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The Lake Tracy Unit covers 4,106 acres in Lake County.

KICCO WMA
At Kicco, hunters took a total of 19 gobblers in 91 man-days of hunting, for a 4.8 man-day average.

Kicco WMA is along the Kissimmee River in Polk and Osceola counties and extends across 7,426 acres. The habitat is composed of the old river flood plain.


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CARAVELLE RANCH WMA
The harvest on this public tract was composed of 33 toms. It took 163 man-days of pressure to produce those birds. That means that hunters here needed an average of 4.9 days to get a gobbler.

At one time, Caravelle Ranch was a working cattle operation. Hunters can still see evidence of the tract's ranching past. There are some old pasturelands that are good bugging areas for the turkeys, and the FWCC is maintaining those open areas.

The total area covers 26,422 acres in Putnam and Marion counties.

CREW WEA
At Crew, hunters needed 35 days of effort to harvest seven birds, for an average rate of 5 man-days per bird.

This is a fairly new area, located in Lee and Collier counties. It sprawls across 28,540 acres, and is adjacent to the Audubon Society's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

HILOCHEE WMA

On this tract, the harvest was just four gobblers in 23 days of hunting, for 5.75 man-days average per turkey. The area straddles the Polk and Lake county line, and covers 9,369 acres.

THREE LAKES WMA
Prairie Lake Unit
In the Prairie Lakes Unit, hunters took a total of 21 birds in 131 man-days of hunting. This works out to one bird for every 6.2 days of effort.

This WMA is located on 8,859 acres in Osceola County, amid lakes Kissimmee, Jackson and Marian. The area has plenty of hardwoods and wetland swamps for birds.

DINNER ISLAND
RANCH WMA

On this public property, hunters needed 87 days of hunting to take 13 birds, or 6.7 man-days to get one bird.

Dinner Island Ranch is a fairly new area located in Hendry County. At 21,714 acres, it's one of the larger areas on this list.

HALF MOON WMA
Half Moon is traditionally one of the state's better turkey hunting areas. Here, the harvest was 23 birds in 158 days of hunting, or one bird in 6.9 man-days of hunting.

At only 9,400 acres, Half Moon lies entirely in Sumter County. The Withlacoochee River forms the western boundary of the tract, which means there's an associated river swamp on the area.


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