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Hey everybody! Hows it goin' today? Today I'm out at L. Kirk Edwards Wildlife Environmental Area.
This 1800 Acre environmental area can be accessed on Capitola Road, Cap Tram Road, and also Hwy 27.
There are multiple ways to get in here and enjoy this beautiful resource located in Eastern Leon County.
There's a few different ways to enjoy the hunting opportunities out here at L. Kirk Edwards Wildlife Environmental Area.
For you deer hunters, we offer archery, archery/muzzleloader, and family quota hunts.
For you turkey hunters we offer a youth spring turkey quota hunt and a regular spring turkey quota hunt.
For those of you who like chasing squirrels and rabbits, our small game season quota permits are not required.
Remember, L. Kirk Edwards is a small wildlife and environmental area at only about 1800 acres.
So the quota permits are limited. But if you get drawn, chances are you'll only be out here with a few other folks which usually means better chance at harvesting game.
There are quality hunts that are offered out here in the Fall, and also fishing year round.
Despite its small size, this area actually has a wide range of different habitats.
There's pines, there's oaks, there's open fields, there's even some cypress domes.
Here we are at Lake Lafayette. Ryan and I just pulled up here to check out the lake conditions and we kicked up a group of wood ducks. You can still hear them flying in the background.
There's about a group of seven of them. They're out here circling behind us.
This area is a beautiful, beautiful cypress lake bed and offers excellent birding habitat if you're into bird watching.
There's a few egrets down here at the end. There's quite a few wood storks that nest in the area.
And you duck hunters, this area is open to waterfowl hunting.
In addition to that, there's also the canoe trail that connects from Lake Lafayette over to Lake Piney Z.
Come out and check it out, it's a beautiful area, a lot to see!
We decided to take a little side trip on the way back from L. Kirk Edwards.
We're now standing in front of Piney Z Lake.
Which actually is the back side of Lake Lafayette where we just were a minute ago...
This lake is not technically part of L. Kirk Edwards but it's just down the road and it's a great place to come fishing.
It's fully stocked with bass, bream, sunfish, and channel catfish.
And the lake, the way it's designed, it's all dug out in little fingers and there's a bunch of good little places to cast a line.