With Spring turkey season lurking just 4 days away what is your choice of weapon when heading out after big California Gobblers? Are you hunting them with your shotgun, or are you looking to drop the sting on a wary old tom with your bow? Here at Relentless we prefer to hunt with our bows out of double bull blinds, but we are not afraid to pull out the trusty 12 ga. and bag a bird or two with the gun as well. What is your preference?
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by Mike Wash
My 2008 California deer season started out like every other year. I always purchase 2 deer tags; one to apply for one of the many premium tags California has to offer and the other for an archery only tag, my personal favorite. The archery only (AO) tag allows me to hunt with my bow for four months of the year, starting in July in with the massive A Zone and continuing thru the D Zones in August all the way till the closing of the rifle seasons in …

by Jim Beutecale
As we rolled onto the ranch nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada’s the sun’s light was beginning to turn black into grey. We could just make out the cold crooked fingers of the oaks, scratching at the sky. Our mood was light and expectant as this ranch has produced many hogs over the past few years. My brother-in-law, Vic Smith, had been the lucky bidder on an access pig hunt donated to the Napa Valley Chapter of Safari Club International. It just so happened that the …

by Richard Drehsen
It all started in June of 2009, when I checked the Department of Fish and Game website, and learned that my dad had drawn a coveted X2 tag. To say we were excited would be an understatement, as we both knew this zone possessed serious trophy potential. I knew that this hunt was going to pose certain challenges for us. My dad is 68 years old and although he is in great shape for his age, he is not as young as he used to be. We also …

by Varmint Al
MY CALLING…. Since I started calling for coyotes near Antioch, CA on three large cattle ranches, not a single cow or calf has been lost to the type of predation and damage coyotes can administer. My favorite call was the Woods Wise Vari-pitched howler, but the mouthpiece broke. Not sure they are still selling them but last I looked some of the major suppliers still have them in stock. You can’t make a decent coyote howl with it, but you can make the most varied hurt jackrabbit to …