What do you have left to do before bow opens?

[Boone]

Just over a month left. How ready are you? What do you HAVE to get done or want to before bow season starts?

I finally finished all of my food plot work last week. This week I am moving on to hanging a few more stands and trimming back some shooting lanes. I have four different places I need to go so it will take me some time, especially wih the kids having practice about every night.

As far as my bow goes, I am all dialed in. I have been shooting every other day or so, right before dark when we get home from practice. Lately the slight chill in the air at night has got me excited for the season to start. Just waiting on some new arrows and I am good to go.

 

[jagermeister]

1) Keep practicing and do some broadhead tuning,
2) Till some ground and plant food plots,
3) Hang another permanent set or two,
4) Practice a bit with my LW sticks and new Muddy safety harness...

Other than that, I don't have a whole lot left to do. I'm planning on relying heavily on my mobile sets this season. I'm going to try to adapt as best I can throughout the season and adjust my position to deer movements. With a good portion of my hunting being done on a new property this season, I think staying mobile is going to be imperative to figuring things out quickly.

 

[DJK Frank 16]

I'm won't be pressuring my normal properties until later on in October this year, but I did check on a piece of family own property that seems to be getting some action. I will be hunting it when I have the time, the first few weeks of season up until Halloween or so.

I will be going in, in the next week or so and picking a tree, that's about it.

After that, it is just equipment check, clothes wash and smoke, and patiently wait for opening morning.

 

[Dannmann801]

kill squirrels to tune up

practice with the bows

smoke gear

practice with the bows

avoid buying stuff I don't really need

practice with the bows

 

[jeremy44230]

1. Keep shooting
2. Hang 3-4 stands
3. Wash and smoke clothes
4. Buy rangefinder
5. Do some evening spotting
6. Just got permission on small 8 acre piece of property. Got to walk it, throw out a camera and pick a spot... Just hoping to learn that property this season and see what it's about.

 

[moundhill]

Move a few stands around
Shoot my bow lot more
Tune broad heads
Find where all the deer went
Smoke up
Finish my bale blind.

 

[Beentown]

Get new strings on bow.
Broadhead tune.
Practice.
Clean and smoke clothes.
Hang three more sets.
Plant a plot close to the cabin for the girls to sit with me over.
Get permission slips signed from four more land owners.
Finish the honey-do list.

 

[Fluteman]

Hang four sets of sticks with a Millennium Bracket next week
Build a platform for the groundblind and brush it in
Paint my LW sticks and order new straps
Keep shooting and get the wife out there more
Move the cameras and start trying to pinpoint locations instead of inventory deer

 

[Boone]

Find where all the deer went
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I was so focused on listing things I can control, I forgot the biggest issue. I have 5 cams out and haven't spotted any buck bigger than a seven point so far.:smiley_chinrub:

We have gotten a lot more rain here lately, so I think the bucks will begin to show up in my areas. In years past, I have had targets at most places I have permission to hunt. I know i have lots of does, so the bucks will show up when they should, but it would be nice to know something shootable is out there........

 

[JOHNROHIO]

Got one stand moved and trimmed today. I have about three more to do, then get a couple blind spots picked out for the kids to hunt from.
Shoot the bow a lot more, shot it today for the first time with the arrows I will be hunting with. I was pleased with my groups but always room for improvement. find some camo that fits wash and smoke. Shoot a doe to get the cherry popped for the season and jitters out da way.

 

[ohio mossy oak]

Get new threads on bow and it get dialed in,practice with LW sticks an alpha,put a couple cams out,make a few natural blinds..I am sure I am missing tons of thing on that list

 

[Milo]

whens the season start again?

 

[bowhunter1023]

Build new arrows.

Tune broadheads.

Shoot as much as possible.

Continue to glass fields and move cams.

Dig out all my clothes, wash them, smoke them and organize all my gear.

Hang 4-5 sets and clear lanes. Get access routes to all stands cleared and ready to roll.

 

[cotty16]

TOO much

 

[brock ratcliff]

Screw on broadheads. That is all.

 

[Jackalope]

Drive in circles. Buy more gas. Drive in circles. repeat until pattern established. Move in for the kill.

 

[Huckleberry Finn]

New strings and sight
Shoot more
Get some permission slips signed
Hang sticks and move 1 stand
Shoot more
Buy more stuff...err...sorry Dann had TOO!

 

[Hoytmania]

New strings adjoining at SCO.

Finish setups that include moving one set that is two stands and a giving stick. Setup a buddy stand, clear pages on three other setups.

Practice, practice, practice.

 

[hickslawns]

Shoot bows. Dial in broadheads. When the time is right I have to drill 5 acres of seed into a bean field that has been eaten to the ground. Standard are hung. Need to wash gear and shoot now basically.

 

[rgecko23]

Build new arrows
shoot, shoot, and shoot
cutting a trail and hanging a set in an area never hunted
hopefully building a platform and putting the blind up and brushing it in
sort old clothes and get rid of stuff I dont need
get cameras ready
put cams back out


im not even close to being ready