THE ROMAN ARCHER
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ut 4 am yesterday to do my Lake Sonoma pre-registering and get my hunter number and info pack, so far about 125 hunters have register so far.
before signing up i first drove straight to yorty creek to get an early start on scouting the area, no one was around at all so i geared up crossed the creek and started hitting those hills and saddles to get to an area i was intrested in, after only 20 min. into my hike i find a nice active wallow with promising sign. after hr of hiking to the spot their wasn't much visible sign so i started to check other possible locations of the ridges down the hillssides paths to the lake and back up.
the weather started it off great butt once it go to around noon time the heat :hot-sign:was a bit much to spot pigs moving around for sure, it was in the mid 80's i was wearing my micro lite clothing butt when your hiking those hills it feells like a magnifing glass is on your back!
after 3 hrs. of scouting and hiking and glassing the yorty area i was intrested in i fornd a total of :thumbs up2:5 real nice active wallows with the tracks mostly medium and small pig size. try to find bedding areas by sniffing the air fo the sweet smell of pigs, i found a couple of areas not to far from a the wallows but did not want to work my way to deep into to them, i was only wearing shorts and with the extreem heat yeaterday i am sure tick activity was high, had repel on butt still.
by 12:30 it was time for me to drive back to the visitor center pre register and the go scout the liberty side of the lake.
i first went to No Name flat to check out that area but didnt find any strong sign, then i went to hike and scout the liberty glen area and of couse it was all freshly tore up all over with a lot of tracks but mostly medium small pig size. i did finaly find some hogzilla size tracks the size of my palm butt they were old and imbeded from after the last rain.
after 2 1/2 of scouting that side i had to head back home for the almost 3 hr drive before the commute got bad.
my conclusion> after a total of 5 hrs of hiking and spotting and searching for wild pigs yesterday is it was too hot for pig activity for sure even thought i found good active wallows i didnt see one pig, i didnt find any fresh piggie poop!
a matter of fact it was so warm that i didnt even see any deer or bobcats or coyoties or turkeys at all while hiking all over those hills and valleys.
i did not run into no other humans at all on the yorty side i had it all to myself it was nice!
so i am glad i pre scouted so now i no which areas hold some promise if nothing changes to dramaticly over the next 2 weeks.
all i got to say is i hoperayin :it gets rainy and 20 degrees cooler for the opener it would be nice, i tell u one thing i passed out hard last night after all that physicall activity! butt my body is pre broken in for those hills and slopes now that for sure, thank god that i am a long distant cyclist who pounds hills when i ride becuase u got to be in great condition to work those lake sonoma hills and slopes for sure if u want to hunt hard.
:smiley-mouse:well 2 more weeks and its show:hog chewing::archer green:Time!....tra
ut 4 am yesterday to do my Lake Sonoma pre-registering and get my hunter number and info pack, so far about 125 hunters have register so far.before signing up i first drove straight to yorty creek to get an early start on scouting the area, no one was around at all so i geared up crossed the creek and started hitting those hills and saddles to get to an area i was intrested in, after only 20 min. into my hike i find a nice active wallow with promising sign. after hr of hiking to the spot their wasn't much visible sign so i started to check other possible locations of the ridges down the hillssides paths to the lake and back up.
the weather started it off great butt once it go to around noon time the heat :hot-sign:was a bit much to spot pigs moving around for sure, it was in the mid 80's i was wearing my micro lite clothing butt when your hiking those hills it feells like a magnifing glass is on your back!
after 3 hrs. of scouting and hiking and glassing the yorty area i was intrested in i fornd a total of :thumbs up2:5 real nice active wallows with the tracks mostly medium and small pig size. try to find bedding areas by sniffing the air fo the sweet smell of pigs, i found a couple of areas not to far from a the wallows but did not want to work my way to deep into to them, i was only wearing shorts and with the extreem heat yeaterday i am sure tick activity was high, had repel on butt still.
by 12:30 it was time for me to drive back to the visitor center pre register and the go scout the liberty side of the lake.
i first went to No Name flat to check out that area but didnt find any strong sign, then i went to hike and scout the liberty glen area and of couse it was all freshly tore up all over with a lot of tracks but mostly medium small pig size. i did finaly find some hogzilla size tracks the size of my palm butt they were old and imbeded from after the last rain.
after 2 1/2 of scouting that side i had to head back home for the almost 3 hr drive before the commute got bad.
my conclusion> after a total of 5 hrs of hiking and spotting and searching for wild pigs yesterday is it was too hot for pig activity for sure even thought i found good active wallows i didnt see one pig, i didnt find any fresh piggie poop!
a matter of fact it was so warm that i didnt even see any deer or bobcats or coyoties or turkeys at all while hiking all over those hills and valleys.
i did not run into no other humans at all on the yorty side i had it all to myself it was nice!
so i am glad i pre scouted so now i no which areas hold some promise if nothing changes to dramaticly over the next 2 weeks.
all i got to say is i hope
rayin :it gets rainy and 20 degrees cooler for the opener it would be nice, i tell u one thing i passed out hard last night after all that physicall activity! butt my body is pre broken in for those hills and slopes now that for sure, thank god that i am a long distant cyclist who pounds hills when i ride becuase u got to be in great condition to work those lake sonoma hills and slopes for sure if u want to hunt hard.:smiley-mouse:well 2 more weeks and its show:hog chewing::archer green:Time!....tra
