(Click on the chart to see details.)
The above chart was create from 5 years worth of data contained in the
the Florida Buck Registry. The chart shows the number of trophy class
deer taken in a given week of the year.
Five years worth of data was used to create the chart in order to help
identify a trend in the data. The general idea for creating
this chart is to show which week of the year has the greatest probability
to produce a trophy deer. The weeks with the greatest number of harvests
appear to coincide loosely with season openings, the rut and holidays.
This seems to partly suggest that the numbers of trophy deer harvested
are proportional to the number of hunters in the woods - the begining of
each season is when the largest number of hunters are out.
Trophy Buck Registry - The Florida
Buck Registry was established in 1982 to provide hunters with a record
of the number and quality of white-tailed deer taken in Florida.
The minimum antler score necessary to qualify is 100 Boone and Crockett
inches for typical antlers and 125 for non-typical antlers.
The following table contains a list of the top trophy producing counties
over the last 5 years. The data also comes form the Florida Buck
Registry. These numbers do not include Bucks taken on WMA land.
See below for WMA numbers.
Florida's Big Buck Counties
| County Ranking |
Trophy Bucks |
| 1. Bay County |
38 |
| 2. Alachua County |
37 |
| 3. Madison County |
37 |
| 4. JeffersonCounty |
33 |
| 5. Pasco County |
33 |
| 6. Osceola County |
31 |
| 7. Calhoun County |
30 |
| 8. Jackson County |
29 |
| 9. Gadsden County |
28 |
| 10. Marion County |
27 |
| 11. LeonCounty |
24 |
| 12. Sumter County |
22 |
| 13. Hamilton County |
21 |
| 14. Polk County |
18 |
| 15. Walton County |
17 |
| 16. Columbia County |
16 |
| 17. Putnam County |
16 |
| 18. Wakulla County |
16 |
| 19. Brevard County |
15 |
| 20. Citrus County |
14 |
| 21. Orange County |
13 |
| 22. Taylor County |
13 |
| 23. Hernando County |
12 |
| 24. Okeechobee Cnty |
11 |
| 25. Highlands County |
10 |
| 26. Levy County |
10 |
| 27. Okaloosa County |
10 |
Trophy WMA Lands
| WMA Ranking |
Trophy Bucks |
| 1. Eglin AFB |
11 |
| 2. Half Moon |
9 |
| 3. Richloam |
9 |
| 4. Nassua |
7 |
| 5. Citrus |
6 |
| 6. Green Swamp |
6 |
| 7. Bull Creek |
5 |
| 8. Camp Blanding |
5 |
| 9. Ft. McCoy |
5 |
About the study:
This study included 825 trophy bucks taken in the last 5 years. (1996
to 2000)
The highest scoring buck taken in the last 5 years was a 25 point buck
scoring 206 (scored in velvet) taken in Green Swamp West WMA on 9-25-1999..
The second highest scoring buck was a 16 point buck scoring 179 taken
in Alachua County on 11-11-2000.
More big Buck information can be found at the Woods
N Water web site.
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as we receive input. If you have an opinion to share on this data,
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