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Field Notes.
Doug Bell
29 May 1988
the house first. Rode down to the house, picked up Pam.
All four of us rode down to the lower parcels north
of Panther Point. At the bottom the dogs picked up the
scent of pigs. Lots of howling. Also lots of fresh pig damage
on the slopes. We rode fast to try to keep up with the
dogs, but the going was tough. We lost the dogs.
Luther came over from where he was searching, and we
listened real hard - no sound of the dogs. So we thought
we could try the areas where the hounds first wanted
to go (north). At that point a couple hours had passed,
so Pam and I decided to head back to the house. Almost
forgot - saw a Golden Eagle at Panther Point. And Todd
found 6 Mountain-Lion deer-kills at an [illegible] ambush
spot there. As it turns out - later in the day Todd &
Luther doubled-back to Panther Point and picked up the
dog howling. Todd had to go in on foot up the steep
taller slopes to get to the dogs. Fuchsler had chased
about 14 pigs up onto a rocky outcrop. A neighbor,
Larry, had heard the dogs and raced up to the pigs,
waiting for the "hunters" to arrive. Todd & Larry
took aim & fired away. In the ensuing pandemonium
only 2 pigs were killed. The pigs charged the dogs
and hunters immediately. Todd had to fire at his pig
several times before dropping it. They estimate wounding
a couple pigs, too. At the meantime, Maran and I
had left to drive home. Again, I did not see
any Peregrines at Goat Rock. However, down at Redway