Goals for the upcoming deer season, personal, and group goals.
02-17-2006, 02:33 PM
#41
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 590
RE: Goals for the upcoming deer season, personal, and group goals.
Goals!
1 - To get my first 300 bull with my bow.
2 - To get a whitetail of 131 netor better ( I have 140 and 129, so 131
would make my top 3 400. I hit 600 for my top 5 last year.)
3 - To see my brother get a really big buck. He's a great hunter, but
with family obligations doesn't get to do as much dedicated trophy
hunting.
4 - Tosee my nephew get his first deer, this will be his first year
hunting.
If I fulfill either 1 or 2, plus 3 and 4 it will be an A+ season.
1 - To get my first 300 bull with my bow.
2 - To get a whitetail of 131 netor better ( I have 140 and 129, so 131
would make my top 3 400. I hit 600 for my top 5 last year.)
3 - To see my brother get a really big buck. He's a great hunter, but
with family obligations doesn't get to do as much dedicated trophy
hunting.
4 - Tosee my nephew get his first deer, this will be his first year
hunting.
If I fulfill either 1 or 2, plus 3 and 4 it will be an A+ season.
02-17-2006, 04:05 PM
#42
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 10
RE: Goals for the upcoming deer season, personal, and group goals.
My decision to take up hunting as a hobby next season is really just a facet of my overlying objective of becoming a competent and self-sufficent outdoorsman. My family was never the outdoorsy type, so I got a late start on learning. I don't necessarily want or need to be an expert in every outdoor activity, but currently, I'm only a novice at most. So my goals over the next year are simple.
1. To enjoy my first hunt with my father in law, and take my first deer.
2. To be able to walk through Bass Pro Shops and logically seperate the hunting and fishing items that I "need" from what I NEED (i.e. I "need" an over under, a bow set-up, and a muzzle loader; I NEED to finish my first hunter education course, and learn everything I can about my first rifle.
3. To be able to identify "the look" up to 50% faster when my wife is tired of hearing about how I can't wait to go on my first trip (null and void if discussion occurs in aforementioned Bass Pro Shops).
These techniques may be second nature to a seasoned hunter, but, believe it or not, I've already come a long way from ground zero (and having my wife buy me my first sleeping bag).
1. To enjoy my first hunt with my father in law, and take my first deer.
2. To be able to walk through Bass Pro Shops and logically seperate the hunting and fishing items that I "need" from what I NEED (i.e. I "need" an over under, a bow set-up, and a muzzle loader; I NEED to finish my first hunter education course, and learn everything I can about my first rifle.
3. To be able to identify "the look" up to 50% faster when my wife is tired of hearing about how I can't wait to go on my first trip (null and void if discussion occurs in aforementioned Bass Pro Shops).
These techniques may be second nature to a seasoned hunter, but, believe it or not, I've already come a long way from ground zero (and having my wife buy me my first sleeping bag).
He usually takes 3-4 deer a season.
02-20-2006, 07:16 AM
#45
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,606
RE: Goals for the upcoming deer season, personal, and group goals.
My goal is to enjoy hunting 2 new areas to me. 3 of us have a self guided trip to Colorado for elk and then we are going to try Ohio for deer.
02-20-2006, 01:49 PM
#46
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
Posts: 7,368
RE: Goals for the upcoming deer season, personal, and group goals.
My most important goal is to wear my full body harness EVERY time I hunt. I have a tendancy not to wear it when I'm only hunting a half day because I won't nod out. It's the all day hunts where I tend to nod, that's why I got it. I know it's just gambling when you don't wear it!
