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Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
#2504574
06/11/18 02:30 PM
06/11/18 02:30 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,953 Round ‘bout there
Clem
OP
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
Joined: Dec 2002
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St. Vincent's Island whitetail and/or Sambar quota draw hunts - anyone ever done one of these? Been on the island? What's the scoop?
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: Clem]
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06/11/18 02:32 PM
06/11/18 02:32 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,170 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,170
alabama
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tough hunt, long odds on a sambar, lots of rattlesnakes, acess by boat, draw hunt, etc, etc....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: Clem]
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06/11/18 02:42 PM
06/11/18 02:42 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,521 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,521
Boaz,AL
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Ive heard of it, never been...bout everthang fred said
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: BhamFred]
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06/11/18 02:44 PM
06/11/18 02:44 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,995 pensacola,fl
dagwood
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,995
pensacola,fl
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I've been on the island but not for the hunt. It's strictly primitive and lots of bugs. I think they usually kills 3 or 4 sambar which is a pretty low success rate. It's really a neat place.
jmlane
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: Clem]
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06/11/18 02:51 PM
06/11/18 02:51 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910
Clanton, AL
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When I think about Florida, deer hunting just doesn't come to mind.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: Clem]
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06/11/18 03:32 PM
06/11/18 03:32 PM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,773 Florida
jacannon
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,773
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I know some folks that have hunted St. Vincent's. That hunt has been going on for at least 45 years. A member of my old club killed a Sambar a few years back.
Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: Clem]
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06/11/18 04:16 PM
06/11/18 04:16 PM
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jallencrockett
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 2,148
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It is a heck of an adventure. I had a buddy get drawn a couple times. He got on the Sambar but got busted... Believe its all bowhunting. Would be cool to play Survivor on.
Last edited by jallencrockett; 06/11/18 04:16 PM.
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: Clem]
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06/11/18 07:05 PM
06/11/18 07:05 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,953 Round ‘bout there
Clem
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Mildly Quirky
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I believe FWC offers a draw bowhunt and a draw gun hunt for whitetails and Sambar. Can't remember exactly. Sounds like it would be challenging and fun, other than the snakes. Dammitman. Interesting info about the Sambar's original range: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambar_deer
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: Clem]
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06/14/18 10:23 PM
06/14/18 10:23 PM
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Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 833 Cantonment,Fl
hyco
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 833
Cantonment,Fl
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Done both bow and muzzleloader several times in the early 90’s for Whitetail . You can take a bass boat across the pass to the small side of island. That’s where those hunt are. The Sambar is at the big end of the island. You need a fair sized boat or charter for that. The island is 8 miles long and 4 miles wide. Roads are every mile in each direction for a good grid layout. We took bikes one year but the beach sand is a mile in and you end up pushing the bike. Our group always killed a few deer or hogs. The meat truck comes around and gives you and game a ride. Raccoon is legal to so someone always shot a coon so they’d get a ride too. Total primative camping. You have to take everything you need, even fire wood. You can pick up down stuff but no mechanical means of cutting other than axe or hand saw. Saw a couple Sambar and they tend to like the swampy areas. On the Sambar hunts you could kill them, hogs or raccoons.
Last edited by hyco; 06/14/18 10:24 PM.
take your kids hunting and you won't be hunting your kids
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Re: Florida folks, anyone know about this hunt?
[Re: jlbuc10]
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06/15/18 06:27 AM
06/15/18 06:27 AM
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Posts: 1,076 the Flatwoods
Fldoghunter
6 point
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6 point
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Posts: 1,076
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I’ve looked into it and everyone always talks about miles of biking. Could you not hop on the boat and be on the opposite side of the island in minutes. It seems like it would be way too crowded on the Sambar Hunt. I’d love the camping on the beach. Id prob have just as much fun fishing and throwing out crab traps when not hunting. I’d be all in if I could use my boat to hop around the island I always wandered that myself.? Maybe someone will chime in.
May the sound of hounds never die!
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