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[Thumper Dunker]

About 58 hrs till opening D6, and D3,4,5, got tags

[Shoot-it]

thanks for reminding me thumper so is b zone too.hope I am done with the corn chopping..

[natural]

I havent deer hunted in quite a few years. Havent taken 1 yet. Mabe I'll try again this year. Gotta see if my pops is up to it. We used to go out of trinity county.-Andy-

[Thumper Dunker]

about 41 hrs to go. 12:04 pm right now. going to be bear season to.

[natural]

Its kinda funny, about 80% of the time I went deer hunting, we saw bears. Never bought a tag though.-Andy-

[Cranky Farmer]

Andy,you better buy a bear tag!

[natural]

Andy,you better buy a bear tag!

I always thought about it, but it was always one of those thing were I got really focused on gettin a buck and always said we'll get a bear tag next year. My mistake. -Andy-

[tony]

d-3,4,5 dosent start this weekend its next weekend.im proably going on the 23 opening day,anybody wanna join me?

[Thumper Dunker]

d-3,4,5 dosent start this weekend its next weekend.im proably going on the 23 opening day,anybody wanna join me?

oops OK D6 is going to start in about 31 hrs. Talked to Peeker he was clicking his teeth together and foaming at the mouth and that one eye was twitching He's kinda pumped.

[Thumper Dunker]

21 hrs to go.

[ShooterJohn]

21 hrs to go.

You're not counting are you?

[Thumper Dunker]

15hrs 30min not me I just need to get out of here ! 1hr 50min till im off work

[Shoot-it]

yes almost here..so don't mean too be nosy what area are you going and how many days are you going too hunt. i was thinking with this cool weather the deer might be on move down from up high..goodluck Tim

[ShooterJohn]

i was thinking with this cool weather the deer might be on move down from up high..goodluck Tim

This isn't cool enough weather to move deer. Besides we know all the legal bucks live in peoples yards.

[Thumper Dunker]

Some place in D6 It takes some real bad stuff to make them migrate. but they might be out goofing around.soon as the truck is loaded im out of here give a report on monday night. 13hrs to go. 3hr drive, set up tent, sleep, get up at 4:00am , be in my spot buy 5:00am and wake up again at 11:00am later people.

[ShooterJohn]

Good luck Tim! I hope you get one.

[Bozsik]

Remember Tim,Get a good night's sleep. That means to count sheep, not deer. Good luck and bring back a few photos of the area and also the deer you get.db

[lilwes278]

d-3,4,5 dosent start this weekend its next weekend.im proably going on the 23 opening day,anybody wanna join me?

I'm leaving for a D6 daytrip in about 6 hours. I got a D3-5 tag for my secondary, but none of my hunting buddy's got one. Where are you planning on going? I've got a friend that manages a huge ranch up by Copperopolis that I think is D5. He said there's plenty of deer & coyotes up there, but I'm still waiting to hear back from him on whether or not the owner will let me hunt the ranch... On a side note, biggest local buck I ever saw was standing in someone's front yard just outside of Angels Camp.

[Cranky Farmer]

I hope you guys had a great weekend. I look forward to hearing how it went when you get back.

[lilwes278]

I hope you guys had a great weekend. I look forward to hearing how it went when you get back.

Horrible. Left out a little later than I wanted, but got back in the woods right as the sun was coming up. About an hour later we spotted a healthy doe and two fawns. So I'm thinking "great, this is gonna be a good trip!". Wrong. We spent the rest of the day dodging other hunters and eating dust. Didn't see another deer all day. Hunted from Long Barn all the way over almost to Cherry Lake. Talked to one hunter who had came in early and set up camp on wednesday, he said he had seen 2 mountain lions, 1 of them being "HUGE!". My buddy was hung over from a wedding yesterday, so we called it quits early and I was home before 4pm. One little bit of good info is that we saw tons and tons of grey squirrels, more than I've seen in several years. Hopefully we'll get some rain & snow to get the deer moving and push the mountain lions down out of the area!

[Shoot-it]

yup I heard the same thing from a guy in waterford there was a lot of hunter out and little deer was seen I don't feel so bad I didn't go out.....

[Thumper Dunker]

about 20 does lost cont ,2 spikes and seen my first non typical buck .Fork on one side and the other side whent strait up with pionts going every where. Was watching some does and there he was in back of them ,just could see his head made eye contack and he was gone. Met two nice state officers one guy was one of the guys that do the herd count gave me some infoe on blake tail and mule deer language. this guy new his stuff. tried it out later in the day had a doe come in on me like a coyote would . Found Peekers father inlaw ,Peeker was still out, said Peeker and his brother inlaw past up three keepers , they get more deer than the rest of us. long story how I met the officers tell you tomarrow going to bed had lots of fun. Foegot if you want to get a buck in california your going to need to get out of your truck get off your quaud or bike and do some hiking unless you have horses.but then you need to get off the horse.

[Mayhem]

Wounderfull I'm hitting the east Cherry lake area this week for 2 to 3 days. Dad picked the tags this year and since he and I both live in d-6 we got d-6. He likes the east chery area I like the area south and East of the refuge and into the wilderness areas. However Dad is old and I'm fat and out of shape. At least I have a fishing license and gear.Any bears in that area?Next year I swear I'm going for an X or B zoneon a funnier note I was at walmart getting gear and a Guy asked me what type of .22 ammo he needs for his ruger 10/22 to hunt deer with. I'm glad my kids aren't hunting this year.

[peeker seeker]

Dont talk about deer hunting spots. I take it to serious. some pics past up 5 and could not get a shot at the 5th too close. and scared the deer poop out of me. Saw my 1st buck 2x2 , 15 min from camp. The big guys are in there deep. Lots of days left to hunt. Walked one logging road from before sunup till 1pm saw one other hunter. Love this place.  100_1689__Small_.jpg   41.64K   7 downloads

[stevowpappas]

been twice so far seen 8 does and 3 fawns. No bucks.B zone stinks. Wish i had an X tag this year. Atleast duck and quail season is soon.

[lilwes278]

Going again this weekend. Those that have had good luck in seeing deer, I know you don't want to give up the details of your spot, but could you at least tell us what kind of elevation you are hunting? Are we talking 6000, 7000, 8000 feet? And are you hunting up highway 4, 108, or 140? Friend of mine has been working up at Dardanelle's for the last 4 days, hasn't seen a single deer. Ranger check point at the old truck scales on highway 108 only had 32 deer checked in opening weekend. They said past few years it's always been over 100 deer checked opening weekend... Either this weather has them WAYYYYYYY up high, or I think the poachers have been hitting 'em hard.

[stevowpappas]

we need some snow bad. Most deer i have seen have been around 6k feet but those are all does. I did see my first buck this season tonight. I was coming home from hunting and it was standing in my headlights. Hes lucky i didnt run him over then prop him up against the fence and shoot him.

[Shoot-it]

hey stevo don't give up in B zone... I read in JHO a buck that was harvested had a puffy neck . They might be going into early rut.Try rattling them in.I am going too try it this week end I will be in B-3.

[stevowpappas]

let me know how it goes. Im going to walk miles this weekend in b6 again. if rattling works i will give it a try.

[Shoot-it]

Well getting ready too leave for my B zone hunt .I hope i don't see a forky ill probably shoot it.... The drive will suck with the wind and smoke its bad here in my area from those fires up north..later guys