Planning For Next Year

[Shedrock]

Mountain lion after the first, spring turkey, elk, mule deer, pronghorn, and maybe late whitetail if I draw the extra tag. Nebraska and Missouri deer also. I'm wanting to get back to AZ after Coues deer, but not sure on that yet.

I really want a bobcat this winter also.

[Owlgrowler]

WY elk with my son in Sept. and MT whitetail in Nov, hopefully I draw the tags, I'm cutting way down on NJ hunting and all the stupid permits I've been buying for years.

[rlc1959]

12 Points going in to the AZ Elk Draw. Fingers crossed. 3 Points going in to Iowa Archery Draw . Should be a given. Renewed the Illinois Lease for next year. Several other options in the works. Could be a busy season. Good Luck to All & Happy Holidays. Randy C

[Whip]

In addition to planning for next year I also have future years on my mind as well.  I put in for a number of different preference point options on a variety of animals.  I think I am going to add Iowa and/or another whitetail state to the potential list.  

Also I have gone over all of my stand set ups for here in WI.  Made a map of every one of them and notes about which is good for wind direction/ time of day.  I like to have lots of options, so am planning to add a couple and move a few to different trees.  

Planning is all part of the hunt for me.

[JCJ]

I'll hunt turkeys on my neighbors property this May. Come September I'll start hunting deer again on my property and my neighbors. The real attraction in bowhunting for me is being able to do it close to home and at a moments notice. I have had access to large ranches in Banner and Wolf Wyoming for many years but just never had an interest in traveling there to hunt when I have hunting right out my backdoor.

[T Sunstone]

Hogs February in Texas and maybe a June bear hunt in Canada.  My knees gave me a fit last year ( Lyme ) and I didn't elk hunt but hope to this year.

[Missouri CK]

Whip,

That ND trip looks like one you should repeat!!!  

I wish I was planning an elk trip as well but I'm already getting excited about Bear Quest!

I'd love to share camp with you again some day! Are you planning on going to the traditional archery expo in Waterloo, IA?

[Bowwild]

My buddy and son constantly discuss where we'd like to go beyond our backyards (literally).  God willing I'll hunt turkey in KY and Nebraska and maybe South Dakota this spring.

I have an invitation to hunt black bears in New Brunswick in late May with my son who has never killed bears. I'll only have to cover the cost of getting there and a license -- no guide or outfitting fees -- I'll be hunting with a local.

I would like to hunt Moose for the first time in 2011 but that's a long shot -- expense.  It is most likely we'll apply for WY antelope, UT elk, or hunt elk over the counter in Colorado.

Of course I have every intention of hunting whitetails in KY and IN next fall.

My biggest goal for the 2011 season is to decide, for me, what is the finest hunting bow I can get my hands on. I want this bow to be a fine looking custom with half a rain forest stored in the riser. But most importantly it must fit, be quiet, and pile arrows on top of one another!

I'm trying a bunch of them this first year back to traditional since 1974 and like most of them.

[joe ashton]

this year I'm sure I will draw a colorado both mule deer and elk tags.  I'll also get a bear tag.
In a few weeks I'm head to Tx Javalina hunting with Mahaska...

[ron w]

Going to hunt pigs in S.C. with Ray Hammond in January, then frogging in the spring, stumping and 3-D's and a possible trip for Elk in September. After that just Deer here in New York. Hope to get a trip to Denton Hill or Compton in there also...just for fun!

[coaster500]

Like Whip I'm stacking the points for future hunts...I’ll be in the draw for New Mexico, Wyoming and Montana elk…

I rented a house on the North Shore of Kauai in June (this house is gorgeous and on the river). It was my Christmas present to the kids and my wife and I. While I'm there I'm going to see if I can hunt goats and hogs on the Na'pali coast line. I gave my son-in-law a bow and the two of us will leave the beach to the girls and give it a try.

Maybe if I get drawn in the right place an elk hunt will be in the works also??? We'll see    

[Gary Sorensen]

I plan take a trip to South Dakota to hunt pronghorn.

My wife and I also mountain bike and a while ago set a goal to mountain bike in all fifty states.  Each year we plan a trip to knock off a couple of more states.  I try to combine it with bowhunting some local species.  This year is North and South Dakota.