Seems to be an annual thread favorite. Brings up many good ideas, some good reminders, and some new goals for many of us to implement in the future.
1) Have a safe season.
So far, so good
1) Thank the Lord for every hunt and ask for safety for myself and my friends/family in the deer woods.
Don't think I have forgotten to do this yet.
2) Enjoy myself. Whether I am seeing deer or not, it is a blessing to be able to slide away from the daily grind.
Have achieved this for the most part. Probably a couple times I started to put pressure on myself. Reminded myself to enjoy it and started to enjoy it again.
3) Put some meat in the freezer.
Mission accomplished. Two coolers full awaiting processing right now.
4) This year will be the second season for my son. I want to continue to encourage him and help fan the fire growing in his belly to hunt.
Have failed thus far. We have gotten out and shot the crossbow. He has spent some time in the blind with me. I think the fire is growing, but he is 9 for pete's sake. Soccer 3 nights a week and school make it tough to get him out there. Rest of the season is dedicated to him.
5) It is always a goal to continue to learn in the woods. Hard not to learn something in the woods unless you are sleeping.
hard not to learn if you are in the woods. I have learned a few things this year.
6) Would like to take a deer from my woods. It would be pretty cool to kill a deer on my personal property this year. Watching my son kill one there would be even better.
Only hunted it once. Neighbor on his three wheeler has not helped the deer movement.
7) Be less picky.
I failed at this one. I had a couple pretty cool opportunities at 115-120" deer this year. It would have been quite an awesome story to have killed the one buck who followed a doe in and did a complete circle around my stand. I let him walk. After the 14pt buck on Monday. . . .Glad I didn't achieve this goal. lmao