What keeps you from hunting OTC California?

[Warmsy]

It's pronounced COvelo, not coVELo.

Obviously this thread is dead if we're discussing the pronunciation of a town most people have never heard of haha

 

[Azone]

Obviously this thread is dead if we're discussing the pronunciation of a town most people have never heard of haha

I’ve heard of it and I’ve been through it. Met some locals out hunting who were very cool guys and also ran into some locals that looked like they’d have no problem trying to rob me blind.
Probably be back in the area in a few years for the late muzzle loader black tail tag when I finally have the time to commit to that hunt.
Has legalization slowed down the illegal grow shenanigans that the area is well known for?

 

[PVHunter]

So you're saying Covelo is the Tooele of Mendocino County?

 

[riversidejeep]

A buddy and I hunted in MNF about 15 years ago and there was someone who would drive in past our camp at about 2A every morning and come back out about 3A. Cooking meth was my best guess as to why (too late in the year for weed).

They were probably just going to bury their last victims. Seems as at least once a week its a stabbing / shooting / kidnapping / armed robbery / murder.

 

[ad66216]

Hey guys if anyone is interested in avoiding OTC for Tule, I would check out https://huntcgm.com/tule-elk-hunting-california/. I have heard from multiple people who have used them and their success rates are very high.

 

[COLD SMOKE]

I’ve heard of it and I’ve been through it. Met some locals out hunting who were very cool guys and also ran into some locals that looked like they’d have no problem trying to rob me blind.
Probably be back in the area in a few years for the late muzzle loader black tail tag when I finally have the time to commit to that hunt.
Has legalization slowed down the illegal grow shenanigans that the area is well known for?

Scroll around the town in Google earth. That’s all cartel pot in those hoop houses.

Matt Kendall ( mendo sheriff ) is from round valley.It’s a disgrace.
There’s several of these towns in CA they are controlled by foreign DTOs.

Additionally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Valley_Settler_Massacres_of_1856–1859

And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbill_massacre

So there’s a lot of tension in this community.
It’s a beautiful valley and used to be a paradise. Salmon spawned in small creeks up in the hills and there there’s a lot of water in springs and seeps:

If you’ve never been there & live in CA and like to explore its well worth a trip out there. Aug-November are months to avoid.

 

[WKR]

Hey guys if anyone is interested in avoiding OTC for Tule, I would check out https://huntcgm.com/tule-elk-hunting-california/. I have heard from multiple people who have used them and their success rates are very high.

Hahaha what the hell? Get out of here with your 45k elk hunt advertising. The success rates on diy tule hunts are extremely high. So why would you need to spend an extra 45k?

 

[Warmsy]

Scroll around the town in Google earth. That’s all cartel pot in those hoop houses.

Matt Kendall ( mendo sheriff ) is from round valley.It’s a disgrace.
There’s several of these towns in CA they are controlled by foreign DTOs.

Additionally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Valley_Settler_Massacres_of_1856–1859

And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbill_massacre

So there’s a lot of tension in this community.
It’s a beautiful valley and used to be a paradise. Salmon spawned in small creeks up in the hills and there there’s a lot of water in springs and seeps:

If you’ve never been there & live in CA and like to explore its well worth a trip out there. Aug-November are months to avoid.

Not all the hoop houses in the valley are cartel. There's definitely cartel there, but there's a ton of "entrepreneurial" folks growing around here.

 

[Rich M]

It’s California! Why would i go there?

 

[Marble]

A buddy and I hunted in MNF about 15 years ago and there was someone who would drive in past our camp at about 2A every morning and come back out about 3A. Cooking meth was my best guess as to why (too late in the year for weed).

If it was September/October it was weed. October is typically the harvest season.

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[MattB]

If it was September/October it was weed. October is typically the harvest season.

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It was November, so all the weed would have been harvested by then.

 

[Wags]

I'm grateful for all of you who don't come here and the ignorance in some of the responses.

 

[Trapline]

Still a few tags left.

 

[BDDFC]

The parts I have been to were pretty but it’s probably more the perception of how contentious I would expect people there to be towards hunters and hunting.

 

[Mykolaivka887]

Man, some great tags still available.

 

[Htm84]

Still a few tags left.

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Why do you want more people to hunt CA?

 

[cmahoney]

Why do you want more people to hunt CA?

Misery loves company


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[Roguemountainhunter]

I live in CO!

 

[Htm84]

I live in CO!

Sorry to hear that. Thoughts and prayers.

 

[Extrapale]

Response to Op.

My home state has otc for deer and elk. That and a few OOS opportunities every year burns all the time I have. Plus giving money to Cali seems like a bunch of bs.

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