I have a 13 year old daughter that set out a few years back to see how many different states she could kill a deer in. We basically started out in the south and she has Al, TN, GA, MS and KY. I am now looking for a place in Florida. Anyone have any suggestions for a place or is there any decent public land? I would rather go a different direction but since we have been doing this the past few seasons it has taken away from vacations with the wife. Hoping I may can combine a hunting trip into a beach trip and satisfy everyone...

The best public land in Fl will take several years to have enough points to draw (like 4-8+!) There is a lot of public land in FL, some of which doesn't require a quota permit, but odds in these areas aren't great. North Fl has more and better public land, south Fl isn't worth the trouble IMO. What part of the state were you planning on?

Sending a PM with an idea

The further north the better.

Check out the harvest reports on the FWC website......pitiful.
I killed a 167lb 9pt. off the Green Swamp West Special Opp hunt in Pasco co.
Went a few times after that but quit going due to all the Idiots.
Not trying to discourage, just my experience.

Your best bet is to go to a Florida hunting facebook page and try to do a hunt swap with someone that wants to hunt Alabama.

I will look into it, thanks.

Blackwater.

X2 on Blackwater

If someone did a hunt swap with hitek the person from Florida would come out way on top. I have seen pictures.

Pm to you hitek

I’ve got 400 acres in Molino, Fl. About 35 minutes from Pensacola Beach. I can’t guarantee horns but I can put her on a deer. Shoot me a PM if you are interested

Don't believe that there are not big antlered bucks here in Florida.About 25 years ago I fished off-shore tournaments with a fella who in his younger days was a very very serious night hunter/poacher.He would get dropped off on Disney and some of the other big tracts around here and literally live in the Palmettos for 2-3 days sleeping during the day and hunting at night. He had a large three car garage with an attic and one day while we were rigging baits for the next day's tournament he showed me what he had up there. It was freaking unbelievable the number and size of the cut off racks he had up there and there were plenty as big as most I have seen in Bama. As it turns out he was a complete arsehat, but he did have a nice boat.

HItek. Contact Jackson Guard @ Eglin AFB. 850-882-4165 Their offices are in Niceville Florida. Tell them you want information on registering your daughter for the "Special Opportunity Youth Lottery Hunt" drawing. Each year they pic 50 or 60 youth hunters for it. It is a 2 day hunt, the second weekend in February which is peak of the rut on the base. The kicker is that for this special hunt only, you will be assigned a guide to take you in and out and get you pointed in the right direction and all the hunts will take place in "Closed Areas". These are large sections of the base where no hunting or recreational activity is allowed and they are completely closed off to the general public all year long. They are only hunted for this 2 day period every other or every third year (they generally rotate the closed areas they use for the hunt). Like shooting fish in a barrel and some really good bucks for NW FL are normally killed by the kids on it. You can kill bucks, does, hogs and the parent is allowed to accompany the child. Open to participants ages 10-15. The permit is $40 but you only have to buy it if you are drawn for the hunt. If she can get drawn, it is as good of an opportunity as you will find anywhere to get her kill in FL. My youngest son got drawn the year that he was 11. He killed an 8 pt the first morning, a hog the first afternoon, a doe and a hog the second morning (we were covered up with deer and hogs every sit).

This is your best bet. I'm not sure about out of state youth though.I know a guy that volunteers every year and they have a very high success rate. You may offer to volunteer to help her get a permit. Auburn is a good guy too and can probably get her a deer.

I've seen a lot of real nice bucks that were killed in NW Florida. That youth hunt would be great, if you can get drawn.

I used to hunt the chipola river wma in Jackson county. It had some very good deer on it. Most of the property on the west side of the wma was owned by large landowners and some were managed for pay to hunt. The problem was that the better hunting could only be accessed by boat which kept the crowds down.
Also there is a wma that is fed by the choctawhatchee river that I heard had some good hunting

Thanks to everyone for the responses. I have a couple ideas for directions forward at this time. Kind of a plan and a back up plan. Thanks again!

Does it have to be a buck?

No. Bucks are nice but that was not part of her criteria when starting the adventure.