I'll be in the Apalachicola are in early July and was wondering about hogs at that time. Not looking for an outfitter. Apparently the entire appallachicola natl forest is managed as a WMA.
So, would this be doable? Any suggestions or caveats? Hunting is not the purpose of the trip, but it could be worked in.
My in-laws live near Tampa and it gets pretty warm down there in July...
Yeah, heat was one of the things on my mind. Might be all night hunting.
I lived and hunted in Tallahassee Florida for a while. We have a ton of hogs in Florida the Apalachicola WMA is beautiful and huge. One point though...... I hope your dedicated because July hunting is horridly horridly hot. And if the heat doesn't kill you the bugs will. The one thing that made Tallahassee in summer bearable was the springs... Oh man wonderful 65 degree water year round.
Good luck to you.
FWIW...I did some investigating into hog hunting in that area at that WMA too, because I had been going to an outfitted hunt held near there for about 6 years in a row, back around 2002-2008., and wanted to try it on my own.
I contacted the biologist from FWC who worked the area, and suggest you do the same. He was very helpful.
At the time, he steered me to a different WMA near La Belle where he had previously worked, because he said it had a lot more hogs.
That was then...could be, and probably is, different now.
I found that WMA overrun with firearms hunters on the very few weekends that they had it open. I had to laugh (bitterly) because the FWC rep told me one of the hunters had shot a black Angus calf and reported it as the largest hog he had ever seen.
So,my advice isn't real recent...but the biologist will know.
The Appalachicola WMA is a big place and it is beautiful.
I was there in Feb.
I do hunt hogs in July but further South, and on private land. It's warm for sure, but we always get a nice ocean breeze which you probably will not have in the APP WMA area.
If you try and get frustrated, call me.
608-516-8615...
Best of Luck
Most florida wma's (public land) do not allow hog hunting in July..only during "archery, muzzle loader and gun" seasons..I would check before hunting. Private land is open to hog hunting year round.