Looking through 24-25 hunting season pictures, I counted 18 different people I was able to spend time afield with either deer, waterfowl, or upland hunting. I guess I'll aim for 20 or more people this season.
The cool thing is that nearly all those people are either good friends or children of those friends. Several I've been friends with for 20 to 30 years. It's hard to believe I'm old enough to have friends for that long of a period, and it's hard to beleive I have that many friends.

Hopefully, they feel the same.
I guess one tangible goal I do have is for Blitz to point a grouse and hold steady, while I kill it with my great grandpa's Ithaca, and then send Blitz to complete the retrieve. I mean, if he does break at the shot, I'm not going to be too mad, but having him steady through flush, shot, and fall would be ideal.