Do you have a yearly "Game Plan"?

ivorytip · Jan 10, 2016

jan-yotes
feb-yotes
march-sheds sheds sheds!!!! fishing becomes the best of the entire year
april- sheds sheds sheds!! and bear hunting, continue fishing ice cold open waters.
may-still fishing and finding sheds, begin mow season
june-sep-, work my arss off to pay for falls money hole.
sep-dec-hunt!!

Fink · Jan 10, 2016

Every time I make a plan, the plans change.. But my year pretty much looks about like this:
January: shooting honkers
February/March: Canada's, snow geese, turkey scouting and shed hunting
April may: Kansas and Missouri turkeys
June/July/August: dog training, scouting and fishing
September: elk somewhere, Missouri teal
October: Missouri bow hunting
November: the rut! Greenheads
December: lots of greenheads

The wife a few days ago: "there really isn't an off season for you, is there?"
Me: "well, like February 15-March 1. And maybe a little bit in July"

mallardsx2 · Jan 11, 2016

January-Snowshoe Hares, Goose/Duck, Coyotes, Flintlock Deer
February-Bobcats with dogs/Squirells with dogs/ Coyotes with dogs
March-Crow Hunting
April -Crow Hunting/Trout Fishing
May-Spring Gobbler/ Bow Fishing
June-Bow Fishing
July-Bow fishing/Woodchucks
August-Woodchucks
September-Goose Season/ Elk Season
October-Whitetail Archery
November-Whitetail Archery/Black Bear
December-Rifle Deer/Squirrels with dogs/ Ducks Geese/Later Season Western Muzzleloader

Timberstalker · Jan 11, 2016

January- strategize, apply for hunts and get fat
February- start looking for shed hunting spots
March-shed hunt when I can, start loosing winter weight
April-Jeep stuff
May-work on Jeep/camping season starts
June-race Jeep, get Oregon draw results, camp
July-scout and camp with family
August-scout and start bow hunting elk
September- bow hunt elk rifle hunt deer if tags are drawn
October-rifle deer (depending on draws)
November-bow hunt Blacktail
December-start gaining weight again.

B&C Blacktails · Jan 11, 2016

January- Steelhead fishing, Mushrooming, Squirrels quail and ducks, scout for turkeys. public land pigs (tough)
February- Steelhead, Shrooms, Scout for turkeys, pigs. Plan out of state hunts
March- Steelhead, Shrooms, Turkeys and pigs. Finalize out of state and in state plans
April- Steelhead just about over, Shrooms, Spring bass and trout, Turkey, shed hunting
May- Turkey, Sheds, Shrooms, bass and trout
June- Receive hunt applications plan some more, Shrooms bass and trout
July- Scout Scout Scout. Always bring a small trout rod up in the high country. Spring Salmon
August- Scout, Bow season starts. Mushrooms are back. Summer steelhead
September- Bow/rifle hunt, Mushrooms. Fall steelhead and salmon. Grouse and quail
October- Rifle Deer and elk too I hope, Shrooms, salmon and steelhead, Grouse and quail
November- Turkey, Quail, ducks, Salmon and steelhead. Shrooms. Check out winter range
December- Quail and squirrel, ducks. Shrooms.

All year spending time geeking it up on google earth and to plan out of state hunts

Hycntryhtr · Jan 12, 2016

Jan- ice fish, killing dogs, research states/ units I want to hunt, shoot my bow, work out, AZ archery hunt
Feb- Put in for some draws, kill dogs, ice fish, shoot my bow, 3D season, work out
March- start looking for early sheds, 3D shoots, shoot my bow work out, apply for tags
April- maybe turkey hunt, sheds, sheds, shoot my bow, 3D shoots, work out, apply for tags
May- sheds, check draw results, 3D, shoot my bow, fish, work out
June- dream about sept, shoot, 3D, sheds, workout, maybe fish, shoot my bow
July- still dreaming about sept, thinking about antelope archery, shoot, workout, scout, camp, testing gear
Aug- shoot, workout, shoot more, workout, chomp the bit for antelope, daydream nonstop about bugling Bulls
Sept- workout, shoot, chase bulls and velvet bucks, repeat
Oct- play good husband, help buddy's with rifle tags, shoot, workout, guide some guys from ky, think about sept
Nov- shoot, workout, watch deer in the rut, think about sept, help buddy's with rifle tags, shoot some ducks
Dec- think about sept, start doing application research shoot, workout, dream about sept, go on a cow hunt..
I need to get a life.. I'm really predictable

tim · Jan 12, 2016

January thru December ride bikes
December thru may - snowmobile
may-September-river run and mtn bike a lot
sept-November, go buy some tags and hunt
way more to do in the mountains than just hunt or prepare for hunting.

NDMuliejunkie · Jan 12, 2016

Jan-march- ice fish, shed hunt, coyote hunt
April- snow goose hunt
May- Aug- fish and run trail cams
Sept- early goose hunt and bow hunt
Oct- pheasant, duck, goose archery
Nov- rifle and bow hunt
Dec- pheasant bow hunt

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go_deep · Jan 12, 2016

January thru December-Kill stuff, and eat stuff that I killed.

highcountryhoy · Jan 20, 2016

My goal is to put 100 miles on my boots between January 1-Aug 20 (archery opener)
I work a ton but when I'm home my goals are:
January: spend time glassing winter grounds, observing buck/herd quality
Feb: start diving into Google Earth, glassing winter grounds looking for bucks that have shed, (if snow is gone) start shed hunting a bit with the kids
March: shed hunting pretty hard, getting some hiking in with the family up to about 5000'
April: birthday month, beg the wife for gear, start going through gear for repair/replacement, about this time I narrow my possible high country hunt areas down to 3 or 4 via google earth
May: snow should be gone up on top of the mountains, so I'll start putting in some overnight glassing trips with minimal gear, start comprising a "hit-list", possibly hanging a few cams
June: I shoot my bow 12 months a year at least every other day. around the first of June I'll usually snag some new arrows and adjust any sighting issues, more overnight glassing trips, and narrow down the areas I plan to stay the first week of archery down to 1 or 2
July:spending time with the family, but getting up on the mountain to watch my hit list bucks every possible chance I can.
August: i'll plan to spend the first 5 days of the archery hunt on the mountain at 8500-9000 ft. If I get lucky, ill find a deer that id like to hang my tag on before then. Im overly picky and have let several 130-140" deer pass resulting in tag soup
Sept-Dec: depending on the tag I may continue to bow hunt on the muzzy and rifle hunt, or i'll spend this time helping out friends that have drawn, following forums and (HOPING) to be waiting on a mount from the taxidermist

FitToHunt · Jan 25, 2016

No, I need one. Everything I want to hunt is in September. A guy has to travel a long long way from Seattle to come across any decent hunting that doesn't have a million other dudes. Great fishing area. Crappy for hunters.

kiwi · Jan 26, 2016

I like to keep it simple

Jan - Dec = hunt red deer, and a few chamois & tahr.
Sept = Hunt elk, mule deer / pronghorn in WY or near by.

Horsenhike · Jan 26, 2016

kiwi said:
I like to keep it simple
Jan - Dec = hunt red deer, and a few chamois & tahr.
Sept = Hunt elk, mule deer / pronghorn in WY or near by.

That Jan-Dec plan is pretty awesome.

PlainsHunter · Jan 26, 2016

Jan - September- Think about hunting and plan for hunting while going fishing a few times.
September- Dec- Go hunting as much as possible and burn all my vacation days

Greys0n · Feb 7, 2016

Every time I make a plan, the plans change

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