Congrats on retirement! I'm close, within the next 3 years is the plan for me and my wife.
If you get out to OR ever, look me up. I'd be glad to show you around some good bear and blacktail hunting.
Mine came from everyone I know saying it seemed like I was gone hunting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
I will admit that it seems that way sometimes and I do hunt more than most anyone I know, but I lack the income and leave time to make that possible :).
Congrats, good looking javelina and they taste just fine. Take care of it correctly and they are good tablefare. They are just small, so I usually make a small batch of chorizo or something ground, but have made some small steaks and they were good also. Some folks talk about the gland on the...
I hear you, but stand rotations here are closer to 60-80 on the private timberland it seems. Basically no logging on FS for many years now. We are lucky to live in a county that actually has fairly large timber holdings too, so even though what used to be a booming timber industry is gone, we...
I think you will be pleasantly surprised at the opportunity to hunt a variety of game on a regular basis if you are willing to hunt the lower tier type opportunity hunts. I know I love huunting there as a NR and you'll have a lot more oppurtunity as a Resident!
That's great! Good looking boar for sure! Hope you find a buck tomorrow.
I put in for a lot of hunts down there, but I haven't drawn anything yet. This is cool to see!
Thanks, it was a fun year. I was able to get my 3 Tom turkeys and a nice bear in OR's spring season. Plus, I was lucky to have the opportunity to hunt for an off-range broken horn Oryx in NM.
Right after returning from my fall AK trip, I had a successful hunt for a nice Fall bear and a little...