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The Green Swamp is the place to be for killing huge bucks in Florida, but you will certainly have to put your time in to have a chance. As mentioned there are people all over the place. Other hunters, mudders, partyers, and people just screwing around. You're going to have to get way way off the beaten path to have a chance at a good deer. The big bucks like to stay in the thickest, brushiest parts of the swamp so bring a machete and target those areas when scouting. You're going to get wet too btw. I'd come ready and willing to go through areas up to hip deep and keep a keen eye out for cottonmouths.
If at all possible, spend several entire days on stand during the rut as that is of course when the bruisers get stupid. I live on my family's 1500 acre cattle ranch just east of Richloam down in Bay Lake and the rut is usually around January 20th to 25th. 95% of the big bucks we see in the course of a year are during the rut. The seem to be primarily nocturnal aside from then, at least at our place which has virtually no hunting pressure compared to the WMA's.
Pig hunting around here seems to be hit or miss strangely enough. I won't see any for months and then all of a sudden there is a wave of them that comes through. They'll be everywhere for a couple months and then move on as quickly as they showed up. Quietly stalking around and listening for the noisy bastards probably provides your greatest chances for success, but be careful for other hunters. Dog hunting has become huge around here and I hear it gets crazy in the management areas sometimes. I'm not sure of the laws concerning this type of hunting in the WMA's, but I wouldn't count on them stopping some of the people around here. There are some very rough characters about and carrying a sidearm isn't a bad idea. I've had several confrontations with poachers on our land that are known methamphetamine users.
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My permit dates are in late November, so I'm not going to be there for the rut if it's the same time as yours. I guessing it'll still be wet then but not as wet as it is now. I thought they would close the WMA to the public during the hunting periods but it appears they don't. We're not going to be camping since I have yet to hear a positive thing about camping there.
I have four days on my permit, two on the weekend and two during the week, but I can hunt do one of those weekdays. I'm figuring one weekend day and one weekday.
I've noticed the same thing about hogs around me in south Pasco. I'll see a boat load of them for a weeks in a row, then nothing for weeks.
As for dogs, the WMA rules say you can only use bird dogs, and hog-dogs during the limited hog-dog season.
I typically open carry a sidearm when hunting, and carry concealed any other time I'm in the woods.
Are there any parts of the swamp that are more productive that others? Should I wait until close to the dates to scout, or hit it sooner? I'm thinking about spending a day in October (mainly to get the lay of the land), and then another day right before the season doing some scouting.