Trip report
Florida Trail Hike Through Bull Creek WMA - 15.2 miles
Hiking/Walk DATE: 02/02/2019 - 02/02/2019
Trip/Event Location: Bull Creek Hunt Camp, FL
US
Trip Leader(s): dnaturist
Max # People: 8
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level: Moderate to Strenuous
Long one way hike on the Florida Trail. The entire hike will be in the Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area. We should see quite of variety of Florida eco systems.
This hike will be
...The meeting place will be the "hunt" camp in the Bull Creek WMA. The Bull Creek WMA is located about half way between Melbourne, Fla. and Saint Cloud, Fla, on US 192.
To get to the camp, turn south off of US 192 onto Crabgrass Rd.
Crabgrass Road flows into the "hunt" camp. I will be in a bright yellow two man tent. I also drive a black VW Jetta.
Contact me if you are interested in attending this event.
Camping is free at the "hunt" camp and no reservations are needed.
Trip Report/Photos
The hike took place on the Florida Trail in the Bull Creek WMA as planned but, was only 11.2 miles in length. The weather was near perfect, starting with a cool morning in the low 60's and creeping up to the mid 70's. We had one very light sprinkle.
The trail was mostly high and dry, although we did have to leave the trail a couple of times as the trail was flooded. We hiked through palm and cypress wetlands and high and dry pine forests with lots of palmetto underbrush. This Wildlife Mangement Area had numerous stands of oak also.
It was small game hunting season, and we did see several hunters in the distance. They stayed close to their vehicles on the forest roads and we were away from them on the hiking trail. We managed to see two turkeys and one large black male hog. We also flushed two covey of quail on the hike.
We only saw one other hiker during the day.
One other hiker joined me for the day, from another site.
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What Members Are Saying About This Trip/Event
- It sounds like a great hike and an interesting day. I would have loved to join. I look forward to the next one. Rene - ReneV
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