For starters, I'd like to say thank you to all of the regular posters on this forum for sharing their wisdom with the rest of us. As a new forum member, I hope that I can give something back in time.
As the post title mentions, this will be my second season chasing blacktails in the Mendocino NF. Last year I put some time on the east side of the forest to the north / northwest of 162 / FR7 (thinking about the areas from Rattlesnake northwest toward Fiddlers Green) and spent most of my time glassing and the rest of it cursing chaparral. I'm not too proud to admit I ate tag soup.
I'm spending my evenings on Google Earth & OnX staring at the other side of the forest. I've been trying to decide whether I ought to enter MNF via the Potter Valley area and work northwest of the lake or put in the travel time to work into the northeast side of the Yuki Wilderness. Asking because I have a young family and hall passes can be hard to come by (every hour counts). Not asking for spots (I plan to do a fair amount of hiking) - just generally where you'd be inclined to invest the limited scouting & hunting time.
Thanks in advance.
As the post title mentions, this will be my second season chasing blacktails in the Mendocino NF. Last year I put some time on the east side of the forest to the north / northwest of 162 / FR7 (thinking about the areas from Rattlesnake northwest toward Fiddlers Green) and spent most of my time glassing and the rest of it cursing chaparral. I'm not too proud to admit I ate tag soup.
I'm spending my evenings on Google Earth & OnX staring at the other side of the forest. I've been trying to decide whether I ought to enter MNF via the Potter Valley area and work northwest of the lake or put in the travel time to work into the northeast side of the Yuki Wilderness. Asking because I have a young family and hall passes can be hard to come by (every hour counts). Not asking for spots (I plan to do a fair amount of hiking) - just generally where you'd be inclined to invest the limited scouting & hunting time.
Thanks in advance.