TX>LSHT>10/20-10/22 A to B to C O'nite Hike.

**spaceweaseal** · 09-12-2012, 22:47

Originally Posted by easttex

Me too.
The three hunter camps I passed last October were all empty & pretty much just a cleared grassy area.

How is the tree situation for hanging?

**CooOkieCOOon** · 09-12-2012, 22:51

Originally Posted by spaceweaseal

How is the tree situation for hanging?

This is Walnut Creek Primitive site.. Many trees to pick from.

**spaceweaseal** · 09-12-2012, 22:53

Originally Posted by easttex

This is Walnut Creek Primitive site.. Many trees to pick from.

Looks perfect.
Thank you..

**sargevining** · 09-12-2012, 22:56

Izzat a Hunter Camp?

**CooOkieCOOon** · 09-12-2012, 22:57

No. One of the two primitive camp sites.

**Caveman** · 09-13-2012, 09:23

Mmmmm.....Brownies

**palameto** · 09-13-2012, 09:46

Isn't camping restricted to designated areas for the Davy Crockett Forest (4C Trail) as well? Do we have a map of those sites or are they all closed too?

This from http://www.stateparks.com/davy_crock..._in_texas.html

Dispersed camping is permitted in most parts of the National Forest year round, but is restricted to 25 designated hunter camps during the fall deer season to provide a safer hunting experience. A map of these camps is available at the ranger district office in early September.

**palameto** · 09-13-2012, 09:50

Actually, here is the map of hunter's camps:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_...rdb5208745.pdf

Davy Crockett National Forest closed areas include:
-- Longleaf hunter camp off Forest Service Road (FSR) 568
-- Piney hunter camp off FSR 571
-- South Possum Walk hunter camp off FSR 586
-- Pennington hunter camp off FSR 557
-- County Line hunter camp off FSR 516
-- White Rock hunter camp off FSR 514/514D
-- Ratcliff Lake hunter camp off State Highway 7
-- Pine Springs hunter camp off FSR 524A
-- Centerville hunter camp off FSR 539
-- Neches Bluff #2 hunter camp off FSR 511F

Looks like #s 16, 17, and 19 are open on the 4C trail.

**sargevining** · 09-13-2012, 12:32

Originally Posted by palameto

Actually, here is the map of hunter's camps:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_...rdb5208745.pdf

Davy Crockett National Forest closed areas include:
-- Longleaf hunter camp off Forest Service Road (FSR) 568
-- Piney hunter camp off FSR 571
-- South Possum Walk hunter camp off FSR 586
-- Pennington hunter camp off FSR 557
-- County Line hunter camp off FSR 516
-- White Rock hunter camp off FSR 514/514D
-- Ratcliff Lake hunter camp off State Highway 7
-- Pine Springs hunter camp off FSR 524A
-- Centerville hunter camp off FSR 539
-- Neches Bluff #2 hunter camp off FSR 511F

Looks like #s 16, 17, and 19 are open on the 4C trail.

Looking at that, it seems that we could camp at Neches Bluff (#17) Friday night, hike in about 8 or 10 miles, then retrace our steps back to Merkel Bluff (#16) or Pond Camp (#19) to camp Saturday night, and hike back out Sunday morning. Gets us our long hike non-car camping jones taken care of.

Roughly scaling that map, its 12 +/- miles to the Ratcliff so making the turn around point somewhere south of FS511 would fit the bill.