Jumper Creek WMA killer info

[TrophyTracker]

Here is a special tip for all you internet scouters:

The Hardee's in Lake Panasoffkee doesn't open until 7:30 a.m. on Sundays. The 7 Eleven across the street has some good microwave sausage biscuits however,if you need a hot meal before daylight.:D

[palmettoswamp]

Everyone please get there early b4 daybreak, so you dont f*ck up my pristine road hunting.

[FlHunter23]

Hell I didn't even know there was a hardys and a seven 11.

[TrophyTracker]

See! This is killer info,then. :D

Down by the I-75 bridge about two miles from J/C

[palmettoswamp]

This thread will have over 1000 views before 3/20/10....

[TrophyTracker]

That's what I'm hoping for:cool:

[strutzonevermont]

Are Gobbler locations posted at these places :D

[FlHunter23]

Are Gobbler locations posted at these places :D

Nope. Just a bunch of idiots that will move in on top of you, steal your tree stands, or rachet straps, anything they can get their hands on. Then another idiot will come along and tie your stand up with a rope and hunt out of it. They will string ribbon up right through your setup. Walk to within 30 yards of you and start blasting away at a buck. Walk and talk as loud as they can right under your stand. Sit in your stand and throw wrappers beer cans and soda bottles all over the ground. Pretty much anything they can do to make sure nobody kills anything. You probably don't have to ask how I know all this. Im sure Chad or Tim might have a few to add.

but... its a place you hate to love and love to hate. You keep going back year after year but you don't know why. If the spawn of satan where to come out of the ground this is probably where he'd come out.

[palmettoswamp]

Looking on the bright side, its probably the mosy easy WMA in Florida to get lost in for days.

[TrophyTracker]

And if you get lost, this gator will show you the way:D



http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb63/jhodge83/016.jpg

[FlHunter23]

Is that right off the Y to the left? There was a 9 footer in there during small game.

[TrophyTracker]

Nah, he was by the sign in box:D

[palmettoswamp]

That place is going to crawling with every cracker w/o a quota permit and a dozen yankees from up north on opening weekend.

[FlHunter23]

Who you calling a cracker? :D

[strutzonevermont]

Not this yankee :D Good luck guys and lets see some pics of some fallen birds.

[FlHunter23]

My buddy canceled on me so it looks like im on my own tomorrow and probably the season. If anyone wants a boat ride to the back let me know.

[palmettoswamp]

I'm with ya in another week Sam.....Had some very limited gobbling this morning in FE WMA....They only shot 2 gobblers and 1 jake out of there today, which is very low for opening day. Hope things heat up in week or so...

[FlHunter23]

I'm with ya in another week Sam.....Had some very limited gobbling this morning in FE WMA....They only shot 2 gobblers and 1 jake out of there today, which is very low for opening day. Hope things heat up in week or so...

Roger that dude, I left you a voice mail. Im not gonna bother trying to do any locate calling. Im just gonna head to a spot i got in mind and sit it out with some soft calling. Dont wanna strike one up with all the crackers and yankees running around down there ;)

[palmettoswamp]

Your on the right track....go to that area and cut some palmettos and build a blind. Sit and call every 15 mins to 20 mins.....I know a gobbler will work his way down thru there sometime b4 1pm. Keep me posted!

[Forester]

Gonna be out there Friday with my Father....pray for us:D

Hopefully the pirates on the river will leave us alone.

[FlHunter23]

Good luck Forester, hope you get on some birds. There was about 8 boats down there last sunday, but only one was parked on the trail plus me. I bet there will hardly be anyone there friday.

[palmettoswamp]

Gonna be out there Friday with my Father....pray for us:D

Hopefully the pirates on the river will leave us alone.

Good luck Forester. Hunted Flying Eagle for 3 days and the gobblers were henned up something bad. Going back to FE to try to get my Dad on a bird this friday.

I got a quota for Goethe next week and Dad has a late quota hunt for Citrus. Season is still early yet.

[FlHunter23]

Goethe is a little ways away aint it swamp? I went over there a couple years ago to scout one year and the place was loaded with rubs...

[palmettoswamp]

Probably about a 40 min. drive from my house to Goethe WMA. Never hunted the joint, but I have a friend that lives in N. Crystal River, which is only about 20 mins away from Goethe and he has hunted the place for many years. Hope this f'ing rains stops sometime tonight and does not booger up tommorrow mornings hunt, if not already done!!

[TrophyTracker]

I'm going to hunt Goethe this weekend. Haven't heard much about this place, so it should be interesting.

[palmettoswamp]

Jumper Creek Bear Island is almost under water...trails are 2 ft. deep at some points. Goethe is nothing but a endless sea of palmettos and pine trees that is also full of "running" water....dont think things will heat up until the last few weeks of April at this rate.

[Forester]

I killed my bird last week in Jumper Creek in a foot of water but with the rain from Sunday it may be 3 feet deep. There is dry land but it is one heck of a walk to get to.

Can't wait for my Ocala NF hunt so I can have some dry feet!

[FlHunter23]

Its high and dry where my spots are over there. Just havent heard any birds... Im sure theres a couple spots on the trails that are flooded though.

I didnt take the boat out last sunday, thank god. I let my buddy borrow it and the douche bag didnt bother to bring it back to me so i went over there saturday night and got it. On the way home it was rattling like a s.o.b. so i met Chad down there instead.

I finally got around to checking it out yesterday and the bearings are gone in it. Literally. The driver side bearings are gone and the passenger side are about there too. Hope i get it fixed b 4 Sunday.

[TrophyTracker]

I knew it wouldn't be long before bits of real J/C info started creeping into the thread..

437 views at time of this post:cool:

[FlHunter23]

I guess the big secrets out. Now everyone knows you got to wade through knee deep water to get to some dry land. If you make it there with out getting bit by water moccasins or gators then you get to dodge the truck loads of hunters that got there before you did. There was only about 30 trucks down at the parking lots last weekend. If you still wanna go then good luck.

[TrophyTracker]

It jumped to 451 since I posted at 11:05 a.m. :D

Pretty funny stuff

[FlHunter23]

They are probably cussing you after they read the first post :D JC gets a lot of hits.


I only had one bearing left between both wheels. Gotta do some running around friday and see if i can find some new hubs and bearings...

[Forester]

No matter how many people that try and hunt out there, most never last a weekend. There was alot of people on the river last weekend but most don't have a clue how to hunt them birds.

If you envision calling in a long beard in a nice dry Live Oak Hammock you should keep looking.

I saw 5 Cottonmouths out there last weekend and didn't shoot any of them.

And Gators!!!Lord

[FlHunter23]

I wish had an electronic gobble call that would go off every 5 to 10 minutes. Id stick it high in a tree 100 yrds from the parking lot just to F with every buddy. Maybe I could make one one day. It would be solar powered and water proof. Leave it, forget it, and laugh my @$$ off while every trys to call em' in. I guess that would be kinda mean though...

[TrophyTracker]

That or a recording of that crazy growling we heard in the morning at the first spot. That would send them packing.

[TrophyTracker]

Here are some "Wally's" parked halfway in the road. Set up 50yds behind the gate, none the less.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb63/jhodge83/003-15.jpg

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[palmettoswamp]

That place was a joke this year....people hunting the parking lots, set up right next to their truck...wtf?

It was at a all time low in their this year...I can only wonder what opening day looked like out there?

Go big or go home!!!

[TrophyTracker]

Over 1000 views!:D

[Forester]

Hunted out there one day, killed a bird at daylight and never went back the rest of the season. Did not see another hunter except at the boat ramp but the water was to high for my area and kept the birds roosting to long.

[palmettoswamp]

Hunted out there one day, killed a bird at daylight and never went back the rest of the season. Did not see another hunter except at the boat ramp but the water was to high for my area and kept the birds roosting to long.


good job on the JC gobbler...