Does anyone lives near Palm Beach or something to hunt near there ? ?

I will be there the first days of june..

L

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Originally posted by Lorenzo:
...something to hunt near there ? ?...

Good fishing and extremely Hign Maintenance women!!!

Best of luck to you.

Theres peacock bass and little white balls in parkland.

If you're talking about PB FL, then within a ~1.5 hour drive there is pig hunting available. You also might consider some saltwater fishing.

Cheers,

KG

I lived in Florida for many years, and enjoyed the hunting there very much.

I've hunted down near Palm Beach (deer and turkey), but as you've already realized, there's no actually hunting in Palm Beach itself.

There are large tracts of land for agriculture nearby (and lots of cattle grazing), so you'll want to check out some of the gun clubs to get a lead on a hunting lease. Also, there are several gun stores there, and they can give you a name of who to contact about a lease. Some of the leases are as large as 30,000 acres in the inland areas.

You can hunt in a T-shirt in November there, although of course if you did, you'd die from blood loss due to the misquitos. Also, be careful where you sit in a ground blind...fire ants.

My favorite way to hunt there (and you never see another soul) is to put on knee high waterproof boots and hunt the swamp. If you slide your feet along (instead of lifting them up) you will move absolutely silently. I've walked up within 10 feet of deer when the wind is right.
There are little pockets of high/dry land within the swamps, and that's where the deer head when the hunting pressure is on.
A lot of hunters don't like the snakes or the bugs, so it cuts down on competition.

Finally, something to ponder: if it's really tourist season there, how come we're never allowed to shoot them?

Garrett

Generally hunting season is closed right now. However, wild hogs are not considered game animals under applicable Florida law. They may be hunted all year.

There are lots of them in central and south Florida.

There are a few other animals for which there are no closed season. For example rabbits. However, it probably isn't worth the effort.

Thanks gentlemen !!
I am leaving tomorrow evening.

A whole week laying in the sand as a crocodrile is not my cup of tea but I have already made a deal trading it for a long hunting weekend with the gang as soon as we return home

At least I will try to visit the Bass Pro Shop at Ft. Lauderdale...

L

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Originally posted by Lorenzo:
..At least I will try to visit the Bass Pro Shop at Ft. Lauderdale...

I believe that one is called Islamarada(SP?). If it is, there is a SaltWater Hall-of-Fame Museum next door to it. You can eat some OK seafood on the Islamarada veranda and be looking right at it.

Best of luck on the visit.

I always tell folks I'm searching for Osammer Ben Ladin when I'm down there. It would seem to be a nicer place for him to be "hiding" than in the Pakastani mountains.

Consider a fishing charter for a day. There are a lot of better places in America to look for hunting opportunities than south florida, but not many better for deep sea fishing. You'll be near some of the best fishing in the world and although it may blasphemy here, a day spent offshore fishing is an entirely adequate substitute for a good day's hunting, especially considering that libations can usually be freely enjoyed.

Well here I am, enjoying the sunny and hot West Palm Beach area. About the activities, nothing new from what i do at home, I still continue changing smelly diapers and waking up at 4 am for the delivering of milk bottles

I will see if I can do some fishing at least one day, the good thing is that I am adding a lot of bonus points to my hunting account

L

Please check out "Dewing's Fly & Gun Shop" in West Palm Beach...and then send me a PM and tell me what it's like. Never been there, but hey, as long as you're in town...

There was a nice pictorial article in Shooting Sportsman magazine in the July/August issue and they look to have some nice guns and shooting/sporting accessories.