Archie Carr NWR
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
State guide · 2026–2027 season
Florida Wildlife Refuge Hunting
Florida has 31 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 11 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR (145K ac), St. Marks NWR (50K ac) and Lower Suwannee NWR (49.6K ac).
31refuges & stations
60hunt units
368Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in Florida
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Florida by the numbers
- Open23,052 ac 2%
- Special regulations344,773 ac 35%
- Closed624,074 ac 63%
211K
90.3K
51.9K
28.3K
26.4K
21.2K
12.2K
All refuges & stations in Florida
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR
Palm Beach County, FL
!4 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🐗🎣
145K huntable acres
Caloosahatchee NWR
Lee County, FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Cedar Keys NWR
FL
✕1 closed
🎣
Chassahowitzka NWR
Citrus County, FL
✓2 open✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
21.8K huntable acres
Crocodile Lake NWR
Monroe County, FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Crystal River NWR
Citrus County, FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Egmont Key NWR
FL
✕1 closed
🎣
Everglades Headwaters NWR and Conservation Area
Okeechobee County, FL
!4 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
7K huntable acres
Florida Panther NWR
Collier County, FL
!1 special✕1 closed
🦃
25.6K huntable acres
Great White Heron NWR
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Island Bay NWR
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
J.N. 'Ding' Darling NWR
FL
✕1 closed
🎣
Key West NWR
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Lake Wales Ridge NWR
Highlands County, FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Lake Woodruff NWR
Volusia County, FL
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐗🎣
12.5K huntable acres
Lower Suwannee NWR
Dixie County, FL
!4 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐇🐗🎣
49.6K huntable acres
Matlacha Pass NWR
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Merritt Island NWR
Brevard County, FL
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🐗🎣
40K huntable acres
Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound NWR
Martin County, FL
✕1 closed
🎣
National Key Deer Refuge
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Okefenokee NWR
Charlton County, GA · primary: GA
!4 special✕2 closed
🦌🦃🐦🐇🐗🎣
3.8K huntable acres
Passage Key NWR
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Pelican Island NWR
Indian River County, FL
✕1 closed
🎣
Pine Island NWR
FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Pinellas NWR
FL
✕1 closed
🎣
St. Johns NWR
Brevard County, FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
St. Marks NWR
Wakulla County, FL
✓1 open!5 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐇🐗🎣
50K huntable acres
St. Vincent NWR
Gulf County, FL
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🐇🐗🎣
10.9K huntable acres
Ten Thousand Islands NWR
Collier County, FL
!1 special✕1 closed
🦆🎣
5.6K huntable acres
Welaka NFH
Putnam County, FL
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Baker County 1 refuge
- Brevard County 2 refuges
- Citrus County 2 refuges
- Collier County 2 refuges
- Dixie County 1 refuge
- Franklin County 1 refuge
- Gulf County 1 refuge
- Hernando County 1 refuge
- Highlands County 1 refuge
- Indian River County 1 refuge
- Jefferson County 1 refuge
- Lake County 1 refuge
- Lee County 1 refuge
- Levy County 1 refuge
- Martin County 1 refuge
- Monroe County 1 refuge
- Okeechobee County 1 refuge
- Palm Beach County 1 refuge
- Polk County 2 refuges
- Putnam County 1 refuge
- Taylor County 1 refuge
- Volusia County 2 refuges
- Wakulla County 1 refuge
Hunting in Florida: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow Florida seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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