This is always one of my favorite threads of the year and I couldnt find it anywhere so I thought I'd start it. If thats alright with everyone. Ill add mine later gotta get to work, but in the mean time what are your hunting plans for 2007??
going to northern manitoba for barren ground caribou in sept. if drawn will be doing some elk hunting. whitetails in the backyard. life is good.
Whitetails and turkeys here at home. November whitetails in Nebraska at my brother's.
Maybe javalina in Tex or New Mex with my wife.
Brutus
Last year I was fortunate enough to take an elk hunting trip to CO. Even though this trip was a dream hunt it put a hurting on my regular deer hunting. So, this coming year I plan to do as much deer hunting as I can. For the last 3 years I used only bows and arrows I've made my self...osage self bow(or sinew backed) and hardwood shoot arrows with stone(not of my making) points. I'm hoping this will be the year I make meat with it. If for some reason it doesn't happen, I'll try again the next year or until I do.
Like many have said,"it's the journey, not the destination". Even though this journey is taking a long time, when the destination is accomplished the journey is over!..and I enjoy the journey too much. Pat
Most likely schedule?? Dang I $uck! ; ^ )
March: Mongolia for Ibex
May: ABC Islands Brown Bear
May: Maybe a little bit of black bear?
August: Wrangell Mountain Dall Sheep
Sept: Mtn Goat, maybe something else?
Sept: Wyoming Elk app. is in, 40% draw odds
Sept: If no elk tag, moose or goat or...hmmm?
Oct. Goats if none earlier
Nov. Whitetail in IA or CO????
Winter: Hawaii?
First, Sept in Minnesota for Black Bear(as a guest),then First of October New York for Bear&Deer with Adkmountain Man(as a guest). Later Colorado Elk with my father, if we can find someone to help us with a spot. God willing.
2nd week October Dannaher Valley hunt in the Bob Marshal Wilderness for the big boy of the elk herd with my wife and our guides
Boar in North Carolina in Oct. Small game, deer, turkey here in Ky.
Spring turkey in CO, and maybe WI, Then a hog hunt in april and may, Antelope in August,muledeer and elk the first 2 weeks of september, bear in Maine in october, Wi whitetail first 10 day of November, and Mountain lion the rest of the year.
My brother and I got a bonus point in Iowa so we hope we get drawn this year. Some mighty nice deer up in corn country. Probably go in late October if we get drawn.
It looks like this so far...
Wyoming and ND Pronghorns
ND Mulies
Oregon Blacktails
Illinois Whitetails
Texas Whitetails
Maybe a turkey or two if I can find a spot for Mirriams this Spring.
Claudia
Sounds like some great hunts. Are they all with archery gear?
Claudia,
You are heading towards "Merriams-Central". Several states to choose from within driving distance. The blackhills includingboth SD and WY have loads of them.
May - Brown Bear
August - Dall Sheep
Sept - Goat, Sitka BT, Moose
Oct - Goat, Sitka
Not to Miss
Not as much as some, but a lot for me.
April - Texas Hogs
May - Idaho Black Bear
Sept. - Ontario Black Bear
Oct. - Jan. - Illinois Deer
Maybe some spring Illinois Turkey as well.
Rick
from now until the end of Feb cotton tail (no one doing small game?)
April/May: spring turkey.
August/Sept: elk/mule deer.
Wish I could do more but still have to make a living and keep the family happy.
I just plan to hunt.This past season I couldn't get out because of an injury and surgery.Will definitely be hunting Texas in the fall
Spring, Indiana turkey
August, Sitka Blktail Chicagoff Island
Oct., Indiana whitetails
Oct., Possibly Michigan whitetails
Not likely, but maybe NM elk in Sept. (doubtful)
Woody
Here are my plans for 07!
April and May Spring turkeys. IN, IL, and MO
September Ontario black bear
October, November, December whitetails in IN and IL
And I am hoping to slip a hog hunt in there somewhere as well!
Antlerless deer in northern NY 9/27-9/30. I saved a tag from this license year in order to do so.
My boss has a big year planned with work but I'm lucky he's a bowhunter too so I can run and "play" bowhunter whenever I please. My list as it stand so far:
Mid March, New Zealand for 10 days on Red Deer,
Septemberish, a desert Camel hunt with my mate Ben.
Not much on the books but I've a few other things up my sleeve... :saywhat:
Up to now...
March, Texas for Hogs, Goats, Bunnies & Carp
July/August, Normandy for Wild Boar & Fallow deer (fingers crossed)
October(ish) Hopefully going to South Africa!
Now until March - rabbits & tree rats
April - Spring Turkey
June & July - carp & dog fish
September - tree rats & Hopefull black bear
October - Fall Turkey
October - January - Deer
Or something like that
gobbler - LOL!
If I get off my old duff it should be:
May/June - Bear, both grizz & black locally
August - Dall Sheep if I'm in decent shape in the Alaska range or the TMA if I draw there.
- Caribou (MaComb herd)if its not too warm out of my cabin
- Copper river bison if I'm lucky enough to be drawn
September - Moose/caribou here in Tok area
- late Dall sheep elders hunt if no august success in St Elias Preserve/NP.
November - Winter caribou (40 mIle)if none earlier or the Nelchina in December
John/Alaska do you need an assistant? LOL.
Looks like this so far:
February, Texas, javelina and hogs
April, May, turkeys in Illinois and Iowa
Oct. Whitetails in Illinois.
Looks like I have a lot of room to add stuff!
early Feb.-Texas hogs
late Feb/March-Florida hogs
April/May-Iowa Turkeys
June-Idaho bear
Sept- maybe Idaho elk or Wyoming Antelope or S. Dakota antelope and deer or Wisconsin deer
Oct-Dec.- Iowa deer and maybe Kansas.
Forgot to add Illinois to the deer in Oct.-Dec.
Hey Kelly, where are you going to be hunting in Illinois next year?
March hogs s.e. mo
April turkeys AR.
May hogs texas
rest unknown for now but deer for sure in AR oct - feb.
Tree rats and bunnies till season closes.
Maybe some geese if get the chance
Call some coyotes in feb and jan
SEMO Hog Hung in march
Might try turkeys in the spring
All the fish I get a chance to shoot at in summer
If drawn paddlefish in july
Pheasants and grouse.
Platte river whitetail and sandhills muley
Maybe some niobrara whitetail
Ducks and Geese.
Gonna apply for the bighorn sheep raffle in NE if they have it odds are 2000+ to 1.
And then back to squirrels and rabbits maybe a coon or two.
As of today:
March- Hogs in Missouri
April- Turkey (with recurve, no blind) in Missouri
May - spot n stalk black bear in British Columbia
July - plains game in South Africa
Sept/Oct - my favorite, whitetails in Missouri
Nov - Kansas whitetails again, only if I draw.
There are some great trips posted on this thread. Traditional bowhunters, what a life to live.
Going to try and make the SE Mo hog hunt in March. Then Spring Turkey with some bowfishing throughout the summer thrown in for some fun. And my favorite of all Fall Whitetails.
Spring turkeys in Iowa, and Mo
bowfishin all summer long!!!
Antelope in Wyoming, in August
Black bear in Canada in September
deer in Mo, sept thru jan...
Steve H....I'll trade ya....LOL
Going to be focusing on my son getting his first turkey in April during the Youth turkey season.
Alot of foam animals in the summer.
Mulies in SD in Oct.
My main goal this fall is to get my son his first traditional whitetail.
Indiana Whitetail and turkeys in the fall/winter.
Late Winter geese and ducks.
Sept., elk here in Oregon (got a new secret spot!)
November, my beloved blacktails here during the rut.
Jerry
Sambar deer and pigs on Guam, hope to score on a Sambar, been a long dry spell. Dec. Texas for whitetail and hopefully some pigs and exoctics with 7th Age, hopefully with some other Tradgangers.
Danny
Will head to New Zealand in early August and stay for about 6 weeks :bigsmyl:
Aussie_Longbow, where do you plan to have a go at the Reds?
May, turkeys/carp Illinois
May, carp/Wisconsin
July or Aug, pigs and goats/Hawaii
Sept, moose/Newfoundland
Oct - Jan, deer/Illinois
and hopefully a week of deer hunting in Wisconsin some time in the fall...
March, Texas-pigs ect...
April, Montana Turkey
April-June, Montana Spot and stalk black bear
August-November, Montana, antelope, deer, & elk
December-April, Chasing kitty's in Montana.
(there is a reason for living in Montana)
I don't see much reason to leave home this year unless an opportunity for mule deer or whitetails arise in a quality location. I was looking forward chasing after coastal brown bears again this spring but the wife informed me I was taking her to the Oregon coast during that time period, sorry Steve. :rolleyes: After thinking about it for a couple of minutes (my wife says that is a bad thing-me thinking) there is always a few nice huts in the St. Jude Auction on this site every year, I might get serious about bidding on a couple of them.
Walt Francis
Oh fine Walt, shift the blame to your wife when I get eaten by a brown bear!
Deer season this year is completely up in the air for me. I'm heading off to university and have no idea as to if I even have the mobility to go hunting. I hope so :)
As for the rest of the year; rabbits in february, maybe try calling in some coyotes soon, turkey in the spring and bowfishing all summer.
Hey Walt, if you must do the Oregon coast, stop and see Steve's and my buddy Ben Pinney. He is at dental school in Portland, and no doubt can put you on some good fishing in the spring.
Ben's in dental school??!! Man, he sure grew up fast. Or I've grown old fast. I traded hunting related e-mails with him when he was about 14 or 15!
Jerry
Steve,
I almost had Sue convinced this week that the bears might eat you, so I had to be there, and there is enough air miles so it wouldn't cost much... Unfortunately, she talked to my brother in Portland, who mentioned he had bought a condo on the coast near Newport. Guess who has reservations in Newport?
Kevin,
I might do that; we plan on spending a couple of days in Portland. However, I have to allocate enough time to stop at glass butte for some obsidian, might need some trading materials at Mojam the next time I make it.
Walt Francis
Same as always: Come Fall, chasing my beloved local tricky slickster deer herd, and this Spring, as well as this Fall, HEHEHE, if I'm lucky, a gobbler with huge cataracts on both eyes will come along and mistake me for a stump!!
Spring turkey here,then off to Colorado for a month in June flyfishing/scouting, suffer thru summer here, then back to Colorado for a month of archery elk hunting,back here for archery deer/turkey season.
Fall - Whitetail on the ground here at home
Oct. - Hogs on the ground in NC
M