I?m hunting the Oregon coast during late season cow hunt in a few weeks. Looking for some advice for calling for cows. Here the herds are typically pretty small. Lots of 5-8 sized groups and only a few big herds. Any tactics which have worked for people in the past?
Just listened to a guy at work tell a story about how he was out coon hunting and was interrupted by a couple of guys out in the woods searching for pokemon.......
I have had lots of different things interrupt my hunts, but that is pretty crazy.....
I just smashed my foot and am on crutches for a few weeks which means I will have to make my way in the woods on crutches. Any advice? Stories? I can't be the only one who isn't going to let crutches come between me and trying to get close to an elk.
I typically don't get to hunt elk til second season in alsea. Looking around to see if there are any outfitters or guides who have options for second season archery elk in the alsea unit.
The Oregon coast is expected to have a huge storm on opening day with wind gusts up to 47mph and dumping 1-2 inches of rain. It will sure soften the ground which is super dry and noisy, but gonna make for an interesting day. Anyone have thoughts on how the elk will likely react? I'm still going...
watching elk going through a meadow I was realizing even though they were in shoot able positions, the grass is so high it would be tough to put an arrow low enough, especially on a downhill angle. Anyone else dealing with that frustration?
The forest service in Oregon is holding meetings and looking for input in their online mapping tool to help them decide what roads they will stop maintaining in the Willamette National Forest. Here is the press release. If there is a specific area that is particularly important for you - roads...
Getting a heads up decoy and am wondering how useful people have found the clamp (not the bow mount - just the regular clamp). Do you find yourself using a clamp a lot, or not much at all?
Oregon draw results have been posted. You can find them in the hunter reporting section.
Dad and I are doing some late season! Excellent. Love hunting with my dad.
Every magazine seems to run articles on how good string loops are, but I have been to two pro-shops now (one when I got my bow, and last year when I had it tuned up) where they said they really are just a personal preference. I have a pretty short draw length 27 1/4 and don't want to lose draw...
Saw that the butchering thread started in on some aging topics, so thought it would be great to talk about aging meat. What is your preferred method? I enjoy it aged about 5-7 days (depending on weather of course).
My son and I were talking rifle scopes the other night and both of us remember watching a TV show where they were showing a company's process for making scopes and as part of it they were showing this guy who would take a scope and beat the snot out of it on an anvil, then do his quality control...
People are always talking about hunting north facing slopes. Does it really make a difference? Or do you think it is region specific? I'm hunting the dense coast ranges for rosies and haven't really found that slope face makes much difference in where the sign or bedding areas are. But I'm...