Warm and Successful Trip

[ruger1022]

I had a great time chasing Javelina and quail over the new year. The trip was very successful, my group filled all 6 of our javelina tags, and we all had fun shooting quail.

I'm a fairly new javelina hunter, and most everything I read about them stated that they like to feed on south-facing prickly pear hillsides during sunny, calm days. However, every group of Javelina we spotted were found first thing in the morning and late in the evening. They weren't necessarily on south facing hillsides in prickly pear either. Often times, we would watch a group walk into a thick canyon right after the sun hit them. One group marched quickly up a mtn, and into a new canyon, presumably to bed. We watched another group come out of the thick brushy bottom right at last light to feed out in the open. We all started to question if 65-75 degrees was too warm. Is there a temperature range that javelina are more willing to be out all day? I assumed the new moon would help our hunt, but it didn't seem to affect how long the javelina were willing to feed during the day. Does moon phase matter at all? 

[wildwoody]

Well done, beautiful dogs.

[PRDATR]

They feed where there is the least amount of pressure on whatever is available. The only time I have seen them bedded was just off Sunset Point and that was about 9am. I've shot and seen them active all hours of the day.