duck hunting adjacent to state parks & other managed areas

WetBandit

many state parks are bordered by bays and waterways.  Whats are the rules pertaining to duck hunting in these waters?  Do state parks have any claim to the water surrounding them?  I've never noticed any markers in the water.

ANUMBER1

kWetBandit said:

many state parks are bordered by bays and waterways.  Whats are the rules pertaining to duck hunting in these waters?  Do state parks have any claim to the water surrounding them?  I've never noticed any markers in the water.

which park?

spangler

I've wondered about this as well.  Let's just say Fort Desoto for shtsngiggles.  Can I post up along the mangroves on Ft Desoto's shores if I'm in my boat?  wading in the flats?  And never go ashore.

WetBandit

Special Agent Coker, are you out there?

Jack Hexter

SA Coker is an officer with NMFS, not FWC and does not reply to questions for State jurisdiction or law

ANUMBER1

Ok, I hunt ducks inside a state park, I stay below the mean high water line, if a duck I shot falls in the upland park I leave my gun in the boat and retrive my duck.

WetBandit

Jack Hexter said:

SA Coker is an officer with NMFS, not FWC and does not reply to questions for State jurisdiction or law

Hmmm... according to the description of this sub-section, I thought that was the whole point.  Now I know.

WetBandit

ANUMBER1 said:

Ok, I hunt ducks inside a state park, I stay below the mean high water line, if a duck I shot falls in the upland park I leave my gun in the boat and retrive my duck.

That's good to know.  I guess by now someone would have hassled you about it if you were doing something wrong.