Posted By: S97
Howdy, Just moved to the area and where/how do I get started? - 12/28/23 10:06 PM
Greetings!
The wife and I just relocated to Spring Branch from Central Oregon. I did a lot of bowhunting, and hunting in general up there. The deer and elk hunting isn't that good, so I did a lot of scouting an a lot of time in the woods with a buck tagged every three or four years. What I have noticed down here is there are animals EVERYWHERE. The bucks in my neighborhood are absolute studs, and are basically pets with no worries.
While I'm really looking forward to getting out, I'm kinda at a loss as to the best way to FIND a place to hunt. Finding a place to hunt in Oregon was relatively straight forward with so much public land. The better you scouted in pre season the better you would do, but still the animals were scarce and pressure was high in most areas.
I wanted to get some feedback on how to best find places to hunt. Besides the obvious pay to play ranches, is there a good way to find a reputable lease? -I've heard some horror stories.. Is it acceptable, effective to Scout on OnX then knock on doors during the spring and just ask? Are the drawn hunt and postcard hunts decent?
I'm mainly interested in feral pigs as they are really tasty.. Does that help?
Any advice would be appreciated . If folks are in Spring Branch, I'd love to meet up and have a beer swap some stories.
I'm also big into:
PCP air rifles & pest control (rats both land and sky versions)
upland,
I do a ton of fly fishing and am loving the Guad and Canyon Lake.
FPV drone flying, and drones in general.
I'm also starting on the the Night Vision money pit with a small AGM thermal monocular and ATN 4k pro that I used with my air rifles for rats and pigeons at night in dairy and barn shoots. Currently thinking about a PVS14 or PVS7.. but I also want another suppressor...
The wife and I just relocated to Spring Branch from Central Oregon. I did a lot of bowhunting, and hunting in general up there. The deer and elk hunting isn't that good, so I did a lot of scouting an a lot of time in the woods with a buck tagged every three or four years. What I have noticed down here is there are animals EVERYWHERE. The bucks in my neighborhood are absolute studs, and are basically pets with no worries.
While I'm really looking forward to getting out, I'm kinda at a loss as to the best way to FIND a place to hunt. Finding a place to hunt in Oregon was relatively straight forward with so much public land. The better you scouted in pre season the better you would do, but still the animals were scarce and pressure was high in most areas.
I wanted to get some feedback on how to best find places to hunt. Besides the obvious pay to play ranches, is there a good way to find a reputable lease? -I've heard some horror stories.. Is it acceptable, effective to Scout on OnX then knock on doors during the spring and just ask? Are the drawn hunt and postcard hunts decent?
I'm mainly interested in feral pigs as they are really tasty.. Does that help?
Any advice would be appreciated . If folks are in Spring Branch, I'd love to meet up and have a beer swap some stories.
I'm also big into:
PCP air rifles & pest control (rats both land and sky versions)
upland,
I do a ton of fly fishing and am loving the Guad and Canyon Lake.
FPV drone flying, and drones in general.
I'm also starting on the the Night Vision money pit with a small AGM thermal monocular and ATN 4k pro that I used with my air rifles for rats and pigeons at night in dairy and barn shoots. Currently thinking about a PVS14 or PVS7.. but I also want another suppressor...