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Save Your Weekend! Florida Hunter Safety Course available online

FWC approved online course offers students opportunity to learn at their own pace With hunting season fast approaching, many people are scrambling to get into a hunter safety class and obtain the necessary certification to purchase a Florida Hunting License. The traditional Florida Hunter Safety Classroom Course is a minimum of 15 hours in length, conducted over 3-4 weeknights or an entire weekend. Many people find it difficult to spare that much time to attend a class which, until now,...

FWC extends crossbow season; restricts firearms used on public-land spring turkey hunts

33 days added to Northwest Zone D The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) passed a new rule Sept. 1, 2010 in Pensacola Beach that will extend zonal crossbow seasons by a month, thereby running concurrently with archery season, beginning July 2011. The FWC received requests from Florida hunters who want more crossbow-hunting opportunities – not only more hunting days, but also to be allowed to take deer of either sex, which is legal in many other states, including...

Florida hunters tuning up their bows for archery season

Before you take to the woods check on the major changes to hunting regulations this year Outta’ The Woods by Tony Young Even though you can hardly tell, summer is officially over.  Kids have returned to school, and hunting season’s already been going on for a month now in South Florida.  Finally, the time of year we’ve been waiting for is upon us – the beginning of archery season. Besides hunting the rut, archery season provides a great opportunity to...

Walton County fishing report for Sept. 1

Fishing is good! Fresh: River is good. Lots of shellcracker and catfish being caught. Fly fishing is good catching bluegill with popping bugs. Bay: Lots Spanish and king mackerel, and the bay is filled with lady fish (skip jack). Gulf: Lots of Spanish mackerel and red snapper season is opening up again in Oct. on the weekends. Click here for best times The fishing report is brought to you by Copeland’s. “Where the locals shop and the tourists are welcome.”...

FWC offers hunter safety course in Bay County

Classes to be held at Gulf Coast Community College The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety course in Bay County. The course will be conducted at Gulf Coast Community College in the second floor lecture hall of the Student Union East building, 5230 West U.S. Hwy. 98 in Panama City.  Instruction will be from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 7, 9, 21 and 23.  The range portion of the class will be Sept. 28 from...

FWC offering hunter safety course in Bay County

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety course in Bay County. The course will be conducted at Gulf Coast Community College in the second floor lecture hall of the Student Union East building, 5230 West U.S. Hwy. 98 in Panama City.  Instruction will be from 6-9 p.m. Aug. 17, 19, 24 and 26.  The range portion of the class will be Aug. 28 from 7-11 a.m. People who have taken the Internet course...