Hi All,

Been lurkin round here for a few weeks and wanted to say hello.

So who is goin up to 3 Lakes for the Gun Season?

Seems like a pretty good bunch of folks here in the FL Forum and look forward to contributing when I can.

last count about 20 bucks 20 doe AND 20 hogs Black powder and archery..When I left I saw a big deer being dressed at leaset 170 pounds...big ole legs on it
All the roads are easy and the place is dry..the camp is packed and I saw about 50 differnet trucks..honestly.. I saw a lot more game at the Green Swamp last year..Three Lakes is 90 miles from my house Green Swamp is 26 miles...I may hunt 3 Lakes 2 more times..God willing about my knees..I'm in His hands

Appreciate the Update!

Maybe we could get a fresh thread goin for 3 Lakes.

No Need for specifics but helpful info through the remainder of the season.

I'll post sumpin up as Gen Gun gets goin.

Just a Thought...

SOunds good ..this is a good start right here on this ole thread { -;

Most of the camp is parked campers that isn't even occupied...ALl the hunters I saw were very friendly..The daily quota is different than the Grren Swamp..many times there is no one manning the entrance { There is no gate}

you simply take a card...hunt..fill out the card...place card in the steel box and go home.

Much of Three Lakes is high and dry..I 've never seen a snake there or has trouble with other hunters..You can drive a car down their dirt roads. The place is over 50,000 acres like the Green Swamp..lots of acorn trees..I owuld live there if it wasn't for the drive..you will need to put some seriuos hours in to scout it..I think I found a decent spot I plan to watch one day with my son during the rut..just a shot in the dark.

I plan to use my 870 12 guage in the Green Swamp..as I hunt inside bay heads and my 270 at Three Lakes ..alot more open shots.

My 870 shoots 3 inch groups at 100 yds..my 270 shoots 1 inch groups at 100 yds..It's also a Remington

Questioins

If I drive to Three Lakes on the 60 entrance ..how long is the road till I get to Canoe?

Is the gate always open..I hate to get to the end and the gate be locked?

Thanks,
C7

I found a way to cut 10 miles off the trip..Going down 60 about 7 miles before running into to YeeHaw Junction..I take a left on a dirt road called Peavine Rd.
The road is 8.5 miles long..It comes out on Canoe Rd..When you get to Canoe Road by the white Baptist Church..Take a right and you are only 1.5 miles away from the Convience Store at Kenneceville. Take a left from there and you are about 7 miles from the Three Lakes entrance WILLIAMS RD..

Which is less pressured BULL CREEK or 3_Lakes?
Going to start hunting Florida with my son. Already scouted Bull Creek years ago...lots of hunter sign...

I never hunted Bull Run..how far is it from 3 Lakes?

Just North of 3-lakes

Directions:
Take Exit 71 from Interstate 95 at Melbourne. At the exit ramp, turn west onto U.S. Highway 192. Drive 21.6 miles west to Crabgrass Road. Turn left and drive 6 miles south to the check station.

Has 2 creeks Crabgrass and Bull that make it swampy where the deer hang..in the oak hammocks. Most of it is dry palmetto plains but the animals are concentrated in the north where the forage is..unfortunately..its a small area and high pressure.

You get walked on in 3-lakes...50,ooo acres is a good size to work on...

You mentioned campers...you need a pass to put a camper there?

Thanks for the update..

No sir,,camping is free..no permit needed..I never saw one hunter on foot..nor any foot tracks of hunters when I scouted.

Bull Creek looks very wet to me..I think I'll leave it alone. Three Lakes and Green Swamp will keep me busy for sure.