Duck Hunting-South Florida Duck Hunting
Welcome to EVERGLADES ADVENTURES duck
hunting page. We have been in operation since 1989 offering hunts for wild game
in Florida. We currently offer Alligator, Wild Boar, Osceola Turkey, Duck and
Dove
hunts.
We are a full time guide service dedicated to our clients. We were the third guide service to begin operations in Southern Florida. The owner, Captain Mark Clemons has been professionally guiding hunting charters (full time) since 1985. He is a native of South Florida and has hunted and fished in South Florida for over 30 years. We currently handle over a thousand hunter's a year for all of our hunts combined.
Our operations are conducted on several
private ranches and wetlands located in Hendry County, Florida. These properties
and wetlands consist of several thousand acres.
We offer duck hunting on both private wetlands as well as public waters which include Lake Okeechobee and the Florida Everglades.
PRIVATE LANDS. These hunts are conducted on private marshes ranging in size from 200 acres or more to small ponds of 50 acres. The planted areas total approximately 450 acres which are divided into two separate areas hunted on Saturdays and Sundays.
These
areas are managed for waterfowl. We have Japanese Millet, Chufas, Rice and
Mud Plantains as well as Smartweed and Walter's Millet planted in these areas
(pictured to the upper right) which we flood during the duck season. Hydrilla and
Coontail are utilized for aquatics in the deeper water areas. The areas have their own water control
structures and pumps for water control.
We have a hunter minimum of two persons and can arrange hunts for groups as large as twenty-four persons. Our hunts are out of pre-existing blinds over decoys. We have dozens of blinds located in excellent areas which we rotate the shooting pressure. Our goal is not to shoot a blind more than once per-week.
We have blinds located
on dry ground utilizing a series of dike systems in which the hunters can walk a
dry dike (escorted by a guide) to their designated blind. One of these blinds
are pictured right with a few ducks nearby. These blinds are permanent blinds
with cane grown in place for cover. They have chairs and decoys located in each
blind and most are set up for two to four hunters.
We
also have blinds located on small islands in deeper water pictured below. We
place hunters in these blinds utilizing a go-devil boat. These blinds are not
dry blinds. Some are ankle-deep, some are in knee-deep water depending on the
amount of water we have in that certain 
cell at a given time.
These blinds are
permanent blinds with cane grown in place for cover. They have chairs and decoys
located in each blind and most are set up for two to four hunters as well.
These hunts are generally EXCELLENT duck hunts. We have had shooters limit on birds from these blinds in thirty minutes. We generally have a large concentration of ducks on our areas like the Black-Bellied Whistlers pictured left. You can check on our current duck conditions (updated every few days during season) by clicking on the following link:
Current Duck Hunting Conditions and News
We charge $200.00 per-person per
hunt, two-person minimum. Hunters will need at least hip boots but plan on
waders especially during the colder dates.
PUBLIC WATERS. Our public water hunts are conducted from airboats utilizing phantom layout boats. These hunts are for parties of three only. Our boat holds three clients and three layout boats and all necessary equipment very comfortably.
Our
Airboat is a 2004 18' Hamant. It has seating for four adults including the driver.
It has a 550 horsepower, 454 cubic inch big block Chevrolet engine with a
stinger 
gearbox with a 82 inch three blade maximus thruster propeller. It has a
40 gallon fuel tank, stainless engine cage, polymer bottom, four trolling
batteries with dual lenco trolling motors with remote handheld controls, three
storage lockers, two independent live wells, brush guard, non-skid inside
finish, AM/FM CD stereo, Garman chart plotter/GPS, VHF radio, and all required
US Coast Guard equipment.
I am a US Coast Guard Licensed Captain and CPR and First Aid Certified as well as Insured.
We
conduct our public water hunts on Lake Okeechobee as well as in the Florida
Everglades. These hunts are generally pre-scouted and GPS located prior to the
hunt.
Season dates are generally for early teal the last week of September and the general season starts the weekend before thanksgiving and ends late January
We
realize that all duck hunters are not the same. Some hunters like pre-built
blinds some don't. Some hunters won't hunt out of anything but a layout boat
while others won't get in them. We strive to accommodate all duck hunters
regardless of their interests.
Don't forget to check out our additional link which keeps up with the current as well as the past several years of duck hunting seasons. You can check on these conditions by clicking on the following link:
Current Duck Hunting Conditions and News
Also, don't forget to check out our main page with links to our additional hunts. We currently offer Alligator, Wild Boar, Osceola Turkey, Duck and Dove hunts. To visit this page please click on the following link:
Everglades Adventures-South Florida Hunting Charters
Thank you for your interest in EVERGLADES ADVENTURES
Sincerely,
Captain Mark Clemons
Comments or Problems?
For
additional information concerning our hunts or Everglades Adventures,
Please
contact us at our office (863) 983-8999 or
E-mail
us at: huntsfla@aol.com
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have arrived here via a search engine and you are not viewing our main page
visit us at: http://www.huntsflorida.com
Our snail mail address is: 28965 Obern Road, Clewiston, Florida 33440
This
site is built and maintained by Captain Mark Clemons of EVERGLADES ADVENTURES.
This
page, and all contents, photos and text are Copyright © 1998-2008 by
Everglades Adventures, Clewiston, Florida USA
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 18, 2008