archery from 60 to 45, muzzleloading gun, and general gun from 40 to 30 and spring turkey from 30 to 25; Twin Rivers increase the number of permits issued for archery, muzzleloading gun and general gun seasons from 30 to 45 per hunt and eliminate the 30 first-come first-served permits issued at the check station; increase the number of quota permits for spring turkey from 12 to 20 and eliminate the 12 first-come first-served permits issued at the check station; Joe Budd – archery and archery/muzzleloading gun from 50 to 35; Dexter/Mary Farms – archery, muzzleloading gun and general gun from 40 to 30.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution.

LAW:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

12/31/2008 Vol. 34/53

COMMENTS:

From 12/31/2008 To 1/21/2009 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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