cache creek help

[skesiks22]

anyone have a google earth klm of the cache creek wilderness are? or a link to a halfway decent map of the area. thanks, and feel free to pm me.

 

[dglover]

Does anyone actually take any hogs out of Cache Creek?

I know that 11 years ago or so there was a guy that put an add in newspapers selling pig info. That named Cache Creek, Indian Valley resevoir and Blue oaks campground as a few hot spots.

Of course it was the same info you get from DFG for free.

Yes, I got weaseled.

Anyways spent quite a bit of time in Cache Creek and around Indian Valley. Saw old sign and tons of hunters but never any pigs.

I haven't hunted there in quite a while. I was just wondering if there are piggys there or still much of the same.

If I remember correctly there was an article back then about a couple of pro staff that hunted the supposedly hog rich area and came out just as skunked as the rest of us.

It may have been in the California hunting and fishing magazine. I can't remember for sure.

Blew up a ton of ground squirrels though. We found a meadow riddled with them.

 

[DFG_Bear]

Contrary to popular belief, there are hogs in Cache Creek. Interestingly enough, they are in some of the steepest and gnarliest terrain the area has to offer, way back off the roads. You'll probably come out riddled with poison oak and wondering why your hog rolled a half mile to the bottom of the canyon, but if you put in the miles, you can haul one out.

One of my colleagues (works for Ducks Unlimited) lugged one out last year. He shot across the canyon with his bow and nailed a pig between the shoulder blades. That toad rolled down the hill a longer distance than the bow shot was across the canyon - that's how steep it is. Six hours later, and he finally got that thing out.

You can call the local BLM office to attain maps or just get them here: Maps, Ukiah Field Office, Bureau of Land Management California

Marc

 

[bodega]

Of the 40+ days I've spent hunting in Cache Creek, I've seen hogs once. It is way too dry now. Try in the winter once the area has had some rain, and as DFG Bear says, they are in the thick and steep stuff. If you find yourself having to crawl under the chemise to get through, you're getting closer.

 

[Laced Wit Game]

ive been reading about how its harder to spot pigs on public land, but does having dogs make it any more of a sure thing? i mean if they ARE there is it for sure that the dogs will track them?
or is it only harder for the non-dog users? lol sorry im very green at this!

 

[dglover]

ive been reading about how its harder to spot pigs on public land, but does having dogs make it any more of a sure thing? i mean if they ARE there is it for sure that the dogs will track them?
or is it only harder for the non-dog users? lol sorry im very green at this!

Dogs can't find pigs if they are not there.

However if they are there and stuck up in the thick stuff then dogs would be able to find what you can't see.

If you know what to look for then you can be successful without dogs just the same as having dogs.

You need to check the area you want to hunt before running dogs.

There are dog closure areas where you can only run dogs at certain times of year for big game.

Good luck!

 

[BackCountryHNTR]

There are some areas there that you wont be able to follow your dogs...there are WALLs of Manzanita and other thick stuff.

Make sure you bring plenty of water...