Our hunting program offers many excellent opportunities for hunting small and large game and migratory birds. Through an agreement with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the refuge cooperatively manages hunting and fishing as part of the state’s wildlife management area wildlife management area
For practical purposes, a wildlife management area is synonymous with a national wildlife refuge or a game preserve. There are nine wildlife management areas and one game preserve in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Learn more about wildlife management area program. Hunting, fishing and other regulations for the program’s Arbuckle, Hatchineha, and Kissimmee Bend Units can be found by searching at myfwc.com/hunting/wma-brochures/ or for the Kissimmee Bend Unit or for the Arbuckle and Hatchineha Units.