This tract of land is used for hunting 56 days each year. For the other 309 days, it is open to the public, access is free, and hunting is prohibited. On those non-hunting days, the place is usually utterly deserted -- except for critters, which are plentiful. You simply couldn't ask for a prettier place to go for a walk in the woods. You might want to pack a picnic lunch for your visit.
Don't go looking for this cache on one of the hunting days. Those days are: Saturdays and Sundays October through January and mid-March through April, plus Fridays December-January. For hunting regulations as well as the specific hunting dates for the current year, see
http://wld.fwc.state.fl.us/hunting
Motorcycles, ATV's, and RV's are never permitted in this tract.
The tract is open for daylight use only.
You may stop at the check station on the way in and pick up a pamphlet with a map if you like. If the check station is manned, stop to make sure you didn't pick the wrong day to visit.
There is usually a cable across Pond Road. This does not mean the area is closed to visitors! The cable is merely to prohibit vehicular traffic; only school buses and official vehicles are allowed to drive this road. Anybody can walk it, though.
The first several finders all ignored the road and bushwhacked to the cache, understandable considering what your GPSr is telling you. However, it is suggested you follow Pond Road until you get to the pond, and follow established trails after that. You can bushwhack if you insist, but you'll miss the beauty of the location!
Cache is in a sandwich size plastic food storage container wrapped in a plastic bag. There is only room for small trade items.
Note that this geocache is located at a fishing pond kept well-stocked with largemouth bass, hybrid bass, channel catfish and a few other tasty treats. So, some of you might be interested in bringing a pole. You will need to know the following:
- Fishing at this pond is ONLY permitted on Saturdays and Sundays beginning the first Saturday in July and ending the Sunday before Labor Day. Additionally, it is open on Labor Day. The weather is more'n likely to be miserably hot all of those days, and the bugs will probably be arriving in swarms.
- You will need a Florida Freshwater Fishing License. You can look into how to get one of those at:
http://www.myfwc.com
On the bright side, it's been reported that your hook will barely get wet before there's a fish on it. The wise fisherman will try to be the first one there before dawn on the first Saturday in July.
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