Scottf

Hi Guys Well maybe I made the bear thing to big of a deal. Didn't see or hear any bears. Did see some really big tracks though. Also some real nice cat tracks too. That made the hair on the back of neck stand up! We camped in the Turkey Creek camp grounds. We kept our camp clean and didn't have any trouble at all. Well unless you call all of the Blue jays steeling anything that fell from the table. We always had at least ten birds looking down at us eating. We saw turkeys right out of camp one time. Had a great time hunting but, no deer for our camp this year. We did see a really nice buck over at rock creek. Man oh man was that buck up high. To high for this old fat guy to go after. Even my son who was ready for anything, didn't think he could make it up there to that buck. Anyway, we had fun and I just wanted to say thanks for the help. Oh and by the way, do you think deer can read signs? They sure seemed to know, where the private ground was! Lots of deer down there in the private ground and not so much in the National forest where we were. It got to be kind of a joke, as we would drive down just to see them to make sure we knew what to look for! lol

Don't these people have anything better to do with there time? Always trying to make something out of nothing. I was just telling a friend the other day, I didn't know how much longer we would be able to go hunting. Will my grand kids have a chance to hunt like I did? Its only through groups like the NRA that the grand kids have any chance at all, so if your not a member you should be! I might add,I'm a life member and have been for some time and at this years annual meetings I won a really nice shotgun too. Please join in and help in the fight, go to a friends of the NRA meeting. Its a good way to meet new friends and pick up new hunting stuff too.

Thanks guys, I'm feeling somewhat better about this trip. I have hunted all of my life but, this is a first for me to hunt in a place that had any bears. I have hunted in unit 33, 8, and some in 42 no bear or so few, ya never see them. I think I'll take my little bronco II and just keep the junk in the back when not in camp. I haven't been deer hunting in almost six years. When my son was in high school we couldn't go because he was a starter on the football team and I thought I should be there for him. He and I didn't want to take him out of school so we just didn't go. Then two years of college and well things just seemed to be pasting without a thought of hunting. This past year he asked if we could go again and I said for sure. We picked unit 29 because I thought we had a better chance of getting a tag for white tail. Sure enough we got our tag. We have been on two scouting trips and seen a lot of nice deer. Its a long drive from Yuma but, it give us time to talk and that's good thing now days for good old Dad. The place is full of wildlife as we have seen tons of deer, pigs, foxes and turkeys too. Last time out we also saw a set of twins fawns, right off the road. That was so cool, we couldn't take our eyes off of them! My oldest son was going to go just to camp but, he got a new job and now can't come. That's really to bad as this is the first time in his 28 years he has ever wanted to go hunting or camping for that matter. Oh well a job is a good thing for that boy! Anyway, thanks so much for your help guys. Wish me luck, because I'm going to need some, after six years off.

Thanks guys for all the info but, do I need to hang my food in a tree or not? If I do need to hang it, how do ya do that. I mean I'll be staying out for four or five days and I'm sure I will have a ton of stuff. Do I have to put my ice-chest up said tree too. What do you have to do, put all of that junk in some kind of cargo net or what? My two boys were coming with me and we were going to have two trucks in camp. I was thinking I could put our food in the extra truck but, now my oldest can't come. So I guess we are only going to have the one truck now. So now I guess its a tree or just left in camp as is? I don't know what to think. I'm not scared about seeing a bear or anything like that, not even at night. However, while we are out hunting, no one will be in camp. If a bear was to come into camp in the day time, it would be all good for the bear if the food wasn't in the tree.

Well don't know how funny this is but my buddy sure thought it was. Anyway, a group of my friends were out duck hunting near Yuma and we spent the night out on the river. As with most hunts we had a few beers and started to tell lies and I guess I fell asleep in the chair, so my friends thought it would be funny to put the fire under my seat! Seems as if when I came around I got up in a hurry on the run don't ya know!

Hi Guys, ok so I have done my scouting and have a place I think might have a deer or two near. However, now what is really eating me up is the bear talk. Do ya really have to put your food up in a tree? I mean, I'll have a ton of food stuff and who knows if ya really need to do this or not? If ya do, how does one go about this other than putting a rope in the tree and pulling it up off the ground. Do I need to buy bear spray too? Never been hunting where there were bears, so any help would help me, thanks. Scott

Hi KB I just wanted to say hi and that I two would like to know more about this unit. Well, somebody had to write something! At least we will see some place new this year! Scott