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Hog Canyon

Due to a sudden change in management we will no longer be offering guided wild pig hunts on the Jack Ranch. The new management has decided to stop the hunting operation on the Jack Ranch.

All of the Guides at Jack Ranch Hunts are very sorry about this sudden change and thank you for your support through all the years.

If you have a hunt booked on the Jack Ranch and have not been contacted yet, please contact us for your refund of deposit.

Or you may want to schedule a hunt on the Work Ranch or the new ranch we are currently setting up:

Vineyard Wildlife Ranch

On the Work Ranch, we have a cross of Feral and Russian wild boar that have fully reverted to the wild. The Russian boars were imported for the San Carlos Ranch in Monterey County by George G. Moore in 1926. Over the years they have interbred into what we have today, but have retained both the looks and disposition of their European cousins. These pigs are lean and muscular and can obtain speeds up to 30 m.p.h. They have great agility and can maneuver through brush and open terrain with great ease. An average pig weighs in between 150 and 180 pounds. An adult boar stands about 30 inches tall and weighs between 200 and 300 pounds. They are covered with a thick armor plating around the shoulders and develop tusks sometimes in the excess of three inches in length. The wild pig is a formidable foe; fierce, intelligent and always dangerous at bay. You are required to use a rifle of not less than .25 caliber (.270, 30-06, or 7mm mag are preferred). Rifles should be sighted in at 200 yards. If you wish to hunt with a handgun, we prefer you use the 41 44 mag caliber. Handguns shoud be sighted in at 50 yards.

We use a 4x4 vehicle to get around on the ranch. We also hike to spot and stalk game. No dogs are used. A Guide will be provided for every group of 3-4 hunters. Your Guide will recover your game, skin, clean and split your pig so that it is ready for processing. Your pig will then be stored in our walk-in cold box until you are ready to leave. Bring along a 120 quart ice chest chilled down with ice to transport your game.

Normally our pig hunts are for 2 days; 2 mornings and 2 evenings. If you get your pig early on in these 2 days, you are welcome to stay and do some varmit hunting. All hunters are required to have a valid hunting license and tags. Pig tags are nontransferable and that means you cannot share or sell the tags to another hunter. All state and local laws will be followed and safety is stressed at all times.

Photo by Bob

Recently a condor was sited on the Work Ranch.

We encourage all hunters to use Barnes-X Bullets.

Most common ammunition brands use lead which fragments on impact of wild game.

Condors injest left-over remains of wild game carcasses and may suffer lead poisoning as a result.

Federal now reloads the Barnes-X Bullets and they have them available in most sporting goods stores.

The "Lead-Free Law" went into effect July 1, 2008.

Custom Cartridge, Inc. is located in Goleta, California.

They can provide you with a wide variety of loads utilizing the Barnes-X bullets or thier patented frangible bullets.

Visit their web site: www.customcartridge.com

or call (805) 967-1138

Each person should dress according to the weather. It can be cold in the mornings and evenings, and warm in the middle of the day.

Click on the weather icon (below) to see the extended forecast.

Bert & Kris Claassen

77502 Hog Canyon Road

San Miguel, Ca 93451

(805) 467- 3262

itllbok@tcsn.net