When, where and how many.

General season from sunrise on Saturday, November 14, 2026, to Sunday, January 17, 2027, in the hunting zones of Mount Kalaga National Park and on the State wildlife lands around it, along the northern border.

• Two antlered deer per hunter per season
• A deer permit on top of the hunting license
• At least 500 square inches of blaze orange, vest and hat, for hunters and everyone else on the trails
• Every deer reported within 24 hours, online or at the Kalaga Springs check station

By permit only, from August 15 to November 1, in the Grassrivers and on Lake Leonida. The 2026 season is closed. Permits are drawn every spring, two alligators per permit.

Nowhere else, and never in a canal, a pool or a golf course pond: those alligators are handled by licensed trappers through the Nuisance Alligator Hotline.

A saltwater license is needed from a boat, a beach or a private dock; not from a licensed public pier.

• Snook: closed from December 15 to January 31
• Reef zones marked by yellow buoys in the Keys: no fishing, no anchoring on coral
• Spearfishing never within 100 yards of a swimmer or a dive flag

Largemouth bass: five a day, only one longer than 16 inches.

The south shore of Lake Leonida, near the mills, carries a fish advisory: no more than one meal of bass a week. POACH tests the water every month.

• Within 500 feet of a campground, a road or a marked trail
• Inside city and town limits
• From a road, a moving vehicle or an airboat underway
• In the sanctuary zones of the Grassrivers, posted at every boat ramp

On State wildlife lands, dirt bikes, ATVs and swamp buggies stay on marked trails and carry a Leonida registration, through the DMV. Airboats keep quiet hours near homes, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.