rollingrock
04-26-2009, 10:48 PM
Went up to Squamish this week end and spent one and a half days there. Lots of campers, bikers and quaders, and plus...hunters. However, some portions of the roads were still covered in snow. Two main roads were blocked by fallen LOGs. When I say LOGs, that means huge. So access was very limited. Tried one spur road, not far enough, the road was again covered by snow, and that road was south facing. Had to pull a Tracker out of snow on Elaho Road.
Don't be fooled by nice weather during the day. It was freezing at night.
Never liked to go there on week ends, especially in nice weather. Nice weather means a tour to a zoo, lot of dust and very few animal to see. But the schedule only fit in this week end. Grass was only half green, leaf tips just started coming out on half of the trees. There're places that green up pretty well, but they're out of hunting area.
However, I still saw a big boar in the evening. 150 yards away. But before I was able to get out of truck, the boar was spooked started running into the bush. Then a truck showed up on the opposite side coming towards me. The young fellow stopped by me and laughed "You saw that bear didn't you?" And that was the only bear I saw on this trip. I bet most hunters there didn't even get a look at any bear.
Today after I broke my camp, I ran into a local guy. Local guy means good intelligence. A big boar has been showing up at a spot every frikin evening. I went stright to that spot and talked to other local people. They confirmed the tip. So I started patrolling the area once very 30 mins up till 8 PM. Thinking about tomorrow's appointment with my friend, I decided to screw it and head home.
I think I should go back to check things out in another 3 weeks.
Don't be fooled by nice weather during the day. It was freezing at night.
Never liked to go there on week ends, especially in nice weather. Nice weather means a tour to a zoo, lot of dust and very few animal to see. But the schedule only fit in this week end. Grass was only half green, leaf tips just started coming out on half of the trees. There're places that green up pretty well, but they're out of hunting area.
However, I still saw a big boar in the evening. 150 yards away. But before I was able to get out of truck, the boar was spooked started running into the bush. Then a truck showed up on the opposite side coming towards me. The young fellow stopped by me and laughed "You saw that bear didn't you?" And that was the only bear I saw on this trip. I bet most hunters there didn't even get a look at any bear.
Today after I broke my camp, I ran into a local guy. Local guy means good intelligence. A big boar has been showing up at a spot every frikin evening. I went stright to that spot and talked to other local people. They confirmed the tip. So I started patrolling the area once very 30 mins up till 8 PM. Thinking about tomorrow's appointment with my friend, I decided to screw it and head home.
I think I should go back to check things out in another 3 weeks.