What is a LocaCarnivore?
In
its simplest form, locacarnivores are hunters who rely on their immediate
geographical area for game meat. While
horse-packing a week into the backcountry, setting up camp, and hunting for
days on end is a time honored method, locacarnivores don’t have either the time
or resources for such expeditions. They
hunt within a two hour, or less, drive from their homes, often just walking out
their door into the surrounding environment.
its simplest form, locacarnivores are hunters who rely on their immediate
geographical area for game meat. While
horse-packing a week into the backcountry, setting up camp, and hunting for
days on end is a time honored method, locacarnivores don’t have either the time
or resources for such expeditions. They
hunt within a two hour, or less, drive from their homes, often just walking out
their door into the surrounding environment.
While
locacarnivorism is well suited to people who live in rural or remote areas,
with a little planning, city dwellers can often commute to their hunts as well.
What We Plan to Do
for You
At
the LocaCarnivore, we will share with our readers, our experiences, both past
and present, as locacarnivores. We will
bring you useful information on locating and using local hunting areas, as well
as real-world equipment reviews and tests, hunting tactics, animal behavior,
and anything else we find interesting.
Join us each week for exciting locacarnivore adventure. Let’s get started!
the LocaCarnivore, we will share with our readers, our experiences, both past
and present, as locacarnivores. We will
bring you useful information on locating and using local hunting areas, as well
as real-world equipment reviews and tests, hunting tactics, animal behavior,
and anything else we find interesting.
Join us each week for exciting locacarnivore adventure. Let’s get started!
The LocaCarnivore
Saga in 2016
As
I write this, the 2016 general rifle season closed several weeks ago. Snow and bitter cold has descended on the
northern Rocky Mountains and it’s time to look back on an exciting and
productive hunt.
I write this, the 2016 general rifle season closed several weeks ago. Snow and bitter cold has descended on the
northern Rocky Mountains and it’s time to look back on an exciting and
productive hunt.
Here’s
a quick recap. Our season began in
mid-August with a new program the state’s game department developed to reduce
the elk numbers on private land and drive them back onto public lands. Although we gave it a serious try, we found
no elk.
a quick recap. Our season began in
mid-August with a new program the state’s game department developed to reduce
the elk numbers on private land and drive them back onto public lands. Although we gave it a serious try, we found
no elk.
Can’t Find One
Critter, Go Look for Another
Deer,
turkey, and grouse turned out much better with three white tails and a mulie in
the freezer, plus several turkeys and grouse.
Despite spotting a large cinnamon phase boar one morning and a nice
black phase another day, we struck out on black bear for the year.
Experience: The
turkey, and grouse turned out much better with three white tails and a mulie in
the freezer, plus several turkeys and grouse.
Despite spotting a large cinnamon phase boar one morning and a nice
black phase another day, we struck out on black bear for the year.
Experience: The
Most Valuable Commodity
Perhaps
more important than the tags we filled, the things we learned this year proved
invaluable. Both the new shoulder season
and a game damage hunt introduced us to some wonderful ranchers in the area,
and we now have several great new places to hunt which are less than an hour
drive from the old hacienda. Also, we
rediscovered an area just a short hike away which we had ignored for years, yet
it provided a fine mulie buck.
more important than the tags we filled, the things we learned this year proved
invaluable. Both the new shoulder season
and a game damage hunt introduced us to some wonderful ranchers in the area,
and we now have several great new places to hunt which are less than an hour
drive from the old hacienda. Also, we
rediscovered an area just a short hike away which we had ignored for years, yet
it provided a fine mulie buck.
The Take Away
It’s
very important for locacarnivores to get out and meet new people and scout new
areas. Although it is nice to have
favorite hunting places you return to year after year, creating good
relationships with land owners creates flexibility, and flexibility creates
opportunity. If we hadn’t taken a risk
on the new shoulder season program, we simply would not have found so many
turkeys and it’s quite possible we would have gotten one less deer.
very important for locacarnivores to get out and meet new people and scout new
areas. Although it is nice to have
favorite hunting places you return to year after year, creating good
relationships with land owners creates flexibility, and flexibility creates
opportunity. If we hadn’t taken a risk
on the new shoulder season program, we simply would not have found so many
turkeys and it’s quite possible we would have gotten one less deer.
A
true locacarnivore is always hunting in one sense or another. Always on the lookout for new places,
scouting game populations year round, and thinking ahead to future hunts. The meat in your freezer often starts with
leg work done months, sometimes years before the day you shoot an animal.
true locacarnivore is always hunting in one sense or another. Always on the lookout for new places,
scouting game populations year round, and thinking ahead to future hunts. The meat in your freezer often starts with
leg work done months, sometimes years before the day you shoot an animal.
All in All, a
Great Season
No
elk or bear, but nice, tender venison aplenty, enough turkey to last several
holidays, and grouse for variety. All
without pitching a single tent, driving for days, or packing in and out. Now that’s locacarnivorism.
elk or bear, but nice, tender venison aplenty, enough turkey to last several
holidays, and grouse for variety. All
without pitching a single tent, driving for days, or packing in and out. Now that’s locacarnivorism.
Good
Hunting,
Hunting,
L.J.
and M.H. Bonham
and M.H. Bonham
