It never rains in Southern California.
Well maybe not, but apparently it snows.
A lot.
I sat by the phone, glued to the NOAA weather reports all day yesterday, hoping against hope to get the green light for our hunt. But it wasn’t to be. As of 2:00pm yesterday afternoon, snow was still falling, shutting down not only the roads on the Tejon Ranch properties, but also closing a 40 mile section of Interstate 5, the primary north/south conduit between northern and southern California. Yeah, it’s a big deal. In my last conversation with Barbara Boeck, the lady who coordinates the hog hunts at Tejon, she told me the place was a virtual winter wonderland with several inches of accumulated snow down at the office, with a couple of feet in the hills where we were supposed to be hunting.
Mind you, this is all 40 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. You know… swimming pools, movie stars…
And don’t think the hunt would’ve been a waste. You CAN hog hunt in the snow. Just ask my buddy, Hatchet1 from Jesse’s Hunting and Outdoors.
Anyway, it promises to be a miserable weekend around the home front. To say this weekend’s hunt was much anticipated would be an understatement, and bagging it was not an easy call. But, the bright side is I rescheduled for March, so at least I’ll be hunting soon. And now I have more time to prepare for the SHOT Show!
Luca Brasi
Glad to hear you rescheduled! And WOW – that’s some hog in the pic!