Game warden or other DFW employee on SF Peninsula for tag validation?

When I shot a bear yesterday, I thought the hardest part would be packing out all the meat and hide. Boy, was I wrong. The hardest part seems to be trying to find a DFW employee to validate the tag and pull the tooth. I called the Fairfield office trying to find a warden on the Peninsula without success. They didn't even give me contact info for any wardens.

Anyone have contact info for a local warden or other DFW employee on the SF Peninsula? Thanks! 

Pics of bear?

Up here you just go to the main office in eureka or the hatchery at blue lake.  No idea about down there.  Might have to travel to an office or fish hatchery.

Congrats Rick!  Bow or Gun?

I'm thinking hard about trying my hand at bear hunting next month, but would use a rifle.

Stuart

Yeah, if it’s during 9-5 when the offices are open, you can just go to the regional office. It was always cool to see trucks pull up to the Monterey office with a bear in the bed.
But if it’s outside of the office hours, then yeah...need to locate a bio or warden. One funny story I heard years ago was a guy called Caltip on himself (pretending to be a concerned citizen) then waited for the warden to arrive LOL.

One funny story I heard years ago was a guy called Caltip on himself (pretending to be a concerned citizen) then waited for the warden to arrive LOL.

Genius!

Last year I hunted up a local warden before shooting a bear. He gave me his phone number and told me to call when need be. Once I had called him he informed me to sit tight and that it didn't need to be done immediately. He met me at my work and we got the deed done.

I ended up getting in contact with a local warden through my buddy and met him at the Belmon field office this afternoon.

Congrats Rick!  Bow or Gun?

I'm thinking hard about trying my hand at bear hunting next month, but would use a rifle.

Stuart

I used a rifle (highly recommend it... with a neck shot the bear dropped instantly, no tracking needed). During archery season I was only able to get on sows with cubs, with the exception of one huge chocolate boar that came in on me while I was field dressing a buck I shot up in B zone. If I were closer to the vehicle I would have arrowed him in a heartbeat.

It seems like the bears have moved off manzanita and cherries and are now focused on acorns as of the past couple weeks. I shot this one high up in the huckleberry oak acorns in D5. He was gorging and had about an inch of snow white fat around his entire body, and his fur smelled like oranges. Should be a great eating animal 

Very nice!
Bear numbers seem to be climbing.  We saw quite a few during archery season too.
Stuart

Awesome!