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November 2008

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Posted by TC
The averages at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area this[more ...]
Wed Nov 19 2008, 12:54PM

Posted by Bill Collector
I was both stoked and concerned when I found out I[more ...]
Mon Aug 25 2008, 07:18AM

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going to be hunting the ventura santabarbra county[more ...]
Mon Aug 04 2008, 05:59AM

Posted by Bill Collector
You need to make em a sponsor.LOL
Mon Jun 23 2008, 02:36PM

Posted by TC
yea i looked at the santa rosa thing and its very [more ...]
Sun Jun 22 2008, 02:45PM

Posted by Bill Collector
LOL She never saw you coming. Good luck on gettin[more ...]
Thu Jun 19 2008, 07:38AM

Posted by TC
you the man, i am gona try and get a tag for A and[more ...]
Wed Jun 18 2008, 07:25PM

Posted by Bill Collector
My wife & I managed to draw Mule Deer tags and[more ...]
Sat Jun 14 2008, 11:22AM

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Ray, I posted a thread a while ago in the photo s[more ...]
Thu Apr 03 2008, 09:34AM

Posted by TC
I cant wait till waterfoul season
Fri Mar 14 2008, 05:15PM

Bass Pro

Extra effort leads to trophy class D-14 buck

     Even veteran Southern California deer hunters know that any buck can be a trophy in local hunting zones. And when deer hunters from outside this region see a California mule deer buck from here that is an actual trophy class deer, they often turn up their noses because they don't realize our deer are smaller than Rocky Mountain mule deer bucks from Utah or Colorado.

     David Sylvester of Crestline knows what a local trophy buck looks like, and after nine years of hunting the D-14 hunting zone in the San Bernardino Mountains he finally managed to shoot a real trophy on the last weekend of this year's season. Sylvester's buck was a four-by-three buck with good antler mass and a 23-inch wide spread. Friends, for the California mule deer subspecies, this is a whopper -- even with crab claw forks.

     Because deer densities are so low on public land hunting areas throughout Southern California, it takes a major effort to find an older age class buck that has lived long enough to grow a set of trophy antlers. After years of hard hunting and a number of smaller bucks, Sylvester learned the big, old boys live in "the deepest, ugliest canyons you can find."

     "Those are the places that produce," said Sylvester.

     Sylvester has become one of a handful of D-14 hunters who shoot deer every year in the local mountains, and he's to the point where letting smaller bucks go is as much a way to prolong his hunting season as it is to try to find a trophy buck.

     This year, he was working hard trying to help his younger brother Jeremy get his first buck, and that's when he first saw the big trophy buck he would later shoot.

     "We were hunting about a week before I shot the buck when we first saw this deer. When I spotted him, I told my brother, ‘That thing's huge for here. Jeremy, you've got to shoot this deer,' " said Sylvester.

     The weather was nasty, fog and clouds were flirting with the mountain peaks and canyons where they were hunting, and the buck was 340 yards across a canyon. It was a long shot. The improvised field rest wasn't all that sturdy, and Jeremy missed the shot. Then the fog rolled in. It wouldn't clear so they climbed around the mountain and made sure Jeremy missed the buck. Both hunters were heartbroken.

     Sylvester really wanted his brother to bag his first deer and this one would have been a whopper.

     "I thought it was the biggest forkie I'd ever seen," said Sylvester.

     The next and last weekend of the season, Sylvester went out that Saturday morning into the same area where they'd seen the big buck. The weather had done a 180-degree turn. It was hot and dry. Even through it was still relatively early in the morning, Sylvester was about to head back to his Jeep when out of the corner of his eye he spotted the face and ears of a deer of a bedded in the shade.

     Sylvester remembers thinking, "Oh my God, it's that buck." While scrambling to find a rest to shoot and measuring the range, but before he was set up a doe spooked, and the buck got up and started walking off with her. But a quick shot with his Savage .270 dropped the deer.

     "It took me nine years of hunting this zone to land a buck like this," said
Sylvester.

     It also took him over four hours with a backpack full of boned out meat and antlers to get out of the canyon where he'd shot the deer.

     "That's why he was there," said Sylvester.

Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:25PM by TC
Posted in Big Game | |        

Limits of Birds at San Jacinto Wed

The averages at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area this morning is about 3 birds with under a dozzen limits so far. Here we have pro staf Paul and Pat with 2 dogs, 2 guns, 2 hunters, and 2 limits.

Email in your reports and photos to Hunt@976-HUNT.com right from your cell phone or home computer. 

Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:23PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

Hot, windy weather drives duck hunting into the tank

     Duck and goose hunting results tanked across Southern California's public waterfowl hunting areas over the weekend thanks to unseasonably hot weather and Santa Ana winds.

     San Jacinto Wildlife Area held up better than the Wister Unit of the Imperial Wildlife Area, but neither were good this week. An influx of wigeon at San Jacinto helped boost the duck average, but it was still only about a bird per hunter over the two shoot days, while Wister and the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge both had averages of less than a bird per hunter with only a handful of geese taken.


Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:23PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

SAN DIEGO CITY LAKES

At the SAN DIEGO CITY LAKES, there were a total of 28 hunters at BARRETT LAKE on Wednesday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 15, this past week. They shot a total of 44 ducks for a 1.57 average. The duck bag was made up of 11 ruddies, nine ringnecks, seven shovelers, five bufflehead, four mallards, three greenwings, two gadwall, one wigeon, one cinnamon, and one wood duck. At SUTHERLAND RESERVOIR on last Thursday, Nov. 6, and Sunday, Nov. 9, there were no hunters. Reservations are still available for Barrett for all Wednesday shoot days from November through January and for all shoot days at Sutherland. For more information and to request a hunting information packet, hunters should call the lake's office at 619-668-2050 or e-mail -email-.


Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:22PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

KERN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

At the KERN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, there were 87 hunters on Wednesday, Nov. 12, who shot 257 ducks for a 2.95 average. The duck kill was made up of 51 cinnamons, 49 shovelers, 40 gadwall, 36 mallards, 24 greenwings, 20 ringnecks, 10 bufflehead, nine pintail, eight redheads, six wigeon, three ruddies, and one wood duck. On Saturday, Nov. 15, there were 83 hunters who shot 123 ducks for a 1.48 average. The duck kill included 26 gadwall, 23 greenwings, 23 shovelers, 21 cinnamons, 14 mallards, three redheads, three wigeon, three bufflehead, two pintail, two ringnecks, two ruddies, and one wood duck. Kern is open to waterfowl hunting through the state reservation system or a daily drawing for remaining sites after all reservation holders are admitted to the area. Refills are also permitted throughout the shoot day. Shoot days are Wednesday and Saturday. For more information, call 661-725-2767 or the comprehensive hunter's hotline at 661-725-6504, normally updated after each hunt day.


Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:22PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

FINNEY-RAMER UNIT of the IMPERIAL WILDLIFE AREA

At the FINNEY-RAMER UNIT of the IMPERIAL WILDLIFE AREA on the Alamo River south of the Salton Sea, there were a total of 11 hunters from Monday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 16 who shot a total of 25 for a 2.27 average. The duck bag was made up of six shovelers, six ruddies, five greenwings, three wigeon, three gadwall, one pintail, and one cinnamon. Finney-Ramer is open to hunters seven days a week under a self-registration and self-reporting system. For more information, contact the Wister Unit at 760-359-0577


Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:22PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

SONNY BONO-SALTON SEA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

At the SONNY BONO-SALTON SEA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, there were 10 hunters Wednesday, Nov. 12, who shot seven ducks for a .70 average. The duck bag was made up of six cinnamons and one shoveler. On Saturday, Nov. 15, there were 41 hunters who shot 17 ducks for a .73 average. The duck kill was made up of four greewnings, three ruddies, two mallards, two gadwall, two cinnamons, two goldeneye, one pintail, and one ringneck. On Sunday, Nov. 16, there were nine hunters who shot two Ross' geese and one snow goose for a .33 average. The refuge is managed as part of the Wister Unit. For more information, contact the Wister Unit at 760-359-0577.


Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:21PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

WISTER UNIT of the IMPERIAL WILDLIFE AREA

At the WISTER UNIT of the IMPERIAL WILDLIFE AREA on the Salton Sea, there were 78 hunters on Wednesday, Nov. 12, who shot 69 ducks, six coots, and four snow geese for a 1.01 average. The duck bag consisted of 26 wigeon, 11 greenwings, 11 shovelers, nine pintail, five gadwall, four mallards, and three ruddies. On Saturday, Nov. 15, there were 126 hunters who shot 73 ducks, 12 snow geese, five Ross' geese, five coots, and one Canada goose for a .76 average. The duck kill was made up of 28 shovelers, 15 pintail, 12 wigeon, eight greenwings, five gadwall, three ruddies, two ringnecks, one cinnamon, one scaup, and one white wing scooter. On Sunday, Nov. 16, there were 50 hunters who shot 11 ducks, seven snow geese, and one coot for a .38 average. The duck bag included three greenwings, two mallards, two gadwall, two pintail, one wigeon, and one shoveler. Wister is open to waterfowl hunting through the state reservation system and a daily drawing for sites after all reservation holders are admitted to the area. Refills are permitted. Shoot days are Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. For more information, contact the unit at 760-359-0577.


Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:21PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

SAN JACINTO WILDLIFE AREA

At the SAN JACINTO WILDLIFE AREA, there were 81 hunters on Wednesday, Nov. 12, who shot 99 ducks and 29 coots for a 1.58 average. The duck kill included 34 shovelers, 19 greenwings, 13 wigeon, nine pintail, seven gadwall, four cinnamons, four bufflehead, four ruddies, two mallards, one redhead, one ringneck, and one goldeneye. On Saturday, Nov. 15, there were 114 hunters who shot 215 ducks and seven coots for a 1.95 average. The duck bag consisted of 53 wigeon, 43 shovelers, 30 greenwings, 24 gadwall, 13 bufflehead, 12 ruddies, 11 redheads, nine pintail, seven cinnamons, five ringnecks, four scaup, three mallards, and one bluewing teal. San Jacinto is open to waterfowl and pheasant hunting through the state reservation system or a daily drawing for remaining sites after all reservation holders are admitted to the area. Refills are also permitted until 2 p.m. Shoot days are Wednesday and Saturday for waterfowl, and Mondays for pheasants during the pheasant season. For more information, contact the wildlife area at 951-928-0580.


Wed Nov 19 2008, 04:21PM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |        

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