I want to keep developing a love of bird hunting in my son. He is only 6 so I have to remind myself to slow down and keep it fun at his level.
I want to turn my young dog into a rock solid retriever. I focused last year on training him to be steady to wing, shot, and fall. This year I force fetch trained him and have been spending a lot of time trying to make him a classy hard working retriever to complement his hunting and pointing ability.
I generally take two five day vacations to SD a year. I would like to limit out all 5 days of a trip and never dirty the second barrel and never lose a cripple. Complete perfection.
I would like to shoot a true flushing in unison, in the air double on ruffed grouse. I have done it on pheasant, woodcock and sharptails but always whiff the second opportunity on ruffed grouse.
Most importantly it's my goal to see my old stomping grounds, hunting buddies, and get back to visit with folks I've met while chasing birds dogs over the years.
