Florida Reserve

[wheat sonnet]

Florida is a state known for beaches and parties, but few know about the amazing hunting this state has to offer. This private game ranch features swamps as well as thick subtropical forests, marshland and a few fields. It is home to several native and non-native species that can only be hunted here.

Class 6- Nilgai
Class 6- American Alligator
Class 6- Barasingha
Class 4- White-tailed Deer
Class 4- Wild Hog
Class 4- Pére David’s Deer
Class 4- Corsican Sheep
Class 3- Burmese Python
Class 3- Axis Deer
Class 2- River Otter
Class 2- North American Beaver
Class 2- Bobcat (Moved from Class 3)
Class 1- Osceola Turkey
Class 1- Green Iguana
Class 1- Argentine Black and White Tegu
Class 1- Common Raccoon
Class 1- Nutria
Class 1- Marsh Rabbit
Class 1- Bobwhite Quail
Class 1- Mourning Dove
Class 1- White-winged Dove
Class 1- Wilson’s Snipe
Class 1- Common Gallinule
Class 1- Blue-Winged Teal
Class 1- Mottled Duck
Class 1- Ring-necked Duck
Class 1- Ruddy Duck
Class 1- Wood Duck

New Dogs-
German Shorthair Pointer

New Vehicle-
Hunting Kayak

To avoid this map feeling like a Mississippi remake I tried to include many unique native small-game species, as well as introduced game species and I feel like the terrain would be quite different. This map would also be perfect to introduce boats and/or a retriever dog. I tried to make this very similar to Revontuli, in the variation of species despite there not being any unique big game here.
Let me know what you think!!

[fleet temple]

Now this is a Florida reserve I can get behind

[wheat sonnet]

Here’s some of the larger new species, the python most likely wouldn’t be arboreal due to the game engine but it would provide a very interesting animal model and would be one of the highlights of this map.
Osceola Turkeys would complete the NA Turkey Grand Slam and are one of Florida’s most iconic native game species.
Iguanas would be very interesting to come across and would bring a new reptile species to the game.
Beavers, Otters and Nutria would behave much like alligators or crocs and would be seen on land or swimming, beavers could also have euro rabbit like lodges where they could be seen often. This would allow them to be backfilled to other maps as well.
Marsh Rabbits would be a lot like cottontails or any other smaller rabbit species

[fleet temple]

The otter is an interesting addition (and savage little things too)

[wheat sonnet]

Forgot these pics

[wheat sonnet]

Yeah even though they’re more commonly trapped than hunted they would also be really cool and could have very interesting animations, also allows for mink, fisher, etc to have a similar model they could use to make those species.

Here’s the array of upland birds, with quail and doves being found in the fields/more dry areas and the snipe and gallinule being found in marshes.

I picked these 5 waterfowl species because they are very popular in Florida and because there’s lots of variety. In reality there are probably 20 ducks species to be chosen from, but this leaves some unique ones to be added in other places.

[dreamy gust]

Snakes might be very interesting with this reserve

[wheat sonnet]

Cottonmouths could be interesting, but I think most snake hunting would be rattlesnakes in texas/arizona

[rain nimbus]

Could use coyotes (with a rework)

It would seem that you can also hunt four horned rams,Feral Goat (Island Goat),Skunk,Opossum and Père David’s deer on a game ranch something your reserve is based on?

They seem to have Watusi and Nilgai As well!

[fleet temple]

Not every reserve needs to be packed with big game

Though I do like the idea of Pere Davids Deer being included and the wild sheep would be neat, though I lean more towards the Corsican Black-bellied/Texan Dall/Black Hawaiian/Painted Desert type (images are all in order)

And the way I figured is all those sheep could all be fur types, though what the animal would be called has eluded me (the animal could just be called Corsican Sheep and the Black-belly would be a common fur type, idk)

[earnest gull]

I agree these big game additions would be great. It's a little to heavy on the small game currently

[rain nimbus]

It needs a little more than just Gators Hogs Pythons deer and hogs.

[fleet temple]

I personally believe that the small game side of things for this reserve is pretty good all things considered

[rain nimbus]

I do too,It could be condensed a bit,Snipe don’t really interest me.

But that is all based on personal preference,EW will pick and choose what they see fit.

[fleet temple]

The Snipe would be perfect for those who love upland hunting

For me it is a different bird from the upland birds we already have, and as a result it should show up at some point, I know there are people who wanted American Woodcock on New England

[wheat sonnet]

I was looking at some game reserves and obviously the most common is axis deer, but also game reserves can have just about any animal you want on them so searching for a common species is hard.

I’ve decided to add the Barasingha/Swamp Deer, Pére David’s Deer and the Nilgai. These 3 exotic species I feel would increase the interest from big game hunters. I chose them because none of them are going to be featured in their native ranges and because they occupy ecosystems similar to south/central florida naturally.

This would also allow for a pére david’s backfill to parque and nilgai could appear in a texas reserve map as they are more commonly hunted there anyway

[rain nimbus]

I’m pretty sure there are feral populations of axis deer across Florida actually

[wheat sonnet]

yeah there are they’re just very common on private ranches

[rain nimbus]

Imo Nilgai should be either Class 8 or 9 because some large males tank .50 BMG and walk a solid 50-70ft keep in mind they got hit with a .50.

[wheat sonnet]

some sources say .308, 7mm-08 and even .270 are good and some say .300 mag and .338 so I was conflicted but since they only weigh around 6-800 i put them class 6 that could change tho

i think im gonna bump them to 8 tho

[rain nimbus]

That’s alright.From what I’ve seen and heard I would NOT Recommend using 7mm-08 or .270

[wheat sonnet]

yeah they are very tough for their size there’s no doubt abt that, then again you can kill a whitetail with a .22 rim fire with a perfect shot so it basically all comes down to how comfortable someone is

[chilly roost]

I Don’t Believe That There’s Nilgai In Florida, But Maybe I’m Wrong

[rain nimbus]

It’s a hunting ranch,there’s quite a few hunting ranches that have nilgai

[chilly roost]

Huh, I Did Not Know That. I Knew That This Was Based On A Hunting Ranch But I Didn’t Know That Any In Florida Had Nilgai

[rain nimbus]

Yeah,it was very weird seeing it on the species list helping OP out.

[hallow atlas]

I really think the right region for a Florida preserve would be the Eastern Floorida Flatwoods + Central Pine uplands and the Sandhills + Eastern FLorida Flatwoods, which are ecoregions that haven't been integrated yet.

There are numerous hunting and wildlife management areas in central Florida, any of them can be taken as reference information, and I think the one that best fits this thread is the Apalachicola National Forest
https://ocean.floridamarine.org/HGMSearch/Search.aspx
https://ocean.floridamarine.org/HGMSearch/BrochureDetails.aspx?sb=Categories&srctype=pfs&title=Apalachicola

[hallow atlas]

Since they will design the Iguana, why not also design another lizard?
This is another of Florida's invaders, the Tegu Lizard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_black_and_white_tegu
https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/argentine-black-and-white-tegu/

[rain ravine]

Adding tegu's would be awesome. That or Nile monitors. Their behaviour being similar to crocs.

[chilly roost]

This Is My Rendition Of This Map. The Brown Areas Would Be Covered In Mangroves, Tallgrass Swamps, And Muddy Embankments. The Green Areas Would Be A Mix Of Subtropical Forests And Grasslands, With Stands Of Magnolia, Longleaf Pine, Loblolly Bay, Bald Cypress, And Swamp Oaks Spread Throughout.

[quasi tendon]

This will at least be better then mississippi acres lol

[wheat sonnet]

i love this design thank you

especially if a hunting kayak was added, that would be amazing

[west zealot]

Honestly don't think I could find it in my heart to shoot an otter but I can see them adding Burmese and reticulated pythons since they are over populated there. They could add TONS of variations for them for colors like dozens

[wheat sonnet]

burmese pythons are the ones that have the huge wild population in florida, and yeah there’s so many options for the markings on them

[west zealot]

I've been seeing lots reports of retics being caught too as well recently like as of this year

[wheat sonnet]

yeah definitely but typically the ones that are hunted are mostly burmese so it would just be easier to add them

[steep hearth]

american crocodiles would also be another great species to add to this reserve

A new weapon that could be added along with the reserve is a .410 shotgun due to all the small animals

[rain nimbus]

Protected and endangered species, there’s no hunting of them at all.

[fleet temple]

They are protected by law in the United States

[wheat sonnet]

now some of these would be returning species!

[wheat sonnet]

i love the new barasinga and nilgai models, it would be great to see these in this map as well

I added two new species to the map, the invasive Argentine Black and White Tegu, and the Corsican Sheep. With the addition of nilgai and barasingha to the game I wanted more new species. Thanks @hallow atlas and @fleet temple for the suggestions.

[fleet temple]

With Sundarpatan, I could see Barasingha working out alright on this map

[chilly roost]

So now that we’re getting Tigers and Snow Leopards, what do we think about adding American Crocodiles on this map? I personally wouldn’t be opposed to them, but I wouldn’t be mad if they also didn’t come.

[steep hearth]

I'm all for new crocodilians to be added to the game

[wheat sonnet]

I mean american crocodiles are not endangered in the wild, but the population in the US is very small, so I’m not sure how much sense it would make, but I don’t think it would be off limits

[supple grail]

I wouldn't mind a mini map of Florida where you can hunt mostly invasive species ...

[languid charm]

💯

[minor raven]

I don't like that you are suggesting hunting on a Ranch but OK

[chilly roost]

Most places for foreigners to hunt in Florida are hunting ranches, where they have animals, both native and invasive, to hunt. Many people come from out of state and out of the country to come hunt on these ranches.

[wheat sonnet]

I think there’s definitely enough unique landscape and species to have a full sized map, but i would prefer they did a few other untapped areas first

[wheat sonnet]

the idea is that it would be a very large ranch, the reason being that it provides an opportunity to hunt species that are critically endangered/extinct/or just not huntable in their native range. ranches like this exist in texas, florida, and across the us and the world

[minor raven]

I did not know that there are Ranches were you can hunt critically endangered species. But it just sounds wrong to hunt critically endangered species.

[modern hatch]

Hunting Pythons or Iguanas would be fun

Would Iguanas be a species similar to the Python in terms of their invasive story.

[languid charm]

Conservation by getting rid of specimens with bad genes, illness or old 🤷

[chilly roost]

Most of these species are endangered in the wild, but common on these ranches, and they raise awareness (as well as raise and release animals into the wild) for these endangered animals, which is a positive. Plus, it is a huge boost for the economy, and in general is great to stop people from poaching.

[chilly roost]

Sort of. They were exotic pets that were released by a lot of people in the 1960’s. The pythons got out because they were in a breeding facility that was struck by a hurricane.

[modern hatch]

Better than hunting some rabbits would be pretty unique hunting class 1 iguanas than a new rabbit or hare.

[wheat sonnet]

yeah like @chilly roost said they’re invasive and have an open hunting season on them in florida similar to pythons, and people eat them as well

[fleet temple]

I ended up thinking of this map while watching a video from the HuntPrimitive Youtube channel yesterday so I have a weapon suggestion: The Atlatl Spear Thrower. With its massive hog population and with this reserve having a good variety of game I think it would be an interesting inclusion for this reserve

[earnest gull]

Still the best Florida map i have seen.

[humble cloak]

I like the idea but we need a place with native animals (including hogs and coyotes even though they’re invasive and not native) the idea of exotic animals even with it being a hunting ranch just doesn’t fit well with Florida

You don’t really find iguanas up here and I just think the idea of so many of these smaller game such as otters and iguanas just isn’t something you’d find someone hunting

[rain nimbus]

It fits in perfectly.

And yes they definitely have made their way up north. I’ve had to take quite a few iguanas up by my parents place in Osceola County of which were devastating the garden.

[humble cloak]

Are we talking about a place in Osceola county or near Osceola National Forest

[rain nimbus]

Osceola County.

this reserve is clearly more of a generalization of Florida itself

[humble cloak]

So the reserve would be around the Osceola county area?

[humble cloak]

If it’s generalization of Florida then the exotic animals really does not fit, I can see on a ranch but it would make much more perfect sense for it to be just native species

[rain nimbus]

I used mainly natives in my idea https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1311427039617617951, if that’s more your groove.

But quite frankly I (didn’t make this post) just see all the non native species as a way to differentiate it from Mississippi Acres. Many of these species I’ve viewed fence hopping during my visits.

[humble cloak]

You can also base it around the terrain as well since it’s very much different terrain from Mississippi but you can still make it unique with having a hand full of the same animals from Mississippi

[wheat sonnet]

It’s based around Southern Florida and the general Everglades area, I am not from Florida but I have been there multiple times, not to go hunting, but I understand that many people aren’t big on the idea of game ranches. Despite this, Florida is one of the most common states to find these in outside of Texas, and also due to the limited number of native big game species, I thought that this would be a cool setting to get not only unique terrain and bird/small game hunting, but also some big game that would be only found in ranches. Also all of these species can be found on ranches in Florida, it’s not just hypothetical.

[humble cloak]

It just doesn't suit Florida though

[wheat sonnet]

Every species here is huntable at ranches in Florida so I’m not quite sure why you would make that claim.

[humble cloak]

It might be huntable but it doesn't fit Florida in a whole, it should be native species to actually show Florida

[wheat sonnet]

Native species are on this map, if you wanted only native species present then this would be nothing less than a reskin of Mississippi Acres, which no one wants

[humble cloak]

Im not meaning to make an argument out of this

[humble cloak]

The terrain is much different though and with more waterfowl added it would make it a bit more unique

[wheat sonnet]

I’m not trying to argue either but for all intents and purposes a Florida map without exotic species would just be Mississippi with more birds, and different terrain. That would be cool and fun to play but the demand wouldn’t be that high and I doubt EW would put that much time into it. Maybe a smaller map like the one that just came out, but for a full size Florida map it would need to have something unique about it

[sonic zodiac]

Tegu as a new tier 2 would be very interesting.

And would give more options for a reptile hunt than two crocodilians. I completely expected a Missisisspsppssuheisiiiiii knock off but am now completely convinced we need a Florida map with some invasive reptiles, farmed antelope, miscreant goats.

[static fog]

Florida Reserve

[worldly topaz]

An airboat, please