Cow Mtn

[jb229]

Has anybody been up there in that area lately? I've gone up there once and it is a lot like the Indian Valley. Brushy and you can't see shit. With Lake Sonoma on its last month I've been looking for new areas. Last sauturday I was up at the lake and saw 9 deer, 3 pigs (about 600 yards out running really fast) and 1 coyote. But it was fun becasue I brought my girlfriend on her first hunting trip. Thanks for any info.

 

[BirdDawg]

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Brushy and you can't see shit[/b]

I find that hard to beleive on "Cow" mountain.

 

[jb229]

The area I was in was all chapparell,

 

[Lurediver]

Where's Cow Mtn.?

 

[jb229]

Its up 101 near hopland and lakeport.

 

[Lurediver]

Jb, pigs have been hunted there?

 

[outdoorsman]

Yes, Cow Mountain is THICK ! About 10 years ago I shot a 3-point a couple ridges off the road. It took 2 of us to drag it out. So thick that the deer drug over the top of us as we made our way through underneath.

 

[jb229]

yeah I have heard of pigs being hunted there, but I know it would be like finding a needle in a hay stack. But public land in limited around here for pigs.

 

[ooja]

Check the DFG site, the stats on Cow Mountain are available.

 

[Lurediver]

I don't find any stats for Cow Mtn. on the DFG website, where do you see them?

 

[Sandwedge]

Here's a link to BLM's page on Cow Mountain.

BLM Cow Mountain Page

One other interesting blurb from the DFG site is the 03/04 pig take report by county. Cow Mountain straddles Mendocino and Lake counties. The entire public land take (reported) for Mendocino county was 1 pig. The entire public land take for Lake County was 9 pigs.

SandWedge

 

[ooja]

Lurediver:

They don't go out and give exact numbers on the link I was thinking of, but this link on their site gives you an idea of where the places to go are and which ones are best. Personally, I think most people getting hogs in these areas are using dogs.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/pig/index.htm

 

[mccormac98]

I hunted North Cow Mt. with my brother about 10 years back - most of the area is thick with Coyote bush but there is a grassy area along the northeastern border that draws passing pigs. If you go, I'd hunt this spot. You can see this area on a topo map for the area. This grassy area abutts against private property that is owned by a hunting club. The private land is oak woodland and looks like a natural draw for the pigs.

My brother and I saw plenty of fresh pig tracks in the N. Cow Mt. grassy area and some rubs but no pigs. The pigs seemed to have been bedding in the coyote bush in Cow Mt. and then hoofing it over to the private land to feed. If I were hunting that spot, I'd hunker down next to a tree before sun up and then wait for a pig to return to its bed from a night of feeding. Alternatively, I'd find me some good hunting buddies with dogs and hunt the coyote bush.

The trip was fun and I'd recommend it if you are looking for an interesting adventure.

North Cow Mt. is accessible via a gravel road that should be plenty muddy right now. When my brother and I drove it, we drove in the month of May in a Toyota sedan. We had no difficulty getting up the steep road. And when we arrived, we had the area all to ourselves.

One tip for this and other BLM lands: write to the BLM and ask for info about hunting BLM lands. They will send you a nice packet of maps and good info. The Cow Mt. map is pretty good - it will show you the roads, camps and that grassy area that I described.

Good luck!

Bill