2023-2024 SEASON
- Application and Permit payments must be either exact cash or checks made out to Manatee County.
- Applications can will be processed as soon as they are received. First-come first-served until hunts are sold out.
- Stands may be placed on the property beginning on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 5 a.m. Tree stands must be removed by June 1, 2024.
ORIENTATION (Mandatory) Saturday: 9 a.m.
- Big Game: August 5, 2023 or August 19, 2023
- Small Game and United Way: January 20, 2024
Missing mandatory orientation will result in NOT being able to hunt during the 2023-2024 Duette Preserve Hunt Season.
BIG GAME SEASON
Archery and Crossbow
A B and C hunts only: Legal to take only one male deer or one antler-less deer, except spotted fawn, until the quota is reached, and unlimited hogs.
- September 16 and 17, 2023
- September 23 and 24, 2023
- October 7 and 8, 2023
Muzzle-loading Gun
Legal to take only one male deer until the quota is reached, and unlimited hogs.
- October 21 and 22, 2023
- November 4 and 5, 2023
General Gun
Legal to take only one male deer until the quota is reached, and unlimited hogs.
- December 2 and 3, 2023
- January 6 and 7, 2024
Youth Hunt
Fees, availability, and application procedure may be obtained from staff.
- November 18 and 19, 2023 … Maximum fifty (50) participants
SMALL GAME AND HOG
5 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Legal to take hog, gray squirrel, quail, rabbit, snipe, raccoon, armadillo and coyote.
- January 27 and 28, 2024
- February 3 and 4, 2024
- February 17 and 18, 2024
- February 24 and 25, 2024
UNITED WAY FUNDRAISER HOG HUNTS
Saturday Only: 5 a.m. – 9 p.m.
- April 13, 2024
- April 20, 2024