Have you got any advice as to what we need to do?Good luck, we struck out!
I’m pretty familiar with the area, but I’ve never drawn that hunt. I’m happy to talk more if you want to send me a DM.Have you got any advice as to what we need to do?
Thanks for the infoPretty familiar with the area, but not the hunt....In the old days, it was the Bloomfield Ranch....Never did get in birds in the Canebrake....High sage and pretty difficult terrain in most of it, as I recall...Did you draw the Scodie Canyon unit?...I would think that would be better.......
Kelso Valley. Scodie Mt., Sage, and Horse Canyon were always best......
I sure spent a lot of time in those areas. We had a lot of good quail, including Mt. quail and chukar, Devil birds.Pretty familiar with the area, but not the hunt....In the old days, it was the Bloomfield Ranch....Never did get in birds in the Canebrake....High sage and pretty difficult terrain in most of it as I recall...Did you draw the Scodie Canyon unit?...I would think that would be better.......
Kelso Valley. Scodie Mt., Sage, and Horse Canyon were always best......
thank you. how far back is the guzzler?There's always quail around the entrance to the Scodie unit. You'll have to try and get them to flush away from the homes so that your far enough away from town to take them legally. But they're always there. The guzzler in the back we refurbed last year so should be good. New apron surface, tank cleaned out, and lid supported correctly so the birds can actually get in. We were able to reuse the existing tank because it was in good condition so the FW biologist was talking about putting in another near the bottom of the canyon. Don't know if they did or not but they had a tank to do so. Looks like some of the sage near the bottom may of burned?
Make sure you know the rules for hunting near guzzlers.thank you. how far back is the guzzler?
Probably about 3 miles up the Canyon from the gate at Onyx on the East side. It's not far from what would be Scodie spring and it is easily visible on googles sat images. There's another halfway down up an East side canyon but I can't speak to it's condition. The springs up there almost certainly have water this year as well. There's water all over this year tbh.thank you. how far back is the guzzler?
Yeah you can't squat over small sources of water for upland of mammals and use them as bait basically. That'd be a slow, boring, and not very effective way to hunt upland anyways in my opinion.Make sure you know the rules for hunting near guzzlers.
I wasn't talking about setting up shop there. You are not allowed to hunt within 200 yards of guzzlers. If you are near a guzzlers you cannot hunt there for more than 30 mins. the Same rule applies for streams.Yeah you can't squat over small sources of water for upland of mammals and use them as bait basically. That'd be a slow, boring, and not very effective way to hunt upland anyways in my opinion.
I wasn't talking about setting up shop there. You are not allowed to hunt within 200 yards of guzzlers. If you are near a guzzlers you cannot hunt there for more than 30 mins. the Same rule applies for streams.
I wrote a thing but realized sprig posted the law.I wasn't talking about setting up shop there. You are not allowed to hunt within 200 yards of guzzlers. If you are near a guzzlers you cannot hunt there for more than 30 mins. the Same rule applies for streams.
Don't blame me, I got info from DFG site. Also, Read Sprigs post #15, section 730(a). But like anything put out by DFG, it's as clear as mud.Respectfully I think you have that wrong and I'll explain why that doesn't make sense. There are over 2000 guzzlers in the state. Many in concentrated areas. The state, unlike others, has chosen to not make their locations public. Being so it is very likely that somebody could be out hunting and unknowingly and unintentionally enter one of many of these 400 yard no hunt spheres around a guzzler or spring. So you are saying that there are countless no hunt spheres surrounding guzzlers, springs, and even 400 yard corridors of no hunt zones for streams? Think how absurd that would be? Is this really what the law says? It could and if it does I'll acknowledge as such but I'm willing to bet this is FUDlore like having to be x number of yards from a trail etc.
I think the law is you can't hunt near (200 yards) any small body of water (a square footage or surface area is stated) for more then 30 mins. AKA squatting. This would include guzzlers, springs, and ponds. But not necessary streams. If they are contiguous and connect to a larger bodies of water then they will exceed the surface area or what is considered small. Or possibly by just being long enough.