You really should check out Ocala NF.  Not too far and lots of deer.  Pressure in archery season is light.  It's still tough to figure out what they're eating, but there are plenty there.  Lots of bear too, which is pretty fun to see, just don't shoot one.

A lot bowhunting success is directly related to TIME spent in the woods. When I lived in Iowa, I was able to hunt 50-60 days during deer season(I teach school:)Even with that, I averaged "only" two deer a year. Where I live in Florida, the hunting for deer is really tough. I've killed one deer in ten years hunting public land(missed two others)in south Florida.
The WMA's vary a lot in pressure and quality. Getting on a lease is your best option, imo. They don't have to be expensive if you get several guys together. PM if you'd like more info.
Of course, you could always do a guided hog hunt:)

Worst hunting in my life was the 7 years I lived in Florida. It's rough, to be sure.

Back in the days that I hunted public land, I found that beyond 350 yards or so into the woods you saw fewer and fewer other hunters. I have never hunted in the deep Florida woods, but I do go down to the TBOF shoots in the Ocala National Forest, so I have an idea of the difficulty of hunting the scrub. It looks tough but doable with a climber. Scouting becomes paramount.

I have managed to bag 1 good buck with training wheels and a doe and small 6 point during gun season.  You get to that point you want meat in the freezer and even with my compound I gave up and grabbed my rifle.  I am now at that point where my biggest hunting success will be with my super kodiak.  Even a small doe I feel will be more of a trophy that my first buck with the wheels.  Thanks for the list of available foods the deer around here eat.  When I get home from work I am going to google them all for a picture reference to give me something to look for when scouting.

There is a local place next to my house about 2 miles that everyone goes to shoot and dump garbage (real shame).  I use to shoot out there when I was 6, but the hunting is over looked.  I took my 6 point there last year.  Well yesterday I went out for a few hours and found one of my old spots.  First thing I see when I get the is a fresh scrap.  So I check the wind, its in my face so I decided to sit.  about 45 minutes go by and I and I see my thermacell smoke cross in front of the way I was facing, wind changed and was blowing right into the deep woods.  So decided I didn't want to ruin the spot and made my way back to the main trail.  

The next area I found was right of the main trail where deer were crossing and possibly feeding.  I managed to find a good spot on a hill with a lot of brush for cover and stood there the rest of the time hunting.  30 minutes before leaving I here massive commotion behind.  I though maybe the deer crossed the trail and got on this hill for cover and were working their way down, put me in a bad spot.

I adjusted as much as I could and saw this dark grey flash in the brush.  Okay...okay, not a deer but maybe a pig because they are out there as well.  Now I am all worked up because I am finally going to tag something with my recurve.  The next thing I see were these two armadillo literally jumping up trying to grab leaves off the brush and chasing each other around like they were playing tag.  They got so close one was sniffing my boot.  I didn't see any deer but that was two funny not to call it a good hunt and really enjoyed myself.

haha I always love how you hear something "big" coming and it turns out to be little critters. Last week I had 2 'coons walk in the creek right behind me. I actucally could heat their chittering and I'm thinking "what is that noise, it sounds so familiar?" They got about 15 feet past me, hit my scent, and then stood up and stared at me. I did consider my first longbow kill being a 'coon, but to be honest they were adorable, like two siblings just hanging out walking a creek looking to get lucky with some food and I didn't have the heart. I know, I know, I'm a baby, but oh well. haha Sounds like you're on the right track, google earth is a great tool for scouting. Good luck!

IMHO....the only good coon is a dead one, and I always celebrate when I see a roadkill.

We shoot 'em all,but then we buy a lot of corn every year and they steal a bunch of it....so I guess we have a bias against raccoons.

Aradillos are the only non-eating animal I will shoot on sight. I don't shoot coons but they don't eat my corn either.

I just spent the last three days hunting a highly sought after limited draw WMA.  There were 75 permits given out for the 10,000 acres and each person who was awarded a permit could take a guest.  The vast majority of people who drew are repeat hunters on the property and so they have prior knowledge and experience going for them.  As  a group the collective bag as of noon today was three does, a 7 pt, and a pig.  This was the second hunt.  Last week a similar group killed 9 deer and 6 pigs.  

But again, this is primo Florida public land archery hunting.  It is tough.

I've only turkey hunted in Green Swamp WMA in the spring before I head back to New York to hunt turkeys there.  Hunting the swamp is tough compared to hunting the hardwoods and fields up north.  I've yet to arrow an Osceola in seven years of trying...I can't imagine trying to harvest a buck there...but I am going to give it a try.

I have launched a few arrows out at nice tom's before, just not a trad bow.  I have yet to bag any with a bow.  Now a shotgun on the other hand, lol....Stopped considering it a sport on my buddies parents property.  You would think they were hand fed.  There were just so many out there.  Now that I can't hunt there anymore and I got into the trad bow I want one so bad.  Public land is just crazy here.  My buddy two years ago went to Lake Monroe for turkey because he didn't draw a quota for Tiger Bay.  He said he got there at 4 am and the parking lots were full.  He decided (because of being upset) to forget it and sit 20 yards away from his truck.  Next thing I see on my phone while at work was a picture of a nice tom.  He said the turkeys were hanging out around the road and the cars.  I think he was just lucky.

I've killed some really good fl. bucks (Registry) out of Greenswamp East WMA, hogs and turkeys also.

Archery season is almost a waste of time in there for deer, you're better off to target hogs during archery and hope a deer walks by. Most of the big bucks are killed right at the end of the season if there's a serious cold snap. Although I killed mine last part of Nov. and earl Dec.

Don't concentrate on the buck sign..it's done at night..find the good trails and hunt as close to a sanctuary (big swamps like two mile swamp that can't be crossed, Old Hampton Ranch fenceline (if it's still closed to public), main hwys..legal entrance only at two main gates) as possible to try and catch them in daylight.

I used a bike a lot in there and rode it about 7 miles as far as you could go from the no vehicle sign and then backed off far enough from people living on the edge sneaking in and started hunting.

I've carried two big Summit climbers on the back of bike rack over back tire on my bike from Strand Hammock Bridge to Rock Ridge Rd..about 10 miles.

You're much better off to put in for the special quota hunts for archery season..like Tosohatchee, etc.

I lived in FLORIDA from 2000-2005 and was on an all archery Deseret "Mormom Ranch" lease. It was the highlight of my hunting tenure to date. While the trophy ceiling was low, it is all relative. A mature Florida buck with trad tackle is the pinnacle of trophy accomplishments in my book. I'm convinced, the best hunters come out of the sunshine state. It's tough!

With that being said, my factory was a short distance from Tosohatchee WMA and I spent a lot of time there. All hunts were from the ground and I actually had fair success. I would tell you this, if it's beautiful picturesque country, keep moving. The critters are in the low, gnarly bushy stuff where your shots are 15 yards max (hence, my success given my shooting abilities!) and I actually had movement all day.

Believe it or not, the real windy days were actually some of the best. I think it helped with scent, maybe? But, they would just appear on the trail and it was a quick deal.