Big plans for hunting season?

[Stretch]

First time having a bird dog and I have two trips planned to Montana and one to Michigan Upper Peninsula for ruffed grouse and woodcock. Oh yeah might have a trip to ND planned for snow geese and pheasant planned that the wife doesn’t know about yet, have to sneak that one in when she’s wanting something lol. Besides that it back home to Iowa for a lot of duck, geese, pheasant, and quail. Will prolly hang my bow up for the year and just hunt Barrett. I’ve shot more deer than most and a year out of the stand might do me some good. I also have my annual hog hunting trip to Arkansas that might get turned into a combo hunt for hog and duck. Then I gotta take my buddies from Arkansas shotgun hunting back home in Iowa.

[orhunter]

Lose weight and get in shape so I can go hunting. Want to make a trip to ND. Don't know about anything local? Since my deer and elk hunting spot got logged off, I gotta do some looking around.

[greg moyer]

Same as always!! Starting on the first of Sept in Montana and ending five months later chasing chukars in Oregon. Never know where we end up in between!

[greg moyer]

Lose weight and get in shape so I can go hunting. Want to make a trip to ND. Don't know about anything local? Since my deer and elk hunting spot got logged off, I gotta do some looking around.

Harvey I finally gave up on Oregon for deer and elk. Going to be hunting Montana for big game this year. First time and looking forward to it.
Josie doesn't care who kills the birds she has pointed. You are more than welcome to hunt with us anytime. We are mobile and can hunt anywhere and anytime you are available.

[Spindog]

If all goes well.... A lot of Grouse hunting. Finished my cabin up in Northern Michigan last year. All set up for hunting and fishing. The new guy is coming along nice. Just me an him this year. Been a long time since I had just one dog. Plan to concentrate on him and his manners. Feel blessed to have a nice place in the wilderness and a strong healthy dog with what seems to have great instincts. Can't wait for the season to get here. Hope everyone's plans work out.

[J D Patrick]

I have similar plans as stretch,,Montana and Michigan (or elsewhere up north, TBD) but the Montana plans are in modification as they changed Sage grouse a week or so ago.

May have to go earlier as I'm also in the middle of a work change

Then around here It's deer, ducks, etc in NC and SC

Need to check on my annual Louisiana duck trip with some friends down that way

some of it will be flex hunts - planning Texas in Dec/Jan - maybe Oklahoma, Kansas, who knows!!

Going to be a fun season

[bhennessy]

Iowa for quail and pheasant this winter in addition to woodcock here in Louisiana. I’m told quail numbers might be increasing in western Louisiana so I think I’ll head over there too when it cools down.

[jlw034]

Two big plans coming together already.

I've never done a dedicated sharptail and hun hunt, so I think Lena and I are going to the Van Hook Arm of ND, to chase birds and walleye. Just me and the dog, so if anyone on here lives close by, lemme know, maybe we can get a beer.

The Canada trip now has 6 guys going. The logistics are more of a PITA, but I think it will be lots of fun. That's a 48 duck limit per day. Plus geese. Yikes.

[mrelite]

I have been working out 6 mornings a week for the last 1.5 months and will continue on through the summer. Bought a new Triax bow and am shooting daily. I have an archery elk hunt in NM in Sept and I use my excitement to drive me to workout when I would rather not.

Spud and I will hunt our normal agenda of Doves, Waterfowl, Quail and Pheasants in Mo, Ks and Ia. Going to make a couple of 2 day trips this summer to explore some new public areas in IA. I put together a double decker trailer which operates on a winch to lower the top deck to the water level and load/unload the top boat. Have Four Rivers and a MoMarsh layout boats with longtails on both. Hoping our Marshes have water this year and my Brother and I can get some fast action in Teal Season and Ia ducks in October.

I will hunt Sharptails, Prairie Chickens, Pheasants and maybe some waterfowl in SD.

MT, WY, NE are possibilities. Hoping to make a make a trip to Oregon and get into some new species.

Whitetails here are home Sept - Dec according to weather and how easy or not the buck tags get filled. The wife and I have been assembling quadpod and ladder tree stands and we be putting 7 more of them up through the summer. Also have a goal to assemble a couple of the haybale blinds and deploy here at home.

Will be spraying the corn and putting up a hot wire starting next week. If it ever gets cooler with rain I will high clip the clover plots. Bean look good for the moment but desperately need rain.

Yea I am excited too!

Congrats on your elk tag! Where are you headed for your elk hunt? 1st or 2nd hunt? guided or unguided?

I'll start the season with an Gila archery elk hunt on the 1st of Sept, after that I will hunt otc barbary sheep until quail starts in Nov then I'll be going to southern NM to hunt Blues, Gambles and Montezuma and will hunt them off and on until Feb, mid December I will try and do a Kansas pheasant hunt. In January I have an archery Coues deer hunt coupled with a Javelina tag in the Peloncillo mountains.

[AverageGuy]

Wow, you have an excellent fall agenda coming up. I am hunting a unit which butts up to the Gila. Mid Sept. Excited about it.

[mrelite]

Wow, you have an excellent fall agenda coming up. I am hunting a unit which butts up to the Gila. Mid Sept. Excited about it.

I am also pretty excited but more then anything I can't wait to get the dog out hunting and I am pretty sure that he also can't wait! I just hope the lack of moisture and vegetation didn't drastically reduce the number of quail, the drought this winter and spring has been the worst I have ever seen. The good news at least weather wise is that it's starting to improve down south, last week we had some decent monsoon flow and it looks like it may continue and give the elk some needed water and nutrients for the tail end of antler growth, I am headed down next weekend to check cameras and will get to see if any grass is growing or greening up, a month ago there wasn't any green anywhere and most tanks were bone dry.

[RowdyGSP]

Heading to MT for sharptails and huns in September. Then just hunting around here for the rest of the season, most likely. New pup coming around a year from now, so got to keep the expenses down.

[jarbo03]

No plans locked down yet, few things in mind. Possibly back to WY for sage grouse, ruffies, along with ducks and geese. Other option is a trip chasing tunas and hittingvthe oil rigs out of Venice with some buddys, need to get figires out soon. Other than that will be going after chickens, dove, quail, pheasant, ducjs and geese here in Kansas.

[RowdyGSP]

No plans locked down yet, few things in mind. Possibly back to WY for sage grouse, ruffies, along with ducks and geese. Other option is a trip chasing tunas and hittingvthe oil rigs out of Venice with some buddys, need to get figires out soon. Other than that will be going after chickens, dove, quail, pheasant, ducjs and geese here in Kansas.

One of these years I am going to have to hunt Kansas. Always wanted to and bobwhite/rooster hunt sounds like just too damned much fun.

[jarbo03]

No plans locked down yet, few things in mind. Possibly back to WY for sage grouse, ruffies, along with ducks and geese. Other option is a trip chasing tunas and hittingvthe oil rigs out of Venice with some buddys, need to get figires out soon. Other than that will be going after chickens, dove, quail, pheasant, ducjs and geese here in Kansas.

One of these years I am going to have to hunt Kansas. Always wanted to and bobwhite/rooster hunt sounds like just too damned much fun.

Whenever you get the urge just let me know. Sure we can find some birds.