Sonoma 09-10 hunt season?

[Kentuck]

I'm not sure when I'll get up there Sunday. A buddy is coming by to ride up too. Plus my son has basketball pics at 1:30. We'll see.

My friend got a pig there last year. We went back to the area a couple of hours later and the gut pile from his pig was gone. Completely. We did flush some buzzards out of the trees when we got there but dang, that was quickest I've ever seen a gut pile disappear.

 

[sancho]

early registration starts on the 4th. that is wednesday. oh well. HEADS_UP!

 

[Kentuck]

early registration starts on the 4th. that is wednesday. oh well. HEADS_UP!

Just called the Visitor Center. Nov. 4th is the first day to register for the hunt.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

thanks Kentuck, my eyes are playing tricks with me! so i was right the first time it is the fourth , so the next chance i can get up there to register would be fri. the 6th..
hope we can get together for another hunt at L.S. Kentuck that would be great, talk to ya soon my friend...............tra

 

[bodega]

We should shoot for a JHO weekend at Liberty Glen or, if we can scam somebody into a boat shuttle, Logger's Camp.

 

[JNDEER]

for those who have went to get their "hunter pass" how long was the orientation?

 

[sancho]

for those who have went to get their "hunter pass" how long was the orientation?

a few minutes.

 

[dkhuntr25]

soo how does registration work u go in and sign some papers they give u presentation then u can come hunt on any hunt days??

 

[JNDEER]

dk,

you would go to the visitors center, sign up and they give you a "pass." you go and hunt...when you go back the next time all you have to do is fill our their hunting log book with your info and let them know how long you will be hunting, then go hunt...you don't have to wait for the visitors center to be open (atleast this is how i understand it)

 

[sancho]

no. you go to the visitor center. have your hunting license and pig tag ready. + your driver's license. they take it, and make a photo copy. they give you a sticker for your boat (i dont have a boat), and a tag you hang from your rear view mirror. each hunter needs this tag. if you are carpooling, you need to have everyone's tag within eye-view. same with the boat tag. i will keep mine if i ever ride in someone's boat.

on the day of the hunt, assuming you go in the wee hours, the office is closed..right? they have a book of sign in sheets. about the size of an index card. you put your name, your hunter's number (on your mirror card tag), drop it into a mail box tip thing, and go into the woods.

not sure about, IF you kill a pig. i havent yet..but i think the pig take log is voluntary.

the orientation is simple. they hand you a map. tell the days you cannot hunt, and show you a boundary tag...takes a few minutes.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

if its not raining up there thursday morning i will shoot up there on my bike to pre-register and get that out of the way before the season opens in 11> more days!.......tra

 

[DeadEyeSoldier]

Hey fellas. I just registered on sunday. i actually stopped by lake sonoma on my way home doing some hog hunting at my club up in cazadero. I have never bow hunted but i bought a bow last year incase the i got the chance. Also, i have never hunted public land. Any advice on some areas up that i should stick around? I have a boat but i am going to stick to the trials by foot my first couple time i go up.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

hey D.E.S.. Liberty Glen campsite has some nice trails off it to hunt, alot of sign there. i use the google earth maps to pre scout Lake Sonoma trails to hunt, they are very detailed. and there are a handfull of other jho members who hunt there and know it pretty good that maybe you can hook up with to hunt with during the season.
i am going to shoot up there in the morning to register and do some prescouting with the bino's. good luck and and i will chat with ya soon...........tra

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

done deal! took a nice drive to lake Sonoma this morning and pre-registerd for the upcoming wild pig season ( almost 200 hunters reisterd so far). did some pre scouting and you can already see signs of rooting in certain areas, it was really nice weather up there today wish i could of stayed longer but had to get back to town do some work. now to plan some hunts!........................tra

 

[JNDEER]

sounds great TRA...dang, that is a lot of hunters...I am planning on going up with my brother and cousins the third weekend in december.

 

[BoarHNTR]

200 bowhunters registered so far!!! Dang, I hope 200 bowhunters doesn't show up on the same day? Typically, how may bowhunters can be expected on any given weekend at Lake Sonoma? Anyone??

 

[DeadEyeSoldier]

200 isn't that many. I was talking to a park ranger up at lake sonoma this morning and he said that last year they had 900 hunters registered by the beggining of February (for the shotgun hunt). And he said there isn't nearly as many hunters this year. Which is good for us guys who did register!!!

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

i plan to do only weekday hunts (wed.-thur.-fridays) to avoid the weekend warriors, but if anyone wants to hook up for a hunt up there just let me know 2 or 3 weeks in advance and i can scheduale it off. my scheduals at work are posted for 3 weeks in advance already so whan i have to request time off i need a heads up ahead of time........tra

 

[sancho]

last year i was #307 or so, and i registered about 3 weeks late.

i am 102 or so this year. i think most guys register but dont go regularly. last year, i went pretty much every wednesday. i will be there opening day this year, trying to work off the turkey.

good luck folks.

 

[juantg]

i got my number and it is in the 1100 range ,to save money they used up last years numbers.