Deer-hunting auxiliary check stations
News Release
Friday, September 03, 2010
Media contact: Joy Hill, 352-258-3426
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) announces there will be 10 auxiliary check
stations where hunters can check the deer they harvest during the
upcoming hunting seasons on Ocala, Fort McCoy and Gores Landing
Unit Ocklawaha River wildlife management areas (WMAs).
Hunters are required to check all deer harvested
from Ocala WMA at one of the following check stations prior to
field-dressing or transporting the carcass out of the hunt
area:
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Advantage Sports Center
13426 NE Hwy 19
Salt Springs, FL 32134
352-685-2277
(closed Mondays)
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Astor Arms and Outdoor Supplies
24401 SR 40
Astor, FL 32102
352-759-2016
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J&S Cowart Bait, Tackle, Etc.
14939 E. Hwy 316
(in Eureka, just west of bridge)
Fort McCoy, FL 32134
352-236-3145
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Country Store
47433 Panther Rd. (off CR 445)
Altoona, FL 32702
352-669-7549
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Ocklawaha River Country Store
20250 NE 160th Ave. Rd. (Hog Valley)
Fort McCoy, FL 32134
352-546-3880
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Lake Farm and Feed
610 North Central Avenue (on SR 19)
Umatilla, FL 32784
352-669-2013
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Wiggler's Bait and Tackle
14140 E. SR 40
Lynne, FL 34488
352-625-1156
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Forest Hills Grocery
31446 CR 42
Deland, FL 32720
352-669-7143
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All American Deli, Pub and C.S.
24710 S.E. CR 42
(1.5 miles east of intersection
of FR 588 and CR 42)
Altoona, FL 32702
352-669-5055
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South Moon Fish Camp
1977 South Moon Road
Astor, FL 32102
386-749-2383
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The check station most convenient to Gores Landing
Unit is J&S Cowart Bait, Tackle, Etc., in Eureka; the two most
convenient to Fort McCoy are J&S Cowart Bait, Tackle, Etc., in
Eureka and Advantage Sports Center in Salt Springs.
Hunters using Fort McCoy or Gores Landing Unit
Ocklawaha River WMAs are not required to check their deer, but the
FWC asks that they do. The data collected at the check stations is
valuable to wildlife biologists to help them manage the deer
populations in those areas. Of particular interest are the number
of deer taken, general physical condition, age and weight.
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