Hello from SJ/Kelseyville, CA

[Liber]

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[homers]

Welcome

 

[Elkhunter24]

Welcome to HT!

 

[pabearhunter]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Redmt]

Thanks guys! So far I like it here.

I'm right over the hill from you on the east side of Mt.Hamilton. We built my shop in 2000 where we cut all the wood for our log home in 2005. You might say " been there done that".

 

[Rzrbk]

Welcome to HT. Defensible space for wildfire danger is important in your area but you're probably already aware. I used to work around the Clear Lake area.

 

[2rocky]

Hello from Sonoma County

 

[2rocky]

Hello neighbor!

I drive through Sonoma a lot. My normal drive to Lake County is to head up 19th street and over the Gate and up 101 to Hopland, and over 175 to Lakeport. I mostly hang out in Lakeport, Kelseyville and now Highland Springs since joining Konocti Rod & Gun Club...not a bad range, better than the Bay area.

I once went fishing with my son about 20 years ago at Lake Sonoma...and about 18 or 19 years ago we went fishing on Clear Lake. I fished more as a kid than hunted, but we're both interested in hunting to get some meat. Have you hunted any pigs in the area?

I wouldn't call LS a slam dunk. It's archery only, and the pigs figured out they are being hunted. Cats are killing as many as hunters if not more.

Landowners know they can get $5-600 for a weekend meat pig hunt in the area around there, and mst just lease it to an outfitter.

If i was retired in your area I'd consider investing in a Golden Ram membership. Not cheap but If you aren't going out of state, It would cost the same as a week long guided hunt or 3 weeks of DIY in 3 states...

 

[Redmt]

I've seen some self guided hunts that are cheaper, but yeah, seems like everyone wants to capitalize off letting people hunt on their property.

Correct me if I'm taking this wrong. Do you think it's wrong to capitalize from hunters wanting to hunt the property that you own and pay taxes on? Sometimes it's helpful to get a few dollars to help with the maintenance and care of huntable land.

 

[Redmt]

2k is a little steep. BUT!!! It's a seller's market. Everytime I let hunters come for a hunt I usually trade for labor. I have been burned every time. I've never asked for $$. Pigs are nomadic. If I charge per hunt, the hunter probably won't be happy. If I charged per pig, I'd be at the mercy of the hunters abilities and the whims of the pigs. Still, 2k for 2 pigs is crazy.

 

[Redmt]

CA has the Williamson Act. I don't know exactly what a couple thousand acres taxes would be but it would surprise me if it was much over 2k. We had a 25 acre piece under Williamson and the taxes were $78.00 per year. CA booted properties under 100 acres . They raised it by a 10x factor.
Did you actually pay to learn to skin a pig? I could have my wife teach you for free!

 

[Redmt]

Skinning tip for pigs. Drag them with a hay hook through lower jaw. Dragging them backwards as a bitch. Skin them before you clean them. Hang them head down to skin. Get it skinned 1/2 way down and cut off the hanging skin so you don't have to fight it. Never cut the skin from the outside you will destroy your knife.

 

[Redmt]

Like I said pigs are nomadic. I've only seen 1 pig a few times in the last month or so.
My wife happens to love wild pig pepper snack sticks. Whenever her stash gets too low, I get a strong request to go whack a pig or 2. I make smoked Canadian type bacon from the hams and the rest goes to pepper sticks at the butcher.

 

[Redmt]

Oak Stone looks like a great prep course covering all the basics. For everything they are covering it should be a 2 day class. There's lots of contingencies when prepping an animal when it's killed outside of controlled conditions. For instance a clean ear shot animal is easier to deal with than one shot directly back to front and everything inside is bloody spaghetti!
Come fall the piggies should be back in the neighborhood. If they come through in numbers I'll let you know.

 

[Redmt]

5.56/.223 Mini 14 with Barnes ttsx.

 

[Redmt]

The 8.6 on pigs would be a kill only cartridge I think. It would make a 150# pig FUBAR with a chest or engine room shot. The 5.56 gets them just as dead with the same shot placement. Keep in mind that I'm not a hunter by the true sense of the word. I kill nice cute little furry animals to eat. The more meat to salvage the better.

 

[Redmt]

The lowly .223 with factory poofy loads is more than you need.

 

[Redmt]

You are way over my head at this point. I'm limited to doing a little trigger work or swap out. Fitting new stocks and minor torque tweaking on them. I do custom reloading for mine and a few friends bolt action hunting rifles . When I have friends hunt here with me I limit rifles to 6.5 caliber bolt action. The 6.5 for most cases is overkill as most shots are 100-150. If I'm hunting by myself and after a troublesome herd of pigs then I'll use a Mini 14 with 55 grain TSX or TTSX depending on what I have loaded at the time. I have a bolt action .300 BO. It doesn't have the 150 yd kill accuracy that I'm happy with. Most shots are split second decision to accurately make a shot. Figuring drop/yardage/windage etc. doesn't happen. It's a see it shoot it or loose it type hunting.

 

[Redmt]

There's no confusion. I guess I might have said I'm not into building firearms. It's not my thing.
The .300 BO is with converted brass by me. I don't get range brass there's no range within 75 miles except the range the SO uses down near you.
While I have some factory ammo , I haven't bought any for maybe 20+ years. I have several factory ammo calibers that are given to me from friends.
I have a pretty good natural point of aim so taking calibrated shots figuring drop, windage etc. isn't something I do. At the distances I normally shoot it doesn't really matter.

 

[Redmt]

Nice. I'm going to venture a guess that your lathe and mill are a bit higher in quality than mine! I'll also guess that your abilities are a bunch better than my caveman abilities.
I have reached the level in my shooting abilities that a fine custom built rifle wouldn't improve my accuracy. I put most everything in 1" at 100 when everything is right. That's plenty good enough for me. I'm after furry animals and not trying to kill paper (or steel) at 1000.