What are your goals for 2010?

[Irish Archer]

Pure and simple. Shoot more often and spend more time huntin' in 2010.

[Bowspirit]

Shoot alot, shoot some more, take a spring turkey, maybe a rabbit on the run if that's still happening, do a little bowfishing, spend more time shooting with/against some of the folks on this site, see some friends in the nearby green mountain state, check out one of the big trad events in the region, win the Muzzy....the list goes on...

[kanmatt]

Am returning to south TX to get revenge on a hog and a javelina (elusive little suckers aint they?).  Week long trip.  Last time we went I was still shooting a wheelie bow...so really looking forward to this trip.  Hopefully harvest my first black bear in September during a week trip to Canada with trad gear to boot.  Either way it will be 2 awesome weeks in the wilderness.

[Steve O]

1.  Rio Grande turkey with my TallTines.
2.  Get back into "sheep shape"
3.  Have a safe and successful hunt with my buddy Chimaster in the wilderness of Prince of Wales Island next September stalking black bears and blacktails.

[Altiman94]

1-shoot my recurve solely and become accurate out to 25 yards consistantly
2-harvest a turkey with my bow this spring
3-harvest a deer with my bow this next fall
4-take a deer out of a groundblind
5-shoot some 3-d rounds with my recurve
6-join the local trad bow 3-d league

when i say "bow" i mean recurve bow.  all of the above pertain to my trad goals.

[rappstar]

I have one goal in 2010:  Kill a backcountry bull elk and get it all on video.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Tule Elk tag in my home State CA
Antelope tag in NV
Mule Deer in CA,NV.OR
Blacktail in CA,OR
and if I am real Lucky California Big Horn Tag.

[tradtusker]

Water buffalo, Giraffe with longbow
Get more accurate at 30 to 50 yards.

[Mr.Vic]

1. Become one with my new pronghorn             2. Get Greywolf shooting out to 40 yards         3. Get in shape for hunting Elk trip next August.                                        5. Line up Bait for Bear hunt in September.     6. Find a straight route to New York for Oct hunt with Adkmountainman.                       7. Find a cheap place to hunt Bison.            8. Keep healthy.

[ishoot4thrills]

Okay, here's a lofty goal for sure: to win the IBO Traditional World Championship!    

Well, maybe just to attend the shoot, anyway. Now that's not too high a goal, surely.

[shakeyslim]

to make it to 2011 with bow in hand!
take a kid hunting
kill 3 groundhogs with recurve
hit 10 out of ten quarters in air
get archery in schools involved in trad equipment
learn how to knap a sharp arrowhead

[elknutz]

First trad elk.  I'd be just as happy to call them in for my partner.  I like talking to them as much as shooting them.

[joe skipp]

To become more proficient shooting left handed. Past few years I have been practicing to become a "switch hitter". One of my hunting buddies is left handed and I'm gonna ask to borrow his one piece Fedora. I would like to take a deer this year lefty....

[James on laptop]

Mines pretty simple and the same every year.I hope to have fun and make it to the next hunting season.  

I think I am going to design and build a new hunting bow this year.Build a couple of them and get rid of every other bow I own.Might just shoot the same bow the rest of my life or at least for a whole hunting season.  

[sou-pawbowhunter]

1-To stay healthy. (I just had hernia repair surgery last week)
2-To use my canoe and bow together more.
3-To introduce my daughter to her fathers other love.(bowhunting)

[BOHO]

my only goal is to learn how to shoot a trad bow and take a deer with it this next fall. if I dont learn to shoot it as well as I'd like though I'll be hunting with the compound again.

[Earl Jeff]

If you find he Joe see if she has a sister and shoot me an e-mail  :D

[wtpops]

1. elk hunt, first one is planed for august/september 2010

2. Lose another 30 pounds, this is for the elk hunt. Already lost 25.

3. Put some more hogs in the freezer, love that hog hunting

4. Im even thinking of deer hunting for the first time in 20 some odd years, might get a mulie tag to go with the elk.

5. Last but not least, get my hunting bow set up and leave it alone, i have a big problem with tinkering and it never fails,it always messes me up.

[George D. Stout]

Eatin' hogs is tough on losin' weight 8^).  Good luck to you wtpops.

I wan't to stay healthy; buy my lifetime Pa. hunting license; and find a Custom Kodiak at a flea market with a $50.00 tag on it 8^).

[Dick in Seattle]

Well, I'm with George on the weight thing, and doing well so far... losing slow but down from 210 to 188 and aiming to try to hit 180 by summer.  

Other than that, I have winter bow building goals. I plan to explore the wonders of take down bows. I'm currently building my first one, Connexion hinge, then I want to try a glass sleeve bow and then my first three piece. New techniques to learn.

    I'm stuck right now... a record low 17 degree day in Seattle and no heat in the shop. The bow is all laid up and ground to a blank, and I've done a practice installation of the hinge on an old riser from a broken bow, but can't get back at it till the temp gets up to at least 40.  
(If anyone is interested in the hinge thing, I webbed the practice installation as a "hinge-a-long":

     http://oldpharttsarchery.com/bowbuilding/connexionhinge/connexionhinge.html   )

The purpose of playing with the take downs is to have bows that can fly with me.  Having hunted once, man, I want to do it again!  I'd like to get two javies next year, and maybe try hogs.

Naturally, as many 3D's as I can get to, starting with Moses Lake.

This was a great year.  I can only hope the Good Lord lets me have another like it.