Went out yesterday to CNF North, in the San Mateo Wilderness. Hiked down to the spot we had been planning to set up for a couple weeks, before we arrived at the location I hear humans, come a little further down trail and see a big campfire burning :'( . So that spot was blown. Continued another mile or so into the canyon and find another clearing. Set up decoy, sat about 50 yards away, waited 15 minutes and began calling, call for 20-30 seconds at a time in 3-5 minute intervals, nothing. Sat on stand for an hour, tried a few different calls, nothing. After calling it quits we moved back slowly to the first spot we had planned on, luckily the camper had packed out. Set up to start calling and I hear voices again, they got louder and louder, I observed a group of 5 guys on the trail a few hundred yards away joking around and laughing as loud as possible. This will be the last time I go to this location on the weekend. I was also thinking of arriving there in late afternoon after all the campers/hikers have left.
The thing that sucks about this experience is we scouted this area out a few weeks prior on a Sunday and didnt see a soul down there. im guessing the warm weather was the culprit here.
The thing that sucks about this experience is we scouted this area out a few weeks prior on a Sunday and didnt see a soul down there. im guessing the warm weather was the culprit here.
