You should be able to find hunts where over the counter tags are offered for that $5,000 budget.
But once again what states are you interested in and do you have any preference for areas in those states? What is your weapon choice, archery or rifle?
Colorado offers a lot of OTC tags where...
You may be a little too late for 2022. A lot of outfitters who hunt on OTC tag units book real early and with this covid thing more and more hunters are booking hunts.
Do you have any idea of what state you want to hunt? Are you just looking for opportunity or a couple of trophies? Horseback...
There was a lady up in Aspen a couple of years ago that was feeding a bear.
When they did a check on her they found her dead with the bear feeding on her. They don't know if she died and then the bear started to feed of if the bear killed her and then started to feed, there wasn't much left...
Right now you can bait everything except for birds. On bears you need to get a permit to bait them which I don't believe that this law will change. For the permit you need to submit a application to the USFS or BLM to be approved or disapproved one way or the other.
This law is pointing more...
The nice thing about the scent gland on a javelina if there is a good thing about it is that it comes right off when you skin them. So if you don't mess with it there will be no problem with it.
But D_Dubya, try smoking the meat very slow for about 7 hours for a whole ham or faster for just...
I usually smoke them over mesquite wood. I have also made ground meat jerky out of them. A friend will fry it up with green peppers and onions.
The bad rap they get as for taste is the smell from their scent gland, but if you don't mess with it the meat will be fine.