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Post by joekat46 on Jun 27, 2023 9:57:33 GMT -5
The new gate seems to be up and running. I did not try it but will early some morning when it is cool enough to hike for an hour or so. If the picture flips just click it after logging in. Maybe this gate is the wave of the future. I'm certainly having fun with these pictures. I'll stand on my head next time before snapping. LOL.
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Post by JS84 on Jun 27, 2023 10:33:24 GMT -5
That is interesting they put a button on it. I expected it to be automated to open and close based on time of day/dates
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 27, 2023 14:11:08 GMT -5
I'm guessing the green button is for the WMA user and the key pad is for the people accessing the properties along the road. They would have 24 hour access without time constraints and be given a secret number. Not sure but it makes sense. Sunrise tomorrow is 0637 so the green button should work at 0507. Maybe some morning I'll give it a test. There is another sign and pad to get out. Haven't checked it out yet. Be as much concerned with getting locked in as locked out. Pretty fancy but I'm expecting maintenance and vandalism problems.
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Post by JS84 on Jun 27, 2023 14:31:52 GMT -5
Keep us posted Joe!
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 27, 2023 22:46:34 GMT -5
I hope you don't get locked in also, Joe. Someone should take a Sawzall to that thing.
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 28, 2023 4:27:42 GMT -5
I'm betting it was a real legal pissing contest over that 3.5 mile access road to the WMA. In reality IMO there should be no gate at all at the Toledo Blade Blvd entrance. The private properties along the access road are all heavily posted, most are fenced and gated with cable locks. I noticed many now have brand new gates that mirror the new one at the entrance (no key pads of course). Bet "we" paid for them. This fancy new electronic system would have been better served at the end of the 3.5 mile road at the actual entrance to the WMA. There is a second gate there but it is a simple chain with no additional lock. On my last drive down the access road I noticed a few distant large deer stands and someone has put up an active feeder within sight of the WMA gate. Bet that's a F. U. to the WMA. When we left the area in 2022 after a quota turkey hunt a FWC officer was parked down the road about where this feeder is now located. Going to be some interesting quota deer hunts this fall if that gate malfunctions.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 28, 2023 11:16:42 GMT -5
Precursor to the new standards, per my crystal balls.
I remember when a man was afforded a little freedom and could launch a buggy or boat right off alligator alley to hunt, fish, or fuk around... then came the fence. For awhile a few good Americans and the rednecks tore those fences down with trucks, tracks, and buggies but eventually they succumbed to being corralled and locked out. Those old timers are long gone now. So are the good times that most of us over 50 were fortunate enough to enjoy.
Enjoy it while you can. It will only get worse from here.
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 28, 2023 11:24:34 GMT -5
At least this is a established WMA. It's big problem will be it is located in a high poputation area. I thought it would be overrun with horse people. So far not so much. Deer and turkey will always be very limited quota hunts I think.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 28, 2023 11:37:07 GMT -5
"Very limited deer and turkey quota hunts" are the future. Increased regulation and decreased availability to access the resource are the mantras of progress in FL.
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 28, 2023 12:05:55 GMT -5
If it was just me I'd move to a western state. The wife won't live anywhere that she sees a highway sign reading ""bridge may ice in cold weather". I'm stuck. Oh well
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 28, 2023 12:23:02 GMT -5
Same here Joe... if'n it was just me, I'd go back to Alaska or Uruguay.
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Post by meateater on Jun 29, 2023 9:56:41 GMT -5
Same here Joe... if'n it was just me, I'd go back to Alaska or Uruguay. dont wanna let the cat outa the bag but pretty sure no one on here is moving anywhere one of my buddies moved to uruguay about 20 years ago to get away from everything and everyone he had exactly 89000.00 to his name and 1850.00 a month pension no social security yet he aint old enough. anyway he owns over 200 acres now and swears he,s in heaven many times ive told him if not for my wife and kids and grandkids i would join him in a second.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 29, 2023 11:34:08 GMT -5
Dammit meat, you just started a full fledged Google search on the Big U with that glowing report...
I almost bought a ocean front crib down there when I had a little money about 35 years ago. Glad I didn't. My ex wife may have gotten it when she decided to fire my big ass.
Place was awesome... like being thrown back into the 70s.
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Post by johnnybandit on Jun 29, 2023 21:27:27 GMT -5
Dammit meat, you just started a full fledged Google search on the Big U with that glowing report... I almost bought a ocean front crib down there when I had a little money about 35 years ago. Glad I didn't. My ex wife may have gotten it when she decided to fire my big ass. Place was awesome... like being thrown back into the 70s.A guy I worked with for years and years..... About 6 years ago... after his third divorce, cashed out what he had, sold everything and retired early.... Moved to Boco Del Toro? and island off panama and costa rica. I think it is part of panama...I saw him over Christmas... He came up for one of his son's weddings.... He said 1500 a month covers rent on a nice small place, a cook/maid, food etc.... And he said being an American that is fluent and english and spanish, he makes a lot of money from Americans, Canadians and Europeans with homes, cottages down there. He said the real gold mine is with the live aboard sailing crowd.... He has learned out to get parts and supplies shipped in, is a boat needs repair, helps the sailing crowd navigate and do business with the local mechanics, tradesmen etc.
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Post by meateater on Jun 30, 2023 9:13:15 GMT -5
Dammit meat, you just started a full fledged Google search on the Big U with that glowing report... I almost bought a ocean front crib down there when I had a little money about 35 years ago. Glad I didn't. My ex wife may have gotten it when she decided to fire my big ass. Place was awesome... like being thrown back into the 70s. i am the spot burner my friend has 10 or 12 dove and duck hunts on his property a year thats it and the money he makes from that selling a cow or 2 ,chickens and eggs and his pension he lives like a king. whether to fish or hunt is his biggest problem most days, that and water cause his area going thru a drought right now. just like the good ol usa stay out of the urban areas.
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