RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

shed hunt. shed hunt, and shed hunt in that order. Also yote hunting, indoor shooting and working as much extra as I can so I can take off for hunting season.

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i never have much luck shed hunting i usually just find one when im riding my 4 wheeler in tall grass and my tire pops and i look and i find a shed:D
last year i just sat in my stand and watched deer. even if your not shooting them seeing them is darn enjoyable. whenever i see deer, even if im driving or whatever, not hunting i still get a little adrenaline rush!

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We have done Foster Care for teens several years & i figure out things for our kids to do that lets them be kids. Spent weekend at hotel& they swam & used the workout room & we all ATE out. Just little getaways. Winter Water PArk weekend.Hopefully a winter fishing trip where it's warm during their school spring break (March) & maybe a Javalina/hog Bowhunt for me.I plan my off season hog Bowhunts in Tx or Oklahoma-revamp my Bowhunting equipt. & get the kids that are interested into shooting a Bow.
I am retired from regular work, work so we have lots going on.

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Trap shoot , rod and club is open on sundays.Hang out with the family,check out different gear that I might change out on my bow for
next year.Good time to ask permission to hunt on someones land.

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Ice fishing, some squirrel hunting. I use to throw In 2 different dart leagues but that came to an end this year. Next year I might get back Into It, I miss It big time! Most of my time In the winter gets sucked up cutting and splitting wood for the following winter. It's allot of work but It's gotta get done.

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Josh...curious. What setup do you have for small streams like that? I'm looking to get into flyfishing, but I'm debating between going with a 5wt or 3-4wt, because I fish smaller streams like that often, and I would imagine having a smaller 5'6" to 6'6" 3-4wt would be ideal, but would also be a bit tough to cast in more open water.


Anyways, for me, I shoot, work on my bow, lift (year round really), do some outdoor photography, scout, etc. Lately, though, all I'm doing is house buying paperwork/meetings[&:]

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

Put as many miles on this as the weather allows.

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Winter- Waterfowl and Predator Calling
Spring- Turkey, Hiking, Bowfishing
Summer-Bowfishing
Fall-Bowhunting

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

ice fish or shoot techno hunt - for those who dont know what it is its a video screen with animals on it

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Do all the work around the house I've been ignoring since October.

Oh you said fun....

Family time. Computer games. Squirrel/rabbit hunt with bow. Trout fish.

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Since I live in the south, I'm not limited much by the weather. One of the states I hunt in, Arkansas, has a deer and turkey archery season that goes through 2/28. Unfortunately, this is the busiest time of the year for me, work wise, so my opportunities are limited until February.

I also like to look for sheds and rub lines before everything starts growing again.

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Ice Fishing! Love it. Caught over 200 blue gill and 12 bass in 2 weekends. Love to eat bluegill. Also, coyote and rabbit hunting.

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i do some yote and rabbit hunting. that usually holds me over until spring turkey hunting.

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Rip it up in Austria on my snowboard.

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well as a wrestling coach im always busy with that but on weekends i hunt whatevers in season...right now theres still squirrels, rabbits, yotes, coons maybe. i need to consult the book

i also love takin the yamaha 350 grizz out for snowy rides in the river bottoms to scout for next year

RE: What do all you bowhunters do for winter fun?
 

Bow hunt until February 1st. Rabbit hunt until February 28th. Attend Deer and Turkey Expo Shows. Shed hunt until Turkey Season. Bring on the Spring!

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I buy new guns & bows in the off season...:D

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shoot tree rats and coyotes

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I guess you would call it winter here haha!! I small game hunt. I went saturday with my cousin and it was 27 deg. when we got out of the truck!!! Now thats cold!![&:]:D

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Our outdoor 3D season starts this Sunday, so I am starting to shoot my 3D bow. I will spend almost ever Saturday between now and the first of April scouting and shed hunting. I shoot in two indoor leagues during the week, they will be starting up in the next week or so.

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Ride the deer woods on a sled..

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Off season is usually home improvement season for me. Working on refinishing our wood floors now. I wish I was a hell of a lot shorter though, those floors are a long way away!

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How about - DEER HUNTING ! Our rut starts about this week! I'll be in the stand Saturday AM when the public land reopens where I'm hunting. :D

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little ice fishing
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and some fooling around in the snow

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Snowmobile a lot right now.. Again record setting snow levels in Northern Idaho, we already have over 80 inches of accumulation... looking like record highs again over 120 inches predicted for the winter..

Shed hunting when the snow melts in the spring.. We are getting dumped on Sat but havent had snow for a week..so I am gonna shed hunt Friday afternoon for the first time this year before the big snow hits.

Cougar hunting right now, went last weekend, going again in two weeks.

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You've got to let me know how that is. Looks like it could be an incredible adrenilin rush. At least a huge physical challenge if nothing else.

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well Rybo its a completely different type of hunting.. Hounds do all the work for us and we tromp through the snow to get to the tree'd cat, really steep country down in Hells Canyon and Salmon River Canyon were I am hunting cats.. Extreme conditions in many ways, but really high adrenaline when those hounds get a cat tree'd ...snow was really poor this past weekend..old and crusty and deep..we needed a fresh snow we only cut one good track all weekend.. going back for more though.. We used snowmobiles to get around on the snowed in logging roads.. lots of fun