Local Hunting

[Cardinal]

While trying my luck at Jackson Lake the past few mornings, I have seen three or four pickups with kennels in the bed and hound looking dogs riding on top go by slowly on N4 in both directions.  I assume that these are hounds (by their barking and braying) and also assume that the gentlemen were driving to have the dogs scent a bear or lion..at whcih point they would release the dogs.

Anyone heard of this in our area?  I don't know if it is bear season or if the men just run the bear until it trees and take photos (?).

[angiepoo]

How sad is that.  If this is true, people shouldn't be allowed to use hounds for huntin.

[justme]

It was just a regular truck? No company name or government symbol on it? Hum, how strange. 

[phoenixgirl]

HI,

I'm curious if hunting is legal around here, because a few times I have seen a man parked on Lone Pine take a rifle out of his truck?  The last time was about a week ago at the top of Lone Pine Canyon.  I really hope this is a freak thing as I have seen deer in that area.  Any info would be appreciated.

[clint]

Yes it is.

[Wrightwood]

Bear season opened last weekend and dogs are permitted to hunt bear.

[Nolena]

There is a family that works at a camp inthe Jackson Lake area that has sled dogs. These may have been the dogs you saw.

[Surfer_Dude]

I heard what I thought was a gun shot in the distance this morning.  Sounded like ahunting rifle caliber.

[Nolena]

There is definitely a hunting season here.
Don't wear antlers or a bear suit when you hike.

[MojaveSidecar]

Just came up from Burbank to spend the next few nights working and relaxing here in WW. We came up LPC, then right on Sheeps Creek, then left on Thrush, then right on LPC again, then left on Twin Lakes, right on Oriole and then to Edna. I was driving an UHaul truck and my wife was following in the car.
Anyhow, as we were driving down Edna (but it also could of been Oriole) we passed a pickup truck that looked like it had a dead bear in the back. I went by quickly enough that I only caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye. When we got to the cabin, my wife asked me if I saw the bear in the back of the pickup truck aways back. I said I thought so...so she saw something also.

Anybody know whats going on? Could our local bears be hunting victims? Have not heard anybody post any bear sightings  lately. Could this be why?

[Cardinal]

[Cardinal]

You can hunt deer (currently season is open)  Bear, coyote, bobcat, quail, rabbit, squirrel and fox.  You are seeing deer hunters.  Now is not a good time to go horseback riding in this area.

[ChattyCathy]

You can hunt deer (currently season is open)  Bear, coyote, bobcat, quail, rabbit, squirrel and fox.  You are seeing deer hunters.  Now is not a good time to go horseback riding in this area.

That makes me very sad.  Why would anyone hunt a squirrel -- or a coyote, for that matter?  What do they do with them?  Are there that many bears, bobcats, and foxes around here?  I would have thought they were protected.

[clint]

Mt. Lion and Bighorn are protected.
The number of Deer and Bear taken are controlled through the tag structure.
Deer hunting is needed to control populations.
Most hunters that buy a license and tags never get an animal, and the funds from hunting go right back into the Department of Fish and Game to pay for conservation of other species.

[Adrienne]

I don't know anything about hunting except I don't agree with it. Why would someone want a gallbladder from a bear? I really don't understand.
And Pleeeeese don't anyone respond to my not agreeing with hunting. It's just what I believe, I'm not trying to incite anything or insult anyone. I know people who hunt responsibly and respectfully and I respect their right to do so.

[Rojiin]

[Rojiin]

You can hunt deer (currently season is open) Bear, coyote, bobcat, quail, rabbit, squirrel and fox. You are seeing deer hunters. Now is not a good time to go horseback riding in this area.

Yeah really...a few years back in one of the hunting mags...there was an article about dumb hunters, and one of the hunters shot and killed a game wardens horse which was completely decked out in bright orange...oh yeah the game warden was on the horse at the time , the hunter said it looked like a deer

[Wildman]

Many cultures value various parts of animal bodies as medicine or having special properties.  It is one of the reasons that so many African and Asian wild animals are approaching extinction.  They are being hunted for "parts"....like Rhino horn or Tiger male thing.  Some believe that certain parts are an aphrodisiac.  A singe Bear gall bladder can fetch almost a thousand dollars in some Asian markets.  Claws, teeth and other specific body parts are ground up and used in Asian medicines.

Many times, the bear will found with only the gall bladder missing. 

[wwpt]

 
  A Rancher friend was telling me of an encounter she had out by N4 and Largo Vista with some Bear Hunters last fall...I couldn't believe it.

   They had a big pick-up with 6 dog kennels in the back. They would send 1 dog out at a time to find, then track a bear. The dogs had satellite posistioning collars on. One would run down the bear until exhausted...then another fresh dog would be put on the trail. 
   
      They would track the "hunt" from the cab of the pick-up with a device like a radar screen and when the activity  came to a halt...meaning the bear was exhausted and treed...The men would go in and shoot it. They had one bear in their truck already. And one lost dog.
   
   She told them they weren't hunters...They were playing Nintendo.   How one sided...The bears didn't stand a chance.

[justme]

  "She told them they weren't hunters...They were playing Nintendo"
Yup, sheesh. and that's all I'm going to say about that.