My buddy drew a permit for the North Chimineas drive on hunt for dove and pigs for September 10, 2011, and we decided to give it a try. We had quite a show of lightning on the drive up, and there was lightning going off all around us during the day. This did not help the dove situation as there were some scattered showers going with the lightning along with some extra wind. We arrived at the gate early for the 0600 check-in, and Fish and Game arrived about 0540 and started checking guys in. We hunted the northwest portion of the ranch and were looking for pigs. We didn't see any fresh sign and talked to a number of guys who were having similar results. There weren't any pig taken when we checked out. We ended up getting one dove, but we didn't really hunt that hard for them. Others were scratching a few doves and one guy had checked out with a limit. Temperatures were NOT too hot for a September. There were some elk on the west side, but we didn't end up seeing them. We saw some cottontails, but it was before daylight.
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We came home empty handed. Had a good trip and it was some great land to glass. We left a wedding Friday night about 11pm that was surrounded by lightning in the bay area. We then followed that storm all the way to the ranch. Hwy 58 was a trip at about 430am. Too many people let in to the hunt in my opinion. I saw other trucks every 10 minutes and dove gun shots all the time. I recon the pigs left at about 610am. And we only saw very old sign.
Yes, there were pigs in the area just prior to the hunt and a fairly large herd at that. I think a few less hunters would be a good thing. The dove hunters were in abundance, and the extra noise and activity around water makes it less likely that the pigs will be coming to water. It was atypically cool, so the pigs had less need for water. We left the house at about 2:00 am and had a good ride up. Overall, a well run hunt a day in the field with some pigs about is a good thing.
