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Post by joekat46 on Jun 17, 2023 12:55:26 GMT -5
I live close to this new WMA and access it often when it is cool enough to hike around. I was surprised to see a new gate system being implemented that is not mentioned in the updated 2023 WMA brochure system. I personally have never seen this type of gate access. It may be the wave of the future so I sure hope it works correctly. Anyone drawing this for any of the quota deer hunts may want to get updated access info. As of this morning it was simple to just unlatch the chain, open the gate and drive in the 3.5 mile access road to the WMA. If the pictures post you will see what is in the works. This new solar powered contraption even has a fire department override. Good luck. click the pictures and they will come up correctly. Pictures on any forum are a p i a.   |
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Post by pinman on Jun 17, 2023 17:30:01 GMT -5
The thumbnails on your post are upside down but if you click on the photo you get a full size, right side up photo.
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Post by swampdog on Jun 17, 2023 17:44:06 GMT -5
Interesting access gate. Yep when I touched the pics they opened correctly. Keep us posted. I won’t be hunting that WMA but am always interested in our WMAs.
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 17, 2023 18:53:52 GMT -5
Be interesting who/what trips the gate at 5am.
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Post by pinman on Jun 17, 2023 18:54:05 GMT -5
Interesting access gate. Yep when I touched the pics they opened correctly. Keep us posted. I won’t be hunting that WMA but am always interested in our WMAs. Like joekat said this gate is about 3 miles from the WMA gate and the road goes through several cattle ranches and hunting leases. Maybe its not even FWC that put it up? |
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 17, 2023 18:59:34 GMT -5
It's FWC. The covered sign is obviously so (l peeked). I hope it doesn't just signal someone supposedly manning a 24 hour desk in Tallahassee.
I'm betting on several glitches but the deer quota hunters will bear the brunt of this new system.
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Post by One Man Gang on Jun 18, 2023 6:30:40 GMT -5
May be the wave of the future. It will be interesting to see if it gets protected like the gate to access a levy to launch in area 2B. (Locked closed until someone decides to wake up and let the duck hunters in who refused to PAY for the combination.)
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 18, 2023 11:28:02 GMT -5
We will see. The old gate that most will think is still in existence is gone as is the padlock with the once posted combination (3362). This obviously has been planned for a while so the new June WMA regs could have given a clue. I'll bump this up if I ever see the area biologist and get some legitimate answers. I hope someone on this new forum drew one of the deer hunts. I'll be curious if they are given additional info.
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Post by ap111 on Jun 18, 2023 12:54:44 GMT -5
They will soon be adding a Sunpass toll sensor to it.
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Post by pinman on Jun 18, 2023 19:44:50 GMT -5
They will soon be adding a Sunpass toll sensor to it. LOL! Sad but true...., |
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 19, 2023 5:20:25 GMT -5
I'll probably run over there this morning to look around. I am noticing in the new FWC info posted that the old combination lock info has been removed. No mention is made of the new fancy gate system as of yet. For anyone that has accessed this WMA in the past you will see that the main road that was no more than a rutted track through a field has now been turned into a super highway. Good for me since I don't have 4 wheel drive and things could get pretty dicey during the rainy season. No longer a problem. Hope the picture post correctly (if I can find it) and not upside down. LOL Attachments:
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 19, 2023 5:24:44 GMT -5
Oh well - upside down again. If you are logged in and click it it opens right side up (must be logged in). BTW pinman this is well in from where we bumped into each other back in 2022. You can legally drive in much further now.
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Post by meateater on Jun 19, 2023 9:35:16 GMT -5
maybe having locked gates is a good thing at quota only areas only permit holders get the combination 2 weeks before opening day. on non quota wmas only those who have purchased a management stamp get combination or sign in via a app or check in box plus a daily use fee. dont check in or pay the fee get a ticket no warnings no excuses sick of all the garbage being dumped on our wmas as well as the freeloaders yea im talking to you hikers, bikers,birders,jeep nerds , ar target shooting weirdos,cast netters,poachers,mullet rifle users and general litterbugs time everyone pays something.
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Post by wilbur on Jun 19, 2023 20:14:54 GMT -5
I don’t know why they bothered with a lock before since the combination was posted on the gate.
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Post by joekat46 on Jun 20, 2023 3:51:44 GMT -5
Good question. Probably to make sure I brought my glasses. I couldn't read the numbers on the old lock without them. I have to think it had to do with the agreement to use the 3.5 mile access road. Before the WMA opened this road was gated, and heavily posted, with several separate locks on it. After it opened I found the WMA lock left open multiple times and is probably the reasoning behind the new system. I guess it was figured if the WMA users weren't smart enough to close the lock someone would do it for them. |
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