What would you do?

[Keb]

Say you and your buddy hunt together some, but with life work and kids, it gets tough. You talk him into buying preference points in iowa to go when we have enough points. It's public land, I picked ground closer to his home, he has more stuff going on, never set foot on it yet. We got 2 points.

You call and text no answer, you go ahead buy a non resident turkey tag and license, it was a left over so they go quick. You plan on going to hunt and scout, still no word from your friend. You call weeks later, to see if he is still interested, he calls back, they have a few tags left. He can't go then turkey huning, but wants to come camp and scout for scout for next year, he is to busy this year to put in or a deer tag, with kids ect.

Do you wait another year, or just go this year without him.

[McDave]

From the way you wrote it, it sounds like he wants to come along and check things out while you hunt. I've done that before with my brother in law in New Mexico when I haven't drawn and things have worked out fine. I think you should hunt whenever you can.  Life's too short, and next year something might come up where you can't hunt for some reason.

[Bowwild]

I see no problem with going and the buddy going along for the fun and, like he said, scouting.

If it were a big game hunt I might consider waiting for a year when my buddy could go with rather than burn the preference points.

[Vig]

Go hunting.  Too often I'm that friend... the one with work, kids, etc.  I like making grand plans of out of state hunts and camps and once in a lifetime opportunities.  But, the reality is my responsibilities and my priorities are my own family--even at the cost of a hunt.  So go hunt, leave your buddy at home and don't make him feel bad for not going.

Vig

[MnFn]

You know your friend better than me, but.. I have friends who will say they are going hunting next year but when next year comes around they always have a reason why they can't go.  It has happened to me at least twice- primarily elk hunting trips to CO, but also last weekend deer hunting trips.

With one guy, I don't even ask anymore.  With the other there are mitigating circumstances;  he always will get a pass from me.  

If  I waited for both of them to go to Colorado for elk, I would probably never go.  I  personally would try to find another compatible hunter, but would go by myself if I had to. Who knows what will happen by next year? The future is guaranteed to no man.

[Keb]

I may have not explained it the best, he wants to scout for deer for next year, I kinda agreed, but I have made steps to go this year prior to hearing  from him, after numerous failed attempts.

I plan to use the turkey hunting and scouting to prepare for this fall, but did not want to sound like a butt, and say look I tried to call you, been waiting 3 years for this tag, going with or without you.