Category: outdoors

October “Outta’ the Woods”
By: Tony Young
 
Football season is in full swing, and the 2014-15 hunting season is cranking up. Heck, in Zone A, they’re already into general gun season. But for…

Florida hunters planning to hunt deer, moose or elk out of state this year need to be aware of certain laws and regulations aimed at preventing chronic wasting disease (CWD) from entering our state. …

Due to a number of reports of people taking fawn deer out of the wild, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding people that the practice is potentially deadly for the …

This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week;
however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.
 
Patrol, Protect, Preserve
 
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Ella Mae, the little red hen, lays her egg in a rubber tub in Grandma’s bedroom every other day. Grandma is 95 years old and allows the hen to come in and give her a present. The hen insists on comin…

FWC Law Enforcement Weekly Report

July 17, 2015 thru July 23, 2015

Watch out for flying swarms of sex crazed insects

When someone catches sight of a panther or black bear and reports it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the agency’s biologists may use that sighting to help research and…

The story played out like an ancient tale of man versus dragon. Sent out by literally the luck-of-the-draw, a man on his first hunting quest, with his best friend and experienced crew, slew a prehist…