I'm most certainly in your area, Lakewood, but I don't hunt Cal. anymore, haven't for about ten years. I go to AZ. Wis. NM and Indiana. I found that here in Cal. if you don't have access to private property or belong to a hunting club such as MCC your chances for success are greatly reduced. That's not to say, with hard work scouting you won't be successful, it's just that you will be sharing the forest with everyone and their brother. I have never hunted Cal. much above the King city but even then I was only successful because I had access to private property, with a guide, That was for Turkey and pig. You may want to check out Fort Hunter Ligget. It can be a challenge to get the particular area you want for what ever you want to hunt. I put in for an area which had a fairly good Turkey population and I was assigned an area which pretty much held only pig and some deer. That was years ago so, things may have changed now. They get a new base commander every year and he says which areas will or won't be open at any given time. If they are having training drills, which they do a lot, that limits the areas which will be open. You can also check out MCC, My Country club down in inland San Diego area. It is a private club which has real good success for deer and Turkey. they also have good quail hunting and access to good fishing. they offer different yearly packages which start at $2000/year, which give you one deer and two turkeys, along with, as I mentioned quail and fishing. They have camp sites which I'm sure you have to reserve weilll in advance. Best of lucky in your hunting endeavors.
