What do you have ready for the season? What do you have to do yet? Done: Bow is sighted in, tuned and shooting well. About 5 stand locations prepped and ready to go. Hunting Arrows have BH's mounted, spin tested and lighted nocks on. All of my gear purchased (I think). To do yet: Plant fall food plots. Get D loop replaced Have about 3 more stand locations to prep. Wash clothes before the season.
Done: All of my gear purchased (yeah, right!) To do: Continue getting in shape Incrementally increase draw weight Get comfortable shooting out to ~80 yards Use, familiarize, break in all my new gear for DIY elk Wash clothes before the season hang stands in WI, MI, and IN
Done - climber bought stands hung plots in cameras out To do - shoot more get used to climber buy new clothing scout new pieces of ground more thoroughly
Done - Food plots are in. New string on the bow. Arrows are fletched. Still to do - Finish hanging stands. (Have two more to hang) Tune the bow. Finish buying gear. (Still have a few pieces of Sitka that I am waiting to come in stock) Get my mobile hunting set up ready. Fall plots
Done Sighted in with field points Drew tags Purchased new BH, string To Be Done Scout a couple of target areas BH tune
Got my water holes in, planted some apple trees as well. Still gotta clear my fall food plot. The farmer hasn't got the early hay down yet because of the rain so my one farm might not have beans this fall. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
Done: Pretty much nothing. :D We do have about 8 stands at the lease that are hung, trimmed and ready to go. Not Done: Figure out what arrow/broadhead combo I'm going to hunt with Get Chill R tuned and sighted in properly Spray & plant fall food plots Finish hanging/trimming stands Put out trail cameras Sort through mass quantities of plastic bins to figure out where all my crap is at and what I may be missing Figure out how to kill something with antlers on its head
-Trim some classic sets I sit in -finish scouting two areas I want to hunt Buster in -order a tree arm & fluid head -finish planning my elk hunt in Co. -order a few more pieces of gear -figure out where I can go in MN to kill a couple does -get through the busy summer -find a couple side jobs to feed the hunting budget ...
Done: Bow is dialed!! Did that for turkeys! Cams are out!! Mineral sights out and fresh!! Stand Locations picked!! I use my climber so I don't have to hang stands Not Done: Trim shooting lanes!! Wash Hunting clothes!! Harvest Whitetail!!!!!!
So far I've done the following: - Scouted and walked every inch of the new lease. I've walked the entire thing now about 3 times. - Setup half a dozen cameras. - Hung 5 stand setups - Posted the entire road frontage of the property - Obtained hunting permits for 3 separate public land options - Spent hours looking at maps for the public spots - Already have key areas outlined so I can scout them Still need to do: - Prep and plant a few fall plots (waiting on ATV purchase) - Hang another 3-4 stands and prep a handful of trees for climber use - Scout some of the public land that I obtained permits for - Maybe setup some mock scrapes - Figure out what arrows and broadheads I'll shoot this year - Dial the bow in for a hunting setup I haven't been this way in years, but right now I can't even think about fishing this summer. All I want to do is get out to that lease and do more work and check pictures.
DONE Cameras out - hit list bucks spotted Clover plots planted and doing well New Creed XS sighted in and ready to smack something Having dreams off the big boy falling to my arrow already NOT DONE Cold weather clothes Fall plots need planting Move stands around and add a second stand at every location for my fiancee Pray for rain Almost forgot - need a camera arm for the 60D
Done: -not enough Need Done: -far too much This is sadly how it always looks even if I took time to write each list in detail. Second list you would think gets shorter but sadly grows faster and faster.
Done: Torn down my bow and put it back together. destroyed my man cave with all of my hunting gear. Need Done: visit my ground in 2014 move a couple of sits. Mow path's. organize my man cave/hunting gear consume lots of alcohol. build a tree house for my dad and 4 year to sit in this year. new floor in my trailer. hide a dead body pass my CCNA test don't get poison ivy. don't forget my wasp spray for the stand moving. consume alcohol hit on Debbie get rejected poop on Debbie's desk consume alcohol set fire to the building consume alcohol go to prison get butt hurt get married break out of prison rob a seven11 consume alcohol buy a hooker consume alcohol get STD from a hooker consume alcohol die of AID's like a BOSS!
Done: -Come to terms with the fact that I didn't shoot a bow buck last year -Sight-in bow -Find new area for new stands on one of my properties -Send back rangefinder for repair Need to do: -Keep practicing -Buy hunting arrows -Wash/organize clothes -Hang 3 stands -Check camera from winter/spring -Scout property #2 -Figure out what the hell happened to the deer on property #3 last year -Maybe find some climber trees on a few state land properties There's probably a lot more. I'm definitely getting the itch now though.
