Change of Venue - Going to Bryson Hesperia Feb 3-5

[Live2hunt]

BHR's hunting properties held some pigs when it first started the hunting operation. Those are the good days when the posted video was made. Ever since baysolid, some of you may or may not know him, brought in dog hunt for hogs, it was a hit or missed to catch a hog on the properties. I've hunted the place once a few years ago and would not go again or recommend it to anyone. I was going to chime in when this post first started but some guys posted some highly recommendation on BHR so I just sit back and watch what it really is. I guess I wasn't the only one that got skunked at BHR. I did saw some pigs. About 6 orphan footballs that their mama was probably shot by two hunters that were there the weekend before me.

From talking to Deedee when I was there, one thing I wanted to say about Deedee is, "Not one word from her mouth was honest." I also found out that if you do the day trespass hunt, $200/day, then all you got to hunt are the fields that btrebil mentioned. If you do the fully guided hunt, $700/2day, then Deedee partnered with Tom Willoughby in King City. If the guide cannot find a hog for you on Deedee's property, then Tom Willoughby came into play and there's your hog on Tom's lease. I believed many of BHR's fully guided hog hunters got their hogs this way.

BHR has some good cabins and turkey hunts. You will be comfortable in the cabins and a see a good number of turkeys. But For hogs, it's very much a gamble. I guess the $200/day speaks for itself compared to other places that charge $600 for a hunt.

 

[asaxon]

What is the current Intel?

BHR's hunting properties held some pigs when it first started the hunting operation. Those are the good days when the posted video was made. Ever since baysolid, some of you may or may not know him, brought in dog hunt for hogs, it was a hit or missed to catch a hog on the properties. I've hunted the place once a few years ago and would not go again or recommend it to anyone. I was going to chime in when this post first started but some guys posted some highly recommendation on BHR so I just sit back and watch what it really is. I guess I wasn't the only one that got skunked at BHR. I did saw some pigs. About 6 orphan footballs that their mama was probably shot by two hunters that were there the weekend before me.

From talking to Deedee when I was there, one thing I wanted to say about Deedee is, "Not one word from her mouth was honest." I also found out that if you do the day trespass hunt, $200/day, then all you got to hunt are the fields that btrebil mentioned. If you do the fully guided hunt, $700/2day, then Deedee partnered with Tom Willoughby in King City. If the guide cannot find a hog for you on Deedee's property, then Tom Willoughby came into play and there's your hog on Tom's lease. I believed many of BHR's fully guided hog hunters got their hogs this way.

BHR has some good cabins and turkey hunts. You will be comfortable in the cabins and a see a good number of turkeys. But For hogs, it's very much a gamble. I guess the $200/day speaks for itself compared to other places that charge $600 for a hunt.

Interesting report from btrebil and the above from Live2hunt. I have a buddy who hunted there last year on the "semi-guided". He clearly felt he was given trespass rights to the marginal areas and the good areas (fields with barley) were reserved for those who paid for the fully guided hunts. I too did not want to give any negative vibes before as I did not have any first hand knowledge (I personally have not been there) but now I'm interested to know....

WHO HAD A SUCCESSFUL SEMI-GUIDED HOG HUNT AT BHR AND WHEN WAS IT?

I'll be seeing Tom Willoughby for dinner in 10 days and see what he has to say.

 

[ltdann]

Well that's truly disappointing.

 

[btrebil]

As stated, the barley fields don't even have any barley right now, most of the fields are bare and the only decent area that had pig sign had workers cutting a pad for a new home site. I was utterly disappointed in the hunt and would not go again, but on a short notice from getting the shaft from Tejon, took the opportunity. Did have a good time with my father, but was definitely disappointed in the properties.

 

[Live2hunt]

Btrebil,
Did she showed you the 1000 acres that goes down to Lake Nacimiento? And the canyon where the game cam was hung?

Anyone else going there, be sure to ask where the grain and corns were spread and make sure to stay 400 yards from it.

 

[pigman1993]

Im goin there next week. Should i ask her if we can hunt Tom's land?

 

[Live2hunt]

Im goin there next week. Should i ask her if we can hunt Tom's land?

I'm guessing Tom or Blake are who will be your guide if you buy the fully guided hunt, and your hunt may probably be done within a couple hours on Tom's lease. If you buy the $200/day trespass hunt, I doubt that you will hear a thing about Tom or Blake during your hunt.

 

[pigman1993]

Well we got the semi guided so i hope that the pigs decide to go on her properties. She talked with my cousin and told him that there is a lot of sign and that the pigs are out and about. But reading all this makes me doubt that

 

[Live2hunt]

Well we got the semi guided so i hope that the pigs decide to go on her properties. She talked with my cousin and told him that there is a lot of sign and that the pigs are out and about. But reading all this makes me doubt that

Read my line in one of my previous post

From talking to Deedee when I was there, one thing I wanted to say about Deedee is, "Not one word from her mouth was honest."

I said that because when I hunted there, she to me that there were 80 pigs in the thick stuff above the open field. I busted the entire brush patch, found all the springs, found all the pig beds, and all I saw of fresh pig signs were the ones made by the 6 orphan football size piglets that I saw. The beds in the thick stuff were over a month old. The barely field were waiste high nice and green like you see on the video, but there were no sign of pigs. Usually if there were pigs going through the waiste high barely, you will see trails. I saw nada.

I'm sure being there at the right time you will see them. But the properties does not have any resident pigs in it. They just pass through. If you already paid, then hope for some very good luck. Otherwise I would say shell out the extra $$ for the fully guided hunt and I'm sure you will go home with a pig.

 

[btrebil]

She mentioned nothing about any other properties or any property that went down to the lake. In my opinion, I would not go back, if you can get on better land by paying more, you would be better set doing that, since I feel it was a waste of $800 for two days for my dad and I. Also, like I said, there is no barley right now, the fields are still bare, just starting to sprout up, but mostly dirt still.

 

[pigman1993]

we already paid so i guess we are just gonna have to try it. maybe we'll get lucky. Thanks for the heads up though

 

[Live2hunt]

We originally planned for a two day hunt, but when we got there, we paid for a 1 day hunt. So if we find promising signs, then we will pay for our second day hunt at the end of our first day. We found no promising hog sign after our first day hunt, so we checked out. Hope you didn't send in the full two-day hunt price up front.

 

[asaxon]

we already paid so i guess we are just gonna have to try it. maybe we'll get lucky. Thanks for the heads up though

What days are you there exactly and how many days have you paid for already? It might be possible to change to the guided hunt. I'll send you a PM with some info.

 

[easymoney]

Deedy runs a good hunt and has multiple properties. She will give you a good orientation and info, so it is best to listen to her. The pigs are out big time right now because of the rains and they are rooting all over. Should be easy to find fresh sign and set up for a great hunt...

 

[Live2hunt]

Deedy runs a good hunt and has multiple properties. She will give you a good orientation and info, so it is best to listen to her. The pigs are out big time right now because of the rains and they are rooting all over. Should be easy to find fresh sign and set up for a great hunt...

I'm not sure if you have hunted on Deedy's properties. She has multiple properties like the 100 acres of so near the cabins, the 50 acres on the left side of the road, the 500 or so acres on the right side of the road, the barley field + across the road from the barely field she said a 1200 acres, then that 1000 acre she showed me that goes down to Lake Nacimiento. Not enough to hold resident hogs when hunts are run with dogs, bayedsolid was running dogs in those thick chapparals hills.

The hunt is not worth $400/2day hunt. Add the two nights cabin rental to that and you are looking at the same price as a hunt somewhere else that you can camp out on the ranch and will yield way better odds of encountering hogs. That is my figure of the hunt.

I listened to her carefully. She told me there are 80 hogs in that thicket hill. I busted through that hill and only saw 6 orphan footballs and signs made by them. I told her about the 6 footballs and she said shoot all 6 and that will equal 1 big hog. Nope I only have two tags in my pocket.

 

[jackrabbit]

Geez, Live to Hunt, Bayedsolid has been dead since the fall of 2010. He was a helluva a nice guy. He certainly could not have run dog hunts for over a whole year now -- give him a break.

 

[Live2hunt]

Geez, Live to Hunt, Bayedsolid has been dead since the fall of 2010. He was a helluva a nice guy. He certainly could not have run dog hunts for over a whole year now -- give him a break.

Yes I know he passed. I said he WAS running dogs. I didn't say he is. Nothing negative was mentioned about Bayedsolid and yes he's a helluva guy. I shook his hand myself. I just wanted to point out that hog dogs were ran on BHR properties and that played a role in pressuring hogs away.

 

[TonyS]

I've hunted up at Bryson and saw hogs. Been twice and saw a hog that someone interfered with my shot or I would have put the hog down. Listen to what Deedee says and you can get on hogs there too.

 

[Dirtbag]

The hunt with pigman1993 (I'm the cousin) went poorly. Lots of traffic on the properties we hunted, and nary a pig to be seen. I saw two the first afternoon, at least 1000 yards off. they were haulin' a$$ down a hill...no telling where they were going to go when they hit the bottom. we'd been instructed to "camp on the pig sign", so there was no future in trying to hump it across that field to try to cut off pigs that may or may not be coming in our direction. Last pigs we saw. Correction, last pigs I saw. none of the other four in the hunting party say any pigs the entire time.
A guided hunt (not @ BHR) is being researched.

 

[Dirtbag]

I've hunted up at Bryson and saw hogs. Been twice and saw a hog that someone interfered with my shot or I would have put the hog down. Listen to what Deedee says and you can get on hogs there too.

When did you hunt there? I was there the past two days. I saw what looked like two hogs running down a hill at at least 1000 yards. that was the last time anybody in my hunting party saw anything.