Hog Blog Is On the Hunt
Well, it’s another weekend in the woods for me, as I’m back down to the beautiful Bryson Resort to try to make another turkey hunter happy… and maybe find some hogs too!
It promises to be a busy weekend, with six hog hunters and one turkey hunter on the resort. The critters are here, and we’ll have three Bryson guides, plus the likely assistance of Tom Willoughby (well-known, long-time, Central Coast hog guide) to make it happen, and I hope to be bringing some tales of success, along with photos and maybe even some video if I have time.
Deedy has put wireless internet in down at the Resort, one more luxurious amenity in these beautifully appointed cabins. This is NOT roughing it, I can tell you! So anyway, if things go well, I will update you, good readers, as things turn out. The hunts officially start tomorrow afternoon, and will run through the weekend.
Until then, it’s time to do some scouting and see what’s out there!
Good luck Phillip. Hopefully the guiding goes well and some lucky hunter goes home with a bird.
I wish I could do that.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Sounds like a great place to hunt. I hope you have some good hunts and happy campers! Sounds fun!
April 24th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Wow it sounds like you’re roughing it
Good Luck hope you guys put the smack down on some hogs and turkeys. I look forward to reading about it.
-Moose-
April 25th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Age old question for you Phillip!
Which do you think is the best all around call fer them ol’ Tom’s !
Slate, Diaphram, Blade of Grass between thumbs and lips or a combination of all three?
I also will be anticipating a good story from you next week, Are you sure you are not full blooded Native American? They have always been very good storytellers you know.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Thanks, folks!
Scouting this morning turned up some great birds. I have a little video I’ll share when I get back to my editing software.
This evening’s hog hunt was slow, but we’re just getting these guys warmed up. Stay tuned, as that one should be good.
As to my turkey hunter… well, we’ll be hitting the spot I scouted this morning first thing, and if all goes well…
And, if it doesn’t… we have backup plans.
And Michael… see today’s blog post for the answer to your age-old question. Short answer is… Yes.
And not much native american in my blood, although there’s supposed to be some Cherokee and Tuscarora (weren’t they lifetime enemies?), but who knows? I do know there’s plenty of Scots and Irish in there, and that’s a bunch of consumate tale-spinners if there ever were such a thing.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Hi guys just saw that you were going on a hog hunt and i hope it went well, I just came back from a hunt down in oklahoma, it was great. It was my first time hog hunting and i had the best time in my life, so now i am looking for more places to go hunting hopfully a little closer to home. If anyone knows of a place to go in the north west please let me know. thanks for your time. gene
May 7th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Hiya Gene,
Where in the northwest are you looking? There are some hogs in Oregon, but I think they’re still pretty scarce. Also heard about some released on some Reservation land in BC, but I know very little about them.
CA is the closest significant, huntable population in the Pacific Northwest. You can start getting into them down around Mendocino county and west to Tehama county, although the prime hunting is down below the San Francisco Bay.
May 11th, 2008 at 1:39 pm