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  1. SocalAL

    Boots on the ground!!

    Well, I'm definitely learning the meaning of perseverance when it comes to hunting. Been on multiple trips now for deer, quail, and turkeys. Of the 3 I've managed to only spot 1, which happened to be quail and a shit ton of um so I can at least stay positive with that. Lol . All that being...
  2. SocalAL

    Illegal grow in castiac

    Just a quick post . Was hunting in castiac last weekend, about 5 miles in cut a good game trail leading to what looked like an acorn tree. Followed the trail to those trees an came up on a grow field , waterlines , generators, the hole shibang.. found a scare owl they had used for ranging the...
  3. SocalAL

    Cottons & jacks in San Bernardino?

    Whats going on fellas, Im planning on heading up to SB on a weekend scouting trip, read a recent article in western outdoors that said they had solid numbers of cotton tails and jacks running around up there. Just wondering if its worth bringing the shotgun and a couple hand fulls of shells...
  4. SocalAL

    Latest diaphragm progression

    Alrighty, Still running the same beginner calls i learned on, ive been really working on controlling my volume of sound. Particularly when moving from one note to the next, but have really been trying to find the most comfortable/ good sounding way to purr for me. Started with the throat, now...
  5. SocalAL

    Interesting sign while scouting..

    Went scouting for deer up by azusa last weekend. Actually found a nice little pocket with a ton of sign, cut 4 different tracks n found some scat less than a day old.. But the more than a couple of times i came across a track that was always relatively close to the deer tracks i was following...
  6. SocalAL

    Hows it goin fellas

    First time posting in this sub section, spend most of my time in the newbie den.(as im sure most of us do) But ya wanted to see if i have some guys around me. Im livin in Anaheim right now, have a couple hog tags burning a hole in my pocket , and am hoping to catch some dove action before the...
  7. SocalAL

    New guy looking for guidance

    Ok guys ive been a member now for some months, ive posted more than a couple times now and have got a HUGE amount of knowledge from fellow members. But the time has come for me to bite the bullet and ask for some help... Which for most of us im sure is a pretty awkward feeling but hay thats the...
  8. SocalAL

    Caliber for all around rifle hunting...?

    Ok the time has come for me to purchase my rifle. Have the shotgun, have some pistols, but now im at the point where I want to reach out an touch some targets. Meat or metal ... Now im definitely bias in my selection being as the first rifle I ever shot was .308 soo.. Thats the way im leaning...
  9. SocalAL

    2 1/2 weeks of non stop diaphragm practice

    The time has come, ive had a couple of weeks and read enough comments to take a crack at another video. In these videos im attempting to show how my calling has improved over the last couple of weeks, the first video is just loud calling , showing my cutting, purring, an yelpin. Second video...
  10. SocalAL

    Confessions of a first time diaphragm caller..

    So the day has finally come.. My HS Strut turkey call starter pack has arrived!! Of course immediately after receiving the update message showing the package was delivered, I grabbed my dog an ran down to the mailbox.. like a kid running after the ice cream truck. These are the aftermath...
  11. SocalAL

    OnX maps from a new hunters perspective

    I'm sure that I am not the first person to get attacked by the hunting bug, which leads me to believe that I am not alone in saying I've been bitten by the onX bug!! Being a new hunter I've been "rifling" through as much material on hunting as I can (pun intended), especially turkeys.o_O Now, I...
  12. SocalAL

    Squirrels on PL ?

    Being a new hunter, especially one with plans of doing large amounts of turkey an waterfowl hunting I'm looking to pretty much shoot anything an everything I can in attempts to learn as much as I can about not only the animals but the feeling of the hunt. I've read multiple times that hunting...
  13. SocalAL

    Scouting... to soon or to late

    Today's questions: Is there a time (pre or post) hunting season, that scouting new areas or existing areas is basically not useful. Or is it best to scout year round if possible. I do a LOT of hiking in the Angeles forest and Azusa canyons. Both of which I plan on hunting in soon. So I'm just...
  14. SocalAL

    New to hunting, not the outdoors

    Hello all, The name is AL, I've grown up in socal my hole life. Spent large amounts of time camping and fishing in places like Yosemite and Yellowstone. I do a lot of hiking up in Azusa/ Angeles National Forest/ la Canada flintridge area , and I plan on doing a good amount of turkey/...

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