. Annual report - Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Wildlife management; Fishery management. Wiid quail feed under a trap near Welaka. Extensive quail trapping is now being carried out throughout the state. agement area in 1947, no accurate record of the number of birds so handled is available. In consideration of this background a proj- ect was begun in the summer of 1948 under the leadership of a trained biologist to organize a statewide quail trapping program to utilize birds now "going to waste" on breeding grounds and in urban areas. Careful records are being kept of
. Annual report - Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Wildlife management; Fishery management. Wiid quail feed under a trap near Welaka. Extensive quail trapping is now being carried out throughout the state. agement area in 1947, no accurate record of the number of birds so handled is available. In consideration of this background a proj- ect was begun in the summer of 1948 under the leadership of a trained biologist to organize a statewide quail trapping program to utilize birds now "going to waste" on breeding grounds and in urban areas. Careful records are being kept of the success of this project to determine if the results justify the expenditure of funds in trapping these birds. In addition to the quail restocking efforts three Federal Aid projects dealing specifically with quail, were carried out or were started during the past two years. These projects are discussed in the portion of this report dealing with Federal Aid activities. Deer The situation with regard to deer is entirely different from that outlined for quail. Whereas the primary factor that can increase quail in Florida is habitat improvement, the primary deer manage- ment procedure is protection against overhunting. There is a tremen- dous amount "ef satisfactory deer habitat in Florida that is now imderpopulatfed. On such areas deer can be increased tremendously, ?\mply by protection against overhunting and judicious restocking. One important illegal hunting practice that has helped decimate the Florida deer population has been that of "jacklighting" deer at right. In using this method the hunter blinds the deer with a bright light and is able to approach within easy gunshot range. A recent ruling by the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission making ^ 25 '^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the o
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