HOGHUNTER714
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I booked a hog trip with Lockwood Hunting Services a few months back. It’s been a long time and the last hog I took was on the 2005 JHO Pig O Rama at Tejon. Staying active on this board and reading everyone’s post got me fired up for my upcoming trip. Since moving to Nevada over 4 years ago, my pig hunting trips have been “nonexistent”. I have been living vicariously through my JHO brothers on this board.
July 16 (Thursday), the truck was loaded and I drove from Reno, NV to Ukiah, CA and grabbed a hotel room.
DAY 1
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The alarm clock went off at 3:30am and after a little coffee, I met my guide (Tim Lockwood) in Hopland. After getting the paperwork completed, we were off to the ranch. After a short drive, we arrived at Tim’s 4100 acre ranch. Tim unlocked the gate and we drove our trucks in. It was still a little too early to shoot and I was transferring my gear to Tim’s rig. While standing next to Tim’s truck, Tim spots a lone hog running across the field in front of us. I throw up my bino’s and the hog is about 80 yards out. We could barely make the hog out and it was not legal shooting time yet. I was thinking this is gonna be a good day. Tim dropped me off at the top on a ridge and told me to make my way down the road into the canyon. I gathered my gear and made my way down. It was VERY warm at day break and I already was sweatin. On my way down I glassed up some beautiful Blacktails and a very nice 3x3 that was extremely wide. I glassed up some turkeys, but no hogs. I called Tim on his cell and he picked me up on the Rhino at the bottom. The sun was up now and it had to be in the high 80’s by 10am. Tim dropped me off and walked some known pig beds to see if I could get something up and moving. It was well after noon now and the truck temp gauge was reading 98 degrees. The weather was not working in our favor and everything was bedded down. I didn’t kick anything up and decided to glass a water hole on a hillside to see if I could catch anything coming to or from water. I only saw deer and other critters catching a drink. The sun was starting to set now and Tim and I watched a few hillsides to see if we could catch movement and make a stalk. We didn’t see a single hog and day 1 was over.
DAY 2
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The alarm again went off at 3:30am and I was at the ranch just before sun-up. Tim wanted me to make the same walk I did the previous day down the road to the bottom of the canyon. I made my way down and it was just very warm out. I didn’t see any hogs or deer. Throughout the day we glassed hillsides, walked hog beds and watched watering holes and didn’t see any pigs. I have been pig hunting all my life and have been on numerous ranches all throughout Southern, Central and Northern California. I saw more sign on this 4100 acre ranch than I have on any ranch I have hunted in the past years. It was the bottom of the ninth and we needed to make this happen. It started to cool off a lot and we had about one hour of light left. We got up high on a ridge and glassed “Blue Mountain”. Time was ticking and I was looking through my glass so much my head started to hurt. Tim goes “I see a hog”. I ranged the big gray hog at just over 900 yards. We would of never been able to make a stalk in time, due to he was a few ridges over and we would of ran out of light. Five minutes later Tim spots eight hogs under an oak feeding 2 ridges over from Blue Mountain. They ranged at 600 yards and I’m not gonna take that shot. We hauled butt in the Rhino to try to get to the bottom of the canyon and catch them. I found a good rest and my rifle was ready to go. The hogs were in the brush and we could hear them, but not see them. I was just waiting for one to pop out, so I could send my Federal 150 grain Nosler Partion to met him/her. I never did get a shot. It was now dark and we jumped back in the Rhino and called it a trip. I never did get a shot, but had a great time. I have killed my fair share of hogs in my lifetime and just getting out was well worth the drive for me. Something about being in the outdoors, on an unreal ranch and hunting hogs with good company is priceless in my book. I will be back after deer season this year to see if I can finish what I started.
I recommend Tim’s operation. He is a very professional guide with some awesome property. He hunt’s 2 Ranches for hogs (4100 acres “spot & stalk” and another large ranch he runs dogs on). He also does Blacktail Deer and Bear hunts. Lockwood Hunting Services
July 16 (Thursday), the truck was loaded and I drove from Reno, NV to Ukiah, CA and grabbed a hotel room.
DAY 1
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The alarm clock went off at 3:30am and after a little coffee, I met my guide (Tim Lockwood) in Hopland. After getting the paperwork completed, we were off to the ranch. After a short drive, we arrived at Tim’s 4100 acre ranch. Tim unlocked the gate and we drove our trucks in. It was still a little too early to shoot and I was transferring my gear to Tim’s rig. While standing next to Tim’s truck, Tim spots a lone hog running across the field in front of us. I throw up my bino’s and the hog is about 80 yards out. We could barely make the hog out and it was not legal shooting time yet. I was thinking this is gonna be a good day. Tim dropped me off at the top on a ridge and told me to make my way down the road into the canyon. I gathered my gear and made my way down. It was VERY warm at day break and I already was sweatin. On my way down I glassed up some beautiful Blacktails and a very nice 3x3 that was extremely wide. I glassed up some turkeys, but no hogs. I called Tim on his cell and he picked me up on the Rhino at the bottom. The sun was up now and it had to be in the high 80’s by 10am. Tim dropped me off and walked some known pig beds to see if I could get something up and moving. It was well after noon now and the truck temp gauge was reading 98 degrees. The weather was not working in our favor and everything was bedded down. I didn’t kick anything up and decided to glass a water hole on a hillside to see if I could catch anything coming to or from water. I only saw deer and other critters catching a drink. The sun was starting to set now and Tim and I watched a few hillsides to see if we could catch movement and make a stalk. We didn’t see a single hog and day 1 was over.
DAY 2
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The alarm again went off at 3:30am and I was at the ranch just before sun-up. Tim wanted me to make the same walk I did the previous day down the road to the bottom of the canyon. I made my way down and it was just very warm out. I didn’t see any hogs or deer. Throughout the day we glassed hillsides, walked hog beds and watched watering holes and didn’t see any pigs. I have been pig hunting all my life and have been on numerous ranches all throughout Southern, Central and Northern California. I saw more sign on this 4100 acre ranch than I have on any ranch I have hunted in the past years. It was the bottom of the ninth and we needed to make this happen. It started to cool off a lot and we had about one hour of light left. We got up high on a ridge and glassed “Blue Mountain”. Time was ticking and I was looking through my glass so much my head started to hurt. Tim goes “I see a hog”. I ranged the big gray hog at just over 900 yards. We would of never been able to make a stalk in time, due to he was a few ridges over and we would of ran out of light. Five minutes later Tim spots eight hogs under an oak feeding 2 ridges over from Blue Mountain. They ranged at 600 yards and I’m not gonna take that shot. We hauled butt in the Rhino to try to get to the bottom of the canyon and catch them. I found a good rest and my rifle was ready to go. The hogs were in the brush and we could hear them, but not see them. I was just waiting for one to pop out, so I could send my Federal 150 grain Nosler Partion to met him/her. I never did get a shot. It was now dark and we jumped back in the Rhino and called it a trip. I never did get a shot, but had a great time. I have killed my fair share of hogs in my lifetime and just getting out was well worth the drive for me. Something about being in the outdoors, on an unreal ranch and hunting hogs with good company is priceless in my book. I will be back after deer season this year to see if I can finish what I started.
I recommend Tim’s operation. He is a very professional guide with some awesome property. He hunt’s 2 Ranches for hogs (4100 acres “spot & stalk” and another large ranch he runs dogs on). He also does Blacktail Deer and Bear hunts. Lockwood Hunting Services
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