GRIZZLYONE
New member
What happened to the state of predator hunting in California we are really under assault right now. Been thinking back on my 40 plus years being a member of the old CVCA California Varmint Callers Association. I'm not sure when the founding chapter, the Pasadena chapter started sometime in the 1960's maybe even the late 50's. I joined in the late 1970's. As far as I know the CVCA was the first club of it's kind but I'm not certain.
At one time there were eight Chapters and I was a proud member of Coast Chapter the design on our chapter patch was a coyote on a surf board dodging a bullet. Below is a photo of my club jacket no way in he11 I could ever fit in it now. The requirement was it had to be a tan, light brown, or off white Levis Jacket.
Back in them days there were no seasons on this, seasons on that, no limits and Mt Lions were fair game. Loosing the Mt Lion was the first thing to go. What always struck me as being strange is we were, and still are allowed to hunt at night in most of the state but the way things have been going, I'm sure that will be outlawed soon.
As a young hunter the book in the photo below was the must have hand book for novice predator callers. Written by Jim Dougherty, this book goes over predator calling techniques, guns, loads and covers some the history of the CVCA the predator calling contest and champions. The book also covers some of the Arizona vs California competition hunts that took place on both sides of the border in the area of the Colorado River. I guess what I'm trying to get across is that California was once a predator callers paradise for a long, long time. I miss the old days. Grizz
At one time there were eight Chapters and I was a proud member of Coast Chapter the design on our chapter patch was a coyote on a surf board dodging a bullet. Below is a photo of my club jacket no way in he11 I could ever fit in it now. The requirement was it had to be a tan, light brown, or off white Levis Jacket.
Back in them days there were no seasons on this, seasons on that, no limits and Mt Lions were fair game. Loosing the Mt Lion was the first thing to go. What always struck me as being strange is we were, and still are allowed to hunt at night in most of the state but the way things have been going, I'm sure that will be outlawed soon.
As a young hunter the book in the photo below was the must have hand book for novice predator callers. Written by Jim Dougherty, this book goes over predator calling techniques, guns, loads and covers some the history of the CVCA the predator calling contest and champions. The book also covers some of the Arizona vs California competition hunts that took place on both sides of the border in the area of the Colorado River. I guess what I'm trying to get across is that California was once a predator callers paradise for a long, long time. I miss the old days. Grizz