Tim Lockwood and His Career Path

Having enjoyed hunting all his life, Tim Lockwood, owner of Lockwood Hunting Services, chose to become a hunting guide as a means to pay his way through college. However, as his name made its way around the industry and the guiding took off, in

2004 at the age of 23, Lockwood quickly realized what his career path was going to be.

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Specialties and Packages of Lockwood Hunting Services

Today, Lockwood Hunting Services specializes in hunting both blacktail deer and wild pigs in Mendocino, California. Offering two different packages, a client can choose to participate in either a fully guided hunt, or upgrade to a fully outfitted hunt offering meals and lodging as well. With private land access, Lockwood Hunting Services is confident they can put a client on record class animals.

Hunting Seasons and Requirements in Mendocino

While pig season runs year round in Mendocino California, archery deer season runs 23 days starting the second Saturday in July followed by the general season opening the second Saturday in August running 44 days. To hunt one of these species, a client would simply need to purchase an over the counter tag form a sporting goods store.

Impact of COVID-19 on Hunting Seasons and Adaptations

In March, shortly after attending a sports show in Southern California, Lockwood realized his hunting season was going to be affected by COVID-19. “We noticed the attendance was extremely slow and we booked nothing which was extremely rare for us,” said Lockwood. Following the show, Lockwood received roughly 30 cancelations on pig hunts throughout the entire spring. “We didn’t have a single hunter from mid March to early June,” Lockwood said.

Lockwood chose to make the best of a bad situation. With no clients and his daughter home while schools were shut down, “We just played on the ranch.” said Lockwood. “We practice falconry and recently picked up a new hawk so we were working with him and hunted with him everyday then we would go scouting for game just like we were getting ready for hunts.”

Finally, in late June, Lockwood received a rush of pig hunters. “I think people were getting stir crazy,” said Lockwood. In reaction to COVID-19, many hotels in the area of Lockwood Hunting Services had been shut down, however, Lockwood says, “we have cabins here the hunters can stay in.”

With several weekends still open in October and all of November and September wide open, Lockwood encourages clients to come down and enjoy prime pig hunting on private property. For more information, visit www.lockwoodhuntingservices.com

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