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2021 ALLIGATOR HARVEST UNIT CHOICES Santa Rosa Holmes Escambia Jackson 732 Walton 734 Nassau Okaloosa Washington Gadsden 303 Hamilton Leon Madison Bay Calhoun 733 Jefferson Suwannee Baker Duval 306 Liberty Wakulla Taylor Lafayette Columbia Union Clay St. Johns Gulf Franklin Gilchrist Bradford Harvest Unit 724 Projected Alachua 721 507 Number & Name Dixie 723 Putnam Permits 508Flagler (special restrictions) 722 506 101 Lake Pierce 7 Levy 751 102 Lake Marian Marion 24 518 548 103 Kissimmee River - Pool E 23 Volusia 528 104 Lake Hatchineha 86 516 527 Sumter Citrus Lake 105 Kissimmee River - Pool A 36 505 106 Kissimmee River 96 PLEASE NOTE: Th e actual number of Seminole 515 510 108 Lake Arbuckle 5 harvest permits issued for all harvest Hernando 504 109 Lake Istokpoga 49 units may vary from those projected due Orange 540 110 Lake Kissimmee 264 to updated alligator population and 502 Pasco 520 Brevard 112 Tenoroc FMA (3) 13 habitat information. 112 116 501 115 Lake Weohyakapka 2 Hillsborough 104 117 Osceola 543 116 Cypress Lake 14 549 545 Important Notice: Th e harvest unit Pinellas Polk 546 117 Lake Parker 2 711 101 102 115 544 118 Lake Manatee 3 numbers that you select on your 110 105 Indian River 119 Peace River North 4 500 application will include the 3- digit unit 108 Manatee Okeechobee 120 Peace River South 3 106 number that is listed in the left column 118 Hardee 542 121 Caloosahatchee River 2 109 St. Lucie and ohn t e map plush t e period number. Highlands 303 Lake Miccosukee 57 Sarasota 119 For example, if you wanted to choose 103 306 Wacissa River 4 DeSoto 602 401 A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR (2,5) 6 “Lake Okeechobee – West” during the Martin 120 603 402 Everglades WMA - 2 (1) 11 second period, you would select number Glades Charlotte 601 404 Everglades WMA - 3 (1) 52 121 604 6012. The area names will be displayed 408 405 Holey Land WMA (1,2) 30 next tho t e corresponding numbers. 409 Palm Beach 405 416 406 STA - 5/6 (2,4) 60 Lee Hendry 414 408 STA - 1W South (2,4) 50 413 401 741 406 409 Lake Hicpochee 10 Harvest Period and Hunt Dates: 413 STA - 3/4 East (2,4) 60 1. Aug. 15 – 22 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 414 STA - 3/4 West (2,4) 40 Collier Broward 416 1-A FEB (2,4) 20 2. Aug. 22 – 29 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 404 402 500 Blue Cypress Lake 43 3. Aug. 29 – Sept. 5 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 501 St. Johns R. - L. Hell N Blazes 118 4 .Sept. 5 – 12 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 Monroe 502 St. Johns River - L. Poinsett 250 * STA and Loxahatchee harvest units have Miami-Dade 504 St. Johns River - Puzzle Lake 124 unique harvest periods which include weekends 505 Lake Harney 123 only - please check these dates online. 506 St. Johns River - Welaka 53 507 St. Johns River - Palatka S. 8 508 Crescent Lake 54 510 Lake Jesup 81 515 Lake Panasoffkee 5 516 Withlacoochee River North 2 Special Restrictions 518 Lake Rousseau 24 520 Lake Tohopekaliga 120 NOTE: Local ordinances or State rules may prohibit or restrict airboat usage, engine 527 Lake Monroe 52 horsepower, and impose noise restrictions on some waterbodies. Permittees should 528 Lake Dexter 7 check with local authorities for specifics. Area boundaries will be described on issued 540 St. Johns R. Upper Basin Canals 120 permits and descriptions can be found on at http://MyFWC.com/alligator. 542 Blue Cypress WMA 22 543 TM Goodwin WMA - Broadmoor (2) 60 544 Stick Marsh 43 1. The sale of alligator meat taken from these areas may be prohibited. 545 Kenansville Lake 170 2. Open days may be limited on these harvest units and may exclude the 546 TM Goodwin WMA - Goodwin (2) 22 September duck season. 548 Ocala WMA 1 3. Entry and exit points may be restricted to specified locations. 549 Three Lakes WMA 10 4. The hunts on harvest units 406, 408, 413, 414 and 416 are limited to Friday 601 Lake Okeechobee West (3) 204 and Saturday nights only. Harvest period 1 includes the first and third 602 Lake Okeechobee North (3) 88 603 Lake Okeechobee East (3) 7 weekends during the season. Harvest period 2 includes the second and fourth 604 Lake Okeechobee South (3) 152 weekends. Only non-motorized boats are allowed. 711 Lake Hancock 63 5. The hunts on harvest unit 401 are limited to Friday and Saturday nights only. 721 Rodman Reservoir 40 No mudboats are allowed. See the Loxahatchee NWR hunt brochure for 722 Orange Lake 195 information on additional restrictions. Airboats are allowed with a $100 permit 723 Lochloosa Lake 61 which is available from the refuge. 724 Newnans Lake 67 732 Lake Iamonia 47 733 Lake Talquin 6 734 Lake Seminole 17 741 Lake Trafford 36 751 Lake George 50 For more details, go to: http://MyFWC.com/alligator. 2021 ALLIGATOR HARVEST UNIT CHOICES County-wide Alligator Harvest Units Persons permitted to take alligators in county-wide harvest units will be allowed to take two alligators from any area that they could legally access in the specified county, including public and private lands and waters, but excluding specific water bodies established as alligator management units (listed on Page 1), private wetlands permitted for alligator management, and other protected public properties (exclusions are detailed below). Application and permit issuance procedures and participation requirements for the county-wide harvest units are the same as for other harvest units. It is strongly recommended that you know specific locations where you can legally harvest alligators in a county prior to applying for a county-wide permit. County-wide Harvest Units Unit Unit Projected No. Unit Unit Projected No. *Important Notice: The harvest unit numbers Number* Name of Permits Number* Name of permits that you select on your application will include the 3- 801 Alachua 67 835 Lake 408 digit unit number that is listed in the harvest unit 802 Baker 16 836 Lee 67 column plus the period number. For example, if you 803 Bay 72 837 Leon 51 804 Bradford 42 838 Levy 51 wanted to choose "Alachua" during the fourth 805 Brevard 16 839 Liberty 93 period, you would select number 8014. The area 806 Broward 2 840 Madison 6 names will be displayed next to the corresponding 807 Calhoun 51 841 Manatee 93 808 Charlotte 46 842 Marion 123 numbers. 809 Citrus 67 843 Martin 16 810 Clay 174 845 Nassau 148 Harvest Period and Hunt Dates 811 Collier 6 846 Okaloosa 21 1 Aug. 15 – 22 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 812 Columbia 6 847 Okeechobee 6 2 Aug. 22 – 29 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 814 De Soto 6 848 Orange 87 3 Aug. 29 – Sept. 5 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 815 Dixie 42 849 Osceola 199 816 Duval 55 850 Palm Beach 10 4 Sept. 5 – 12 and Sept. 12 – Nov. 1 817 Escambia 31 851 Pasco 6 * STA and Loxahatchee harvest units have unique 818 Flagler 21 852 Pinellas 6 harvest periods which include weekends only - 819 Franklin 148 853 Polk 316 please check these dates online. 820 Gadsden 6 854 Putnam 178 821 Gilchrist 10 855 Santa Rosa 87 822 Glades 16 856 Sarasota 6 823 Gulf 159 857 Seminole 6 824 Hamilton 6 858 St. Johns 291 825 Hardee 6 859 St. Lucie 16 Thank you for your interest in the 826 Hendry 10 860 Sumter 51 827 Hernando 6 861 Suwannee 10 Statewide Alligator Harvest Program. 828 Highlands 118 862 Taylor 6 For more information go to 829 Hillsborough 15 863 Union 21 830 Holmes 16 864 Volusia 51 http://MyFWC.com/alligator 831 Indian River 6 865 Wakulla 42 832 Jackson 42 866 Walton 93 833 Jefferson 36 867 Washington 67 834 Lafayette 10 Harvesting on County-wide Units is prohibited as follows: in privately-owned waters and wetlands, except where access has been granted by landowners; in water management district-owned (WMD) waters and wetlands, except as designated or where access has been granted by the WMD; in federally-owned lands, wildlife refuges, and parks, except where access has been granted by the managing federal agency; in state-owned parks, preserves, reserves, and wilderness areas, except aquatic preserves that may be designated; in Indian reservations and lands leased to Indian tribes, except as designated or where access has been granted by the landowners; in wildlife management, wildlife environmental, and public small-game hunting areas, except as designated; in publicly-owned waters closed for scientific study or protection of alligator populations; in privately-owned waters and wetlands included in management programs governed by Rule 68A-25.032, F.A.C.; and in other Alligator Management Units established the respective counties. .
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