got 2005 Bowhunting plans ?
 

Time of year to be planning fall hunts, isn't it ? I've got a KS hunt planned, I'll be putting in for a tag, and I have 2 landowners that draw for landowner tags and 1 has a PP. Its my big hunt this year - looking for a buck over 150" if I can get close enough and make the shot with my recurve. First week of November ........ can't wait 'til it gets here.

What do ya'll have planned ? Elk ? Bear ? Deer ??

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i have lots planned:D
1. turkey spring(now):D
2. bear may
3. bear sept. 3-5
4.elk sept.6-13
5. antelope archery sept. 15-17
6. deer archery sept. 17-30 evenings, days off!
7. elk oct.1-2
8. antelope, mule deer rifle oct. 3-6
9. oct. 10- dec. 30 2nd deer tag, and a few doe tags:D
so i will have a excting year!

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May , Brown & Black Bear :D

August , alpine hunt for Sitka Blacktail:D

September , Mt. Goat:D

September , Caribou :D

November, Sitka Blacktail :D

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October: Archery Deer
November: Caribou

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DANG ! You guys got some serious plans. I have a rifle mule deer hunt planned - so I get 2 out of state hunts and hunting in Arkansas, and I'm not going to complain.

Alaska1171 I am jealous of you though ;)

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I'm planning a low budget bear hunt in Maine this fall. Aside from that I have access to 100,000's of acre of public/mulituse land. I just hope family comitments don't keep me out of the woods like they did last fall.

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Let's see here....... I'm going to....

1. Play with my new baby boy that should be here September 1st
2. Play with my 3 year old boy
3. Keep "mamma" happy
4. Just hope to get some hunting time in during the rut......:(


My time in the field will be cut down big time this year......But it's a sacrifice I will take in order to add one more boy to the ranks of future bowhunter!!!!

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In this part of Ohio there isn't many deer except in one very large park which is off limits to hunters. I don't think they care much for us (I know they don't). The good news is, through good fortune I have just been given permission to hunt in a small woods on it's border. The deer die of old age there. It's going to be touchy but I think if no one but the land owner knows I'm there, all will be well. The possibilities are enormous. Literally.

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I have plans for just my normal deer hunting and defending Elite 8's title. I do plan on making one hunt a kill feast. I'm bringing with me 6 arrows and plan on dropping 6 deer in one morning.

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heck i start thinking about when i'm going to hunt about as soon as the season gets over. I already have at least two places in kentucky that i'll hunt while i'm on break from school.

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Alot of local WI hunts, someday hopefully to Canada with my father!:D

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99% sure that I will be on an elk hunt in New Mexico with my bow in early September. This should be a heck of a good hunt!!

Then the rest of the fall in far northern WI.

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Seems how I am in the Coast Guard. I only get about one good hunt in a year. Along with some weekend stuff. But I am stationed in Washington now.. So, I along with two buddies are going back to my spot in Idaho on a three week long elk and mule deer hunt. It should be great! I have taken five elk from this very spot and can't wait to walk those ridgelines once again!!

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turkeys now, and its been eventful. going bear hunting in a couple weeks

this fall, took 2 weeks vacation first of september, elk for sure, deer too, all in wyoming. bear hunt in minnesota in there somewhere. antelope and deer here until oct. 1, then swap hunters here for 5 days of deer/antelope. then, god willing, ill draw that vermont moose tag and be on the way. also looking at a short arizona coues deer hunt in late october, and maybe missouri for big whitetails if i can squeeze it in..
would like to go back to ohio for whitetail in december muzzleloader if i can get the time.

and of course, all of the above depends on whether i draw a moose, sheep, or goat tag here in wyoming, and i dreamt that i drew the goat tag, so that must be a sure thing
brad

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Archery Elk hunt in September. I might even archery hunt Antelope?
Rifle hunt Antelope in october.
Rifle hunt Deer & Elk October & November

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Well lets see......

First week in September doves open.

Fall turkey in October.

Archery deer October - January.

Begining of November quail and pheasant open.

Ducks in late November.

Shotgun/pistol deer in November.

Coyote all year round.

Really nothing new. I have a bear/cougar hunt on the back burner for next fall with my wife's cousin. He is serving in Iraq now but is due home in December. He lives in Idaho and has some connections with outfitters. He had this hunt set up for us for this fall but duty called.

God bless him and all who serve and have served. I pray he comes home safe.

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Turkey hunting in about 2 weeks here in RI and probably Connecticuit. Bowhunting for whitetail in RI this fall and possibly connecticuit. I have some land lined up in KS for a bowhunt, but I'm not sure if I can make the trip and coordinate the landowner transfer, etc. If I don't do the KS trip this year, theres always next... I may do the local firearms seasons for whitetail as well.

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Turkeys in a little over a week.
Fishing Lake Ontario for lakers & walleye in June.
Going to the Finger Lake region of NYS on a bowhunt in November.
Then, just my regular MA & CT bow hunting & shotgun/muzzleloader in MA.

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First up is Spring turkey in Vermont the first weekend in May, and PA the following week. Both will be hunted with a bow and shotgun. Will be calling for 2 other guys too so I should get some good time in the woods because there are 6 tags between the 3 of us that I need to do the calling for.

Also will be taking the Nov 5th to 13th off down in Bradford County, PA for the last week of Archery (rut time) and staying in the family mansion down there as a vacation. I will also hunt NY in it's Albany County bowhunting only "Pine Bush" zone for deer, and in Rutland County Vermont for archery and rifle season on weekends this fall. It's funny, because I live in NY but am yet to hunt here. This archery season will be my first time in their area. I always seem to travel to hunt, it will be nice this year to slip out after work to hunt during the week.

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I got a trip planned to Illinois but that's it. Out of state deer licenses are getting so high that this will probably be my last year. I am pretty ticked about the rate hikes so I am going to start going on turkey hunts instead.

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Congrats on the new addition!
The rest of your plans sound the same as mine.

I do plan on some changes this year with my choice of weapon. Stay tuned!;)