We all are well aware that those of us living in the southern half of the state can find it very challenging to find a place to hunt coyotes. There are always plenty of questions on the forums about find a place to hunt. It's not that there aren't places to hunt, you just have to be willing to "go the distance" pun intended. If California is nothing else it's a target rich environment when it comes to coyotes. The problem is that we who live in the southern half of the state keep looking for places there within a convenient drive from our house. Depending on where in SoCal you live these places do exist, but when you take private land out of the equation they are very few in number. Because they are very few in number they get WAY OVER HUNTED.This year I'm employing a new tactic. It will have to wait until the winter returns. The desert is just to hot in the summer. This year all my coyote hunting trips will include camping over night in or near the area I plan to hunt. This will make getting out to the further locations from my house worth the trip. Being retired military I can hunt Camp Pendleton but thats only on the weekends when the grunts aren't training and a lot of my off days are during the week. My new plan (if nothing else) will at lest present more opportunities to get out and call. Come this winter, If anyone is up for overnights in the desert two is safer than one.
A twist on looking for a place to hunt
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, Apr 22 2012 09:48 AM
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 09:48 AM
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 11:38 AM
Thats a good idea. I rarely do a one day trip that requires 3 or more hours each way just for a day of hunting. Overnight is cheap if you camp out, and the gas will be about the same.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 08:22 AM
Good plan. I wish my wife would let me go on overnighters all the time to camp and hunt, but I appreciate that she at least let's me hunt just about every Saturday or Sunday. My average drive is 2 hours to the deserts I hunt. There are areas much closer to Temecula. I'd be hunting a lot!
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 10:25 AM
Ok Grant,Get off your lazy butt, and lets plan a trip.Also keep in mind that we are still working on a trip to uncle Mel's ranch soon.TomThats a good idea. I rarely do a one day trip that requires 3 or more hours each way just for a day of hunting. Overnight is cheap if you camp out, and the gas will be about the same.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 04:49 AM
Good idea then when you find an area that's produces a few dogs after all the time and money and work you put into it I want some new spots to hunt.Got any spots I need a spot! No wait I want a good spot do you have a good spot for me.........
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:59 AM
thats how most of my hunts were. You can see alot more country doing it that way, found some nice remote areas to hunt. some were good, some not so much, but it was always nice to hunt virgin(to me anyway) place to call.
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 01:13 PM
That's a great idea. Let me know when/where you wanna go. I'm in.
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