BP
Let there be no confusion. I have never met Jon Cole in my life, although I know of him. I could care less about the checkbook buck and bull hunts he is selling. I am looking for an "experience" as well as a hunt that may allow me to hunt with out seeing to many other hunters. If it works I'll be tickled if it doesn't I'll move on to the next idea. As for your pricing - $500 for Jon Cole to provide access would be great, but not realistic. $5000 per person for a chopper wouldn't be worth it, but that is also an unrealistic price. I'm pretty sure your figures are backwards. About $500 per person for the flight or $5000 for the access. I know the check book bucks and bulls are running in the $5000's (at least down in the planted fields)..
In regards to hunting East Northside / West Northside - I have hunteed it all with success and love it. I'm looking for a new "experience" and I'm hoping the Rudio's can provide it.
I'll keep you posted.
Thanks NS
>is less about the quality
>of hunting and more about
>not using John Cole. Or
>breaking into the area that
>he guides. So if it
>costs $5000 each for the
>helicopter rental and it would
>cost $500 each to use
>John, you're going to go
>with the helicopter...It wasn't making
>sense to me why someone
>would want to fly a
>helicopter into the patchwork of
>public land on Rudio Mountain
>(and not alot of it
>at that) instead of just
>hunting somewhere else. But now
>it all makes sense. There
>are alot of better places
>to hunt in Oregon. You're
>in Long Creek? Just go
>up in East Northside, plenty
>of good public land in
>there.
>But really, this is this just
>a feud with John Cole.
>If you are set on
>the western end of Northside,
>I would say just get
>over it and use him.
>He's a good guy, I
>knew his kids growing up.
>Good people. Good guy and
>a good guide. Maybe he
>would cut you a deal,
>since you will have your
>own accommodations (unless you've burned
>your bridges with him), plus
>he'll get you access to
>some of the private that
>you can't get even if
>you spend the $10000 for
>a helicopter, for an OTC
>bow hunt
Sounds funny
>just to write that!
> As far as
>John "not being too happy",
>my guess is that he
>would laugh himself silly if
>he found out about the
>whole helicopter thing and he
>and the Petersons, the Munds,
>and every other "evil" rancher
>in this "conspiracy" to "lock
>up" all the land, would
>say good luck to you.
>