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Anyone else been out bear hunting this year? I managed to spot this guy and set up an ambush for him in some willows along the river. Plan worked pretty well, almost a little too well as I shot him at 12 yards with the Mathews. He crashed back into the willows he came from and went about 30...

From past experience, the J10 hunt is a free-for-all. Some years are better than others as it is all up to area availability. Sometimes the kids will get access to the “sanctuary areas” that are rarely, if ever, open to general hunts. Scouting won’t do much good as the majority of the bucks are...

Somebody won but it wasn’t me. Best of luck!

Oakstone Outfitters in Bradley, CA (Central Coast) can get it done for you. Would be considered a true blacktail since it is West of the I-5. I believe they offer weekend hunts (Friday to Sunday) and weekday hunts (Tuesday to Thursday). Additional days can be added if need be. You’d use an A...

I’ve had great luck with the Kent Upland Fasteel #6 and #7. There are no pheasants where I live in the Eastern Sierras so I can’t attest to the best load for them but the above load works well for chukar and quail. I use tungsten for turkeys as well but as you mentioned, it ain’t cheap. Steel is...

“Closed to hunting February 1 through August 31 except during the spring turkey season when only turkeys may be hunted. Closed to all visitor entry during the first nine days of the spring turkey season except for special turkey permit holders. The posted area around the Spenceville Mine is...

I imagine there are no points because anyone can still hunt just not during the specified date ranges on the specific properties. I think it’s a good concept. Keeps things exciting and gives a few guys an opportunity at a good hunt before the area opens back up to the public. I almost got a bird...

Draw results for the Special Draw turkey hunts (Opening Weekend/Archery-Only) dropped this morning. Anyone get lucky? I nabbed Spenceville Wildlife Area opening day. Hoping to make it over the Sierras and scout the day prior to opener. Anyone near Yuba City/Grass Valley area heard any gobbling...

California 2020 season was good for my wife and I. My wife was able to get her first buck and I managed to take a cool California Blacktail and a nice Southern California Mule deer with my bow.

Got this guy last weekend

I didn’t really notice any issues with the pin lighting being too dim or too bright. Just realized the shell was no longer changing colors as dramatically as it had before. Regardless, it didn’t bother me much this weekend when I got this guy.

Fortunately, I haven’t had any issues with a halo effect midday yet but I’m not too fond of the idea of it happening in the field at full draw lol I’ll let you know what the folks at Black Gold have to say. I only noticed because I was watching my wife shoot and then looked at my bow and...

Any Black Gold sight owners out there ever experience a lack of “tinting” or color changing on the photochromatic shell of their sights? I noticed a few days ago that mine hasn’t been changing to that deep purple in direct sunlight like it did originally. Any ideas what could cause this to...

Full send. 60 yards is probably my favorite shot (obviously no complaints if they are closer) but I practice for that scenario daily. In my experience 60 is where things tend to go sideways on a stalk so I try to be comfortable out to 80. Only concern would be him dropping at the sound of the...

This buck was pushing a doe away from two spikes when I found him. He pushed the doe right by me at 28 yards and had no idea I was even there. Gave me a slightly quartering-to shot and I let him have it. Went about 12 yards before stopping and tipping over

Here’s a picture of the buck I took on September 19th. Not the biggest buck in the state but a nice representative for SoCal. Figured that a new deer pic is always fun to come across. Anyone else have any success they want to share?

What are the odds some of these are hybrids? Just based on my little knowledge of blacktails; the frames look more Mule deer-like.

Yeah, our hunt last year got pushed back to October so it was less than exciting and more frustrating than anticipated. Such is hunting but when you plan on a rut hunt and wind up with a post-rut archery hunt it’s a bit of a let down. However, I enjoyed the hunt and learned a lot about the area...

A few South Unit bucks. One was staying in the campsite next to us.

I guess if you’re not one of the following it’s not public. FHL would be easier to access if you can’t manage one those criteria. ELIGIBILITY To be eligible to hunt on Vandenberg AFB you must fall under one of the following categories: Military- Active Duty Military- Retired Military-Reserve...

Vandenburg AFB and Knoxville Wildlife Area

My wife and I will be hunting the South Unit to get started this year and I’ll be doing some scouting for A-33 while we are out there. Can’t wait to get it started with the bow in July! Got the rig dialed in and now I’m just debating customizing some arrows or just shooting the “out of the box”...

Haha thanks! Yeah, both were on public land. Definitely had to work for them but they are out there

Had the tag last year. Let me know if you have questions. Pray that your hunt doesn’t get bumped due to training. Lots of backlogged training evolutions due to the restrictions caused by COVID. If you get the hunt at the right time during the rut; the hunt will be a lay up. If it gets pushed to...

Was able to get two in 2019. One with bow and one with the rifle. Fun animals to hunt!