2022 Plans?
 

What’s everyone’s plans for this year?

For me it’s all draw dependent. I should draw a WY turkey tag. I have an 85% chance of drawing an Iowa bow tag. I plan on hunting there around Halloween for a week or so. I also applied for a WY Deer tag and will squeeze in a hunt before I go to Iowa around the last week in Oct.

Then I’ll catch the VT rifle and Muzzleloader seasons.

Best of Luck to all.

I'll be hunting Vermont all deer seasons. Good luck in Iowa Rob.

I will hunt whitetail and small game in Ohio.

Whitetail, bear, turkey and small game in PA.

I will apply for PA elk, Kentucky elk, Maine moose, and will put in for points in Wyoming.

I may try to sneak down to Florida and do a goodHog hunt. But that's up in the air still.

-Jake

I will do the annual rifle whitetail season here in Kansas along with small game. If I can find some companions, I might look into a western Kansas pheasant trip. My interest in birds and shotguns has gone way up lately, courtesy of a trap shoot last fall and a purchase of a fine handling over/under in December.

I may try and cash in 19 points in CO for a mule deer and I will hunt mule deer and whitetails here in TX

CO f/ Pronghorn in Oct.

Whitetail, Hog, yote hunting the lake system of SC.
Nov public land hunt whitetails in IL, still looking for that 325.
March trip to Venice for tuna and tile fish.

Looking to book mule and a antelope trips. Any advice would be great appreciated.

Pheasant. Man that would be a great trip. Grew up quail hunting but that is a by gone thing in the SE. Let us know how that goes or if you need extras.

If I draw a deer tag, I'll be deer & elk hunting in Colorado. Turkey, deer, and bear in WV. Turkey and deer here in Ohio.

I found out there is a late season pronghorn hunt in southeast CO that runs the entire month of DEC. I have 3 points and will probably try for that tag.

Turkey to kick everything off. Put in for Elk and Oryx in New Mexico and hoping that my name will be pulled out of the hat for one of em. I'll put in for the elusive elk and pronghorn tags here in OK as well but won't be holding my breath lol. Been putting in for those for 20+ years. As far as western big game I am a novice and hate going at it alone so I have been waiting in vein for friends to commit. I may just have to bite the bullet and start putting in by myself or save a bit up and start looking at outfitters.

Would really like to start some traveling for waterfowl. Hit the NE and NW coasts and down in South Texas.

Just finalized next three year plan. Cashing 25 Colorado elk points on a unit 61 archery hunt this year. Then will split my 8 WY elk points with a buddy for general elk tags there in 2023. Then in 2024 will cash 27 Utah deer points for the lone Paunsagunt archery tag. All these are about guaranteed to draw and will be my go to hunts. Anything else will be gravy. Lots of long shots.

Hunting
 

What rifles are used for big game hunting.

Real big ones!:biggrin:

2022 Red deer Rut has started, hopefully see & harvest a Red Stag this Autumn.

I just put in for a the following in CO: Unit 2 for either sex elk, Unit 2 for buck deer, Unit 145 for buck pronghorn with unit 132 late season for doe pronghorn as a second choice. I will probably get the doe pronghorn since that hunt always has leftover tags. Here in TX I will put in for all the draw hunts for mule deer/javelina/exotics and a couple for doe and management bucks in a few state parks. I will hunt mule deer and whitetails on public land in TX and will hunt doe whitetail on managed land permits in the late season.

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Struck out in the New Mexico draw (was expected, ha) but still on the Pop Management list. Maybe I'll get lucky and get pulled still yet!!

Nothing special for 2022. 2021 consisted of deer here at home base and speed goats in Wyoming, both were successful. I'm going to go with just deer and turkey for this year because in September of 2023 I'm headed to Zimbabwe for cape buff, croc and any plains game I can find.

I can not wait for that hunt.

Buffalo and Crocs, that will be exciting!

Indeed. I booked this hunt last year around this time and the wait is killing me. That said, if I didn't take the time and save my pennies, I wouldn't be able to go anyways.