Goals for This Year

So I got to thinking about some things I want to accomplish this season.

#1 get out at least 3 times a week on average. My work schedule allows for 5 days a week, but I might be spendin some days just scouting.

#2 Pick out drakes. I've gotten pretty good. Last year I didn't shoot a hen till late in Dec. while I was in NM.

#3 Be patient with Cali. I blame her too much when 90+% of the time it was something I did or didn't do.

#4 Have fun and make memories regardlees of the situation.


.... so what are some of ya'lls goals for this year?

-I would like to get out 3 times a week as well.

-Film some of my hunts.

-Hunt with people I haven't ever hunted with.

-Hunt by myself 10 times (just me and the dog)

- Lastly, to just do what I do every year...murder some ducks in cold blood

.. good ones cable!
for me:
1) hunt 2 times a week
2) film more of my hunts with my new barrel cam
3) Shoot a very nice green wing teal to get mounted
4) Shoot atleast three geese all season in the corn fields( never have hunted geese in corn fields and this year i have some to hunt with my new dekes) This will be my first year to try and target geese and as long as i dont get skunked this season i will be happy.
5) Have nothing major go wrong and make many more good memorys to add onto last year.

- Cable- Hope we get a few hunts in together this year!

1. get out as much as i can
2. get a duck boat
3. get my stepson "hooked" with his first kill
4. film it
5. have a safe and awesome season, again.

I would like to get a group hunt together with Shane, Steve, Mark, Gary, Robbie and Ken and put the smack down on some trash ducks.

If Shane can keep the boat in the water..........and hope no snakes fall in the boat to scare Robbie and Mark..........and Ken doesn't complain about not shooting greenheads, Gary doesn't go on and on about LSU, and Steve doesn't tell us what he was listening to while he was having supper off the egg, it should be a decent hunt on Cooper.

My first goal is to get five of these 31X10.50-15s 6 ply mudders on the Jeep this afternoon in place of the oem 30X9.50s. They are due here from Dallas around noon.

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Next goal is to receive this that I ordered yesterday and should get via UPS before Friday ...

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The third goal is to take the Jeep up to our wetlands property, air down to around 15 psi and let 'er rip! Assuming we get through the slop better than last time when we had this much rain ...



Then finally I'll air back up to 25-30 psi for the 5 miles of highway drive back home.

Oh ... almost forgot ... hope to get a few ducks again this season for my pups.

My goal this year is to introduce several of my family members to duck hunting that have never been, including my wife, daughter, mother in-law, nephew, and step dad.

As soft as that mud is you may need a lift kit, lockers (front and rear) and 33" super swampers. http://eastsidecustomtruck.com/i-125030-tsl-bias.html

1. Get on a 50 mallard hunt. 10 man limit of mallards over one set of decoys.

2. Go to AR at least 2 trips.

3. Hunt some green timber holes that I haven't been to in a couple of years.

to have fun and be thankful for what I have...

that is all...

I have two goals for the season. Last year I shot a few over 50 ducks. This year we had a baby, so my hunting will be slightly curtailed. Still, I'd like to try and shoot 40 ducks. My second goal may be much harder. I'd love to shoot a drake canvasback. I've pretty much shot all the standard waterfowl, but of the true "non-rare" ducks (cinnamon teal, black duck, mottled duck, european or asian vagrant species) the canvasback is the only one I have left to shoot. I've seen a few in one area that I hunt. Maybe this will be the year.

CR

1. 130 Mallards

2. 20 different species of waterfowl in one season.

-Mallard
-Pintail
-Grey(Check)-Woodie
-Bluebill
-Shoveler(Check)
-Widgeon(Check)
-BWT(Check)
-GWT(Check)
-Cinnamon
-Redhead
-King Can
-Ruddy(Check)
-Ringer
-Goldeneye
-Bufflehead
-Canada(Check)
-Snow
-Speck
-Ross'
-Sandhill

1. Kill my first Pintail on the Katy Prairie. (don't get those in the flooded timber back in Arkansas)

2. Kill my first Redhead

3. Get back to Arkansas and hunt at least 5 times.

4. Have several great goose hunts (only been on one until I moved close to the Goose Hunting Captial of the World!!!)

(Gotta love living in Katy and being a waterfowl hunter!!)

1. Shoot more birds per hunt. Last year was 0.8 birds per hunt with 6 skunks. Only 1 limit last year and already had one limit in early teal this year.

2. Hunt with more people and new places. Last year I hunted with GR_Elliott, Fowldreams, Scooter, Macstar, Beer_Slayer, Hopedale, gacman, Zack, rusty, Gdogg and others. I will be on the Paris hunt and have a separate trip to hunt with Team Hillbilly out east.

3. Take better pictures. I really like some of the pictures posted up here, especially by J.J. and Sniper John

4. Get my daughter out at least once

See ya at the ramp, we could do the 10 man, 50 Mallet with a Pinny kicker done early this season!

Hunt as much as I can until my wife has the baby around Dec 30th. After that I'm thinking I might be able to get out maybe once a week tops. But I'm hoping for two times a week or more until then. Going to do my best to hunt more weekdays.

I've still never shot a woodie...hell never been on a hunt where one was shot. it's almost strange at this point. I got a spot that might hold some.

My goal plain and simple is to keep pouring fuel on the fire!



Got got his first duck (BWT hen) Saturday morning. I didn't know he could grin this big!



He missed his chances at several big ducks and can't wait to make up for it. I told him that the hunting won't be that easy this weekend. Lots of driving and getting up really early. No problem, he ain't stayin' home.

1. Have fun and learn stuff
2. Shoot my first duck
3. Shoot my first goose
4. Shoot my first sandhill
5. Shoot my first pheasant
6. Shoot my first quail

Am I missing anything that I should shoot for the first time?

1. take out some of my buddies to get them addicted
2. go out 2 times a week
3. eat all my ducks by the end of duck season
4. take more pics
5. learn how to do the pintail call

Introduce some more friends to waterfowling.
Take my pregnant wife on one last solid duck hunt before the baby arrives.
Smart shots= more money in pocket= money to spend on baby= happy wife

7. Shoot your first coot

1. Hunt North Dakota-check
2. Hunt South Dakota-Nov 1-5
3. Shoot some mallards in the timber
4. Spend quality time with son and friends enjoying God's handy work
5. What should be goal #1 is to be safe.....

1. Hunt a couple two or three times a week (gotta make up time)

2. Enjoy just being out in the blind

3. Get my daughter in the blind (she's ready to go!)

4. Put a woody on the wall

5. Hunt with some folks I have yet to meet

TB we need to get together sometime. We saw some woodies last weekend!

1) Shoot ducks
2) Thats all

Nice pics Larry

My Goals for this Season:
Have Fun
Get my little brothers in the blind as much as possible
Learn from every hunt
Hunt as much as possible
Shoot Ducks
Avoid Barney

pretty aggressive game plan...I like it

I cant believe no one has used this one.

1. SHOOT MY 1st BANDED BIRD!!

2. Take smarter shots.. not waste any at stupid shots.

3. Be Safe.

4. Shoot a pretty canvasback drake again this year. So i can put it on the wall. Didnt last year because i was ignorant.

1. have fun
2. green head
3. red head
4. pin tail
5. stay dry

yea we will

You guys hiring for your shift by any chance?

+1 for that....thanks for keeping it simple

1. Get my girlfriend her first duck (calling it now, it's going to be a GWT on opening day)

2. Meet some guys off of here and shoot some birds

3. Have fun...

4. Stay dry..no falling over this year when it's 27 degrees outside.

I hunted with over 40 people last year...

I want to beat that.

Lookin forward to hunting several new places.

I want to get in the timber and shoot some mallards in "the timber"

Get more video, better pictures...

I have some new spots that are covered in wood ducks...and I look forward to getting on them!

Oh, I look forward to hittin the coast with my son! He has never hunted it!

Boys, I am ready!!!!!

J.J.

I'm hunting flooded fields first part of the season, so I hope to get into some pintails.

Flood water from sulphur is so high right now I can't get into my timber spot, so I will be hunting "new" water first part of the season.


My main goal is to take good shots, be patient, and hunt with a few new faces.

1. More Oklahoma, more coast.
2. Geese and Cranes.
3. Bands.

Ironically, I considered posting the following goals this morning:

1) Hunt with JJ.
2) Kill some ducks.

4. First Sandhill... Check x 3.

My goals:
#1 My son and I both kill our first limits this season.
#2 I get to hunt with some of you guys this year.(if we ever get any ducks!)
#3 Get a duck boat.
#4 Schedule a guided trip for next season to my home state of Louisiana some where in the heart of the Mississippi Flyway.
#5 Get new auto loader shotguns.
#6 Buy my own hunting property and quit hunting public water.

Daaaaam......Land, autoloaders, and a new boat. Baller.

My goals:

#1. Learn a little about duck hunting
#2. Put a Woodie on the wall
#3. Try and hunt with some of the fellas on the forum
#4. Enjoy every hunt no matter the results

3. Shoot my first goose

Check.

#1 is off to a good start. Only been on 2 skunks this year and my average is up to 1.8 birds per hunt

#3 is progressing

#4 might give up on

I haven't been able to get out quite as much as I'd like to, but I have had some good 3-4 day in a row hunts.

This season has been too slow for me to only pick out drakes, so I've been sticking to the "if it flies it dies" theory so far.

Cali is doing great so far

And I've made a ton of memories already and met a few new fellas too.

OK, did #1 and #2. Season goin great so far! Guess I met all my goals and it's all up hill from here!

Dave,

I wish I had taken a picture of that Gadwall feet down in your face when you raised your gun.

That image will stay in my memory for a long time.

Ed