The extra gas money you save by not driving up North would outweigh the extra savings of going somewhere else. You also have to tip on a guided hunt and usually depending on the success you get your pig fairly early in the hunt and you're done. Hanging out w/ the crew on one of these hunts is worth its weight in gold as far as the experience and information you can gain from hanging out w/ veteran pig hunters who know Tejon. I would do a search regarding these hunts and then reconsider the cost factor. There aren't many hunts that allow free reign of approximately 110,000 acres with the chance of hunting for 2 1/2 days w/ no trophy fees. Plus you'll have plenty of help w/ processing your pig back at camp if your not well versed at it. Your talking a 45 minute drive from the SFV. I've been there 5 or 6 times now and have had an opportunity on every trip. The times I didn't bring anything home I had just a good of time watching my buddies bring home prok. Just being on that property is worth the 450-500.[/b]
Thanks and have fun!7mag, there's another one in May... save a few bucks a week over the next few months and jump on in!
I'll most likely continue to put together at least one of these a year as long as Tejon keeps hog hunts open. If you can't join us this year, then next year or the next. In addition to being a great place to hunt, it's also an excellent place to be a newbie. You'll get a ton of guidance from the veterans, which is often at least as good as hunting with a guide, but you have the opportunity (usually) to make the kill on your own, so you get the added satisfaction of "doing it yourself."[/b]
Tent is fun!Oh yeah, sorry... it's camping, although there is an option of staying in the motels over in Gorman for those who can't handle the camping.[/b]
I know we have four in our group for sure and possibly three more. Of course if we have to pay $50 more dollars to have the place to ourselves (12 or more) my group will be ok with that too.[/b]