700 pound Florida deer

SavageSniper · July 13, 2009, 08:36 PM

Hey we got big deer in Florida too. The odds are not too good though, but I would like to give it a shot.http://myfwc.com/RECREATION/Hunt_Opportunities.htm

flyguyskt · July 14, 2009, 09:05 AM

sambar deer....from india

~kev~ · July 15, 2009, 02:38 PM

Its got to be some kind of exotic imported deer like what flyguyskt said.

Daryl · July 15, 2009, 07:05 PM

Yep.

If you read the article, it's sambar, and they were planted on the island in 1908(?).

Daryl

SavageSniper · July 15, 2009, 08:45 PM

yes it is sambar deer. Kinda cool for us local folks though. Dont have to travel a long ways to hunt some exotics. If you read the artical, they are a breed of elk. This is a pic of one taken there.

Species: Sambar Deer
Measurement: 158 4/8 Non-Typical SCI.
Where Taken: Florida - St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
Hunter: Robert Corder
Outfitter: Self-guided

Story:

St. Vincent Island has a free-ranging population of sambar deer that the National Wildlife Refuge manages and allows to be hunted on a restricted-access basis.

RichM · July 15, 2009, 11:36 PM

They pick 150 guys to hunt an island over a mile offshore, you do the camping & hunting thing in soft sand, there are rattle snakes behind every tree, and the mosquitoes will eat what the snakes leave. LOL!

I was drawn last year and couldn't go.

I almost regret not going. One of the 3 or 4 Sambar killed could have been mine.

The odds are tough but it seems like a fun hunt where you'll enjoy the experience.

SavageSniper · July 16, 2009, 08:07 PM

and its archery, muzzleloader only. Better practice up if I am gonna stick one of these. OH and the skeeters ARE bad, but its the sand knats that will really eat you up.

barnetmill · July 16, 2009, 11:07 PM

I was told that a rich man many years ago owned St. vincent Island and stocked it with exotic animals. The wildlife people managed to kill most of exotic species off, but could not get all the hogs or all of the sambar deer. I have always wanted to make that, but have not yet done so.

July 13, 2009, 08:36 PM	#1
SavageSniper Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2005 Location: Crawfordville, FL Posts: 494	700 pound Florida deer Hey we got big deer in Florida too. The odds are not too good though, but I would like to give it a shot.http://myfwc.com/RECREATION/Hunt_Opportunities.htm __________________ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights!

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~kev~ Junior Member Join Date: September 20, 2006 Posts: 14	Its got to be some kind of exotic imported deer like what flyguyskt said. __________________ survival gear

July 16, 2009, 08:07 PM	#7
SavageSniper Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2005 Location: Crawfordville, FL Posts: 494	and its archery, muzzleloader only. Better practice up if I am gonna stick one of these. OH and the skeeters ARE bad, but its the sand knats that will really eat you up. __________________ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights!

July 14, 2009, 09:05 AM	#2
flyguyskt Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2009 Posts: 118	sambar deer....from india

July 15, 2009, 07:05 PM	#4
Daryl Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2008 Posts: 2,350	Yep. If you read the article, it's sambar, and they were planted on the island in 1908(?). Daryl

July 15, 2009, 11:36 PM	#6
RichM Junior Member Join Date: July 6, 2009 Posts: 13	They pick 150 guys to hunt an island over a mile offshore, you do the camping & hunting thing in soft sand, there are rattle snakes behind every tree, and the mosquitoes will eat what the snakes leave. LOL! I was drawn last year and couldn't go. I almost regret not going. One of the 3 or 4 Sambar killed could have been mine. The odds are tough but it seems like a fun hunt where you'll enjoy the experience.

July 16, 2009, 11:07 PM	#8
barnetmill Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2005 Posts: 121	I was told that a rich man many years ago owned St. vincent Island and stocked it with exotic animals. The wildlife people managed to kill most of exotic species off, but could not get all the hogs or all of the sambar deer. I have always wanted to make that, but have not yet done so.