Strange Opener

bullskin · Sep 21, 2020

My wife woke me at 7 AM Saturday morning to tell me that the Feds had opened the National Forests the night before. Way to go guys--half the town slept through the opener. The woods were so empty that I actually returned to town to check with the USFS work center to confirm what I had been told.

It was the first time is a long while that I saw more bucks than hunters. My son and I watched this buck for several hours as two guys in a razor drove back and forth past him at least a half-dozen times. Of all the improvements to hunting I have seen, none have been better from my perspective than those nice, comfortable ATVs that keep folks on the road. ?

DeerHunter53 · Sep 21, 2020

nice buck what zone

RookieWYhntr · Sep 21, 2020

B zone buck? Dang, a giant!

264mag · Sep 21, 2020

Was that for all B zones ?

bullskin · Sep 21, 2020

This was a southern C zone buck.

I am not sure that I understand your question, 264, but I believe that nine North State forests opened this weekend (no campfires). Call your local NF to confirm.

RookieWYhntr · Sep 21, 2020

Must be Chester area?

Congrats!

oilcan · Sep 21, 2020

Great California Buck congrats

bullskin · Sep 21, 2020

RookieWYhntr said:
Must be Chester area?

Congrats!

Good Call.

BradA · Sep 21, 2020

Dang good buck, congratulations!

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eelgrass · Sep 22, 2020

Great buck bullskin! That was supposed to be my G-1 buck.

All of Six Rivers NF is still closed but some of Shasta-Trinity NF is open. I don't have a tag, so.....I haven't kept track that much.

bullskin · Sep 22, 2020

eelgrass said:
Great buck bullskin! That was supposed to be my G-1 buck.

All of Six Rivers NF is still closed but some of Shasta-Trinity NF is open. I don't have a tag, so.....I haven't kept track that much.

Thanks, Eel. My son's buck, actually (in photo). His biggest to date and he is pretty happy with it.

heywouldya · Sep 22, 2020

Great buck! Congrats.

hwy

LIK2HNT · Sep 22, 2020

Very nice CA buck.
Congratulations

Troubadour · Sep 22, 2020

Sweet buck.

Lancetkenyon · Sep 22, 2020

Angeles, San Bernadino, and Cleveland NFs are still closed. Waiting on them to open up to get back to some work. Maybe 9-24?

264mag · Sep 22, 2020

Mendocino forest will remain closed for a long time

Lancetkenyon · Sep 23, 2020

Lancetkenyon said:
Angeles, San Bernadino, and Cleveland NFs are still closed. Waiting on them to open up to get back to some work. Maybe 9-24?

Now 10-1 we just heard.

Rampage1 · Sep 24, 2020

Awesome buck.

Cahunter805 · Sep 24, 2020

Stud buck! Congrats to your son.

jester · Sep 24, 2020

Mendo ranger out of Covelo told me November 30th

264mag · Sep 24, 2020

I’m gonna ask fish and game if I can trade my B tag for a D zone

eelgrass · Sep 25, 2020

jester said:
Mendo ranger out of Covelo told me November 30th

It could rain 10" before that.
But deer season will be over and all the crop harvested by then.

jester · Sep 25, 2020

I agree eel..
Waterfowl starts then...
There will be water everywhere...jester

eelgrass · Sep 25, 2020

jester said:
I agree eel..
Waterfowl starts then...
There will be water everywhere...jester

I joined a 4 man club this year. They shoot about 400 Aleutian geese and some ducks every year. About 20 minutes from home.

jester · Sep 25, 2020

My blind went up 2500(11k)f'n crooks..
It includes a speck field and got about same in specks and unlimited field maggots(snows).
I only shoot mallards, teal, sprigs.. our club fines for hen shooting thats in duck blind in tule... we put out thousands of deeks in goose field..it a great blind ..20ga shoots on north wind days only ..tons of fun..
Jester

eelgrass · Sep 26, 2020

Our dues are rock bottom cheap because the rancher hates geese. He likes to save some grass for the cattle.

264mag · Sep 26, 2020

eelgrass said:
Our dues are rock bottom cheap because the rancher hates geese. He likes to save some grass for the cattle.

How do those geese taste on that green grass and ocean feed ?

huntindad4 · Sep 26, 2020

264mag said:
How do those geese taste on that green grass and ocean feed ?

We shoot a few and used to shoot a lot more. We love them. Not everyone shares that feeling.

eelgrass · Sep 26, 2020

Hard to explain but kind of a cross between mudhen and porcupine liver.

Homer · Sep 26, 2020

yummy....lol

jester · Sep 26, 2020

Better than skunk anus.
I pepper stix snows and honkers..
Specks are flying ribeyes.
Jester

X7ahunter · Sep 27, 2020

I went aleut hunting once, ground most of em up for chili beans meat. The two I did pick and grill were awesome. Very mild flavor, not unlike a speck.