We used to make a trip once or twice a year and hunt St. Joe property between Caravelle and Panacea, west of the Ocklocknee river. Haven't been there in about 20 yrs. Is all that property still woods or did it get built up? Just wondering. We had some jam up races in those big ol' blocks and swamps.
10-4, Well if it was a little closer i would drive down there and hunt with yall.
We used to make a trip once or twice a year and hunt St. Joe property between Caravelle and Panacea, west of the Ocklocknee river. Haven't been there in about 20 yrs. Is all that property still woods or did it get built up? Just wondering. We had some jam up races in those big ol' blocks and swamps.
It's called Tate's Hell WMA now and hunters are still doggin there.
Well that's good to hear doghunter - "Back in the day" there was St Joe land and Buckeye land. No body hunted the SJ land until it was doe weekend (Thanksgiving). Being used to running dogs down here in the Ocala Nat Forest it was like going to a candy store whenever we travelled up there. Thousands and thousands of acres all to ourselves and some big bucks to boot. Back then we even saw panther tracks from time to time and they were always in close company with some hogs.
Well that's good to hear doghunter - "Back in the day" there was St Joe land and Buckeye land. No body hunted the SJ land until it was doe weekend (Thanksgiving). Being used to running dogs down here in the Ocala Nat Forest it was like going to a candy store whenever we travelled up there. Thousands and thousands of acres all to ourselves and some big bucks to boot. Back then we even saw panther tracks from time to time and they were always in close company with some hogs.
I hunt on what use to be referred to as buckeye land except now they are all private leases from Foley lands and timber. As you are probably aware, $25 permit and you could hunt 400,000 acres of buckeye land. Now, you couldn't hunt it for less than 5 grand per year and would need to be a member of 5-6 clubs. Locals are saying that there were more bucks back in the 90s than there are today but we pay alot more to hunt a small portion.
Stand hunting, doe tags, and the overuse of herbicides has really dwindled the population of our deer in the past 3 years BUT I'll be the first to admit that if i couldn't run my dogs year around or stand hunt that I wouldn't join a lease at all...
