Goals for This Season

[BritChaser]

Does anyone develop goals when the season approaches? I think about what I hope will happen, what I intend to do, etc. For example:

1. I want to show my rescue Brittany's foster master a great time when he comes out from Ohio for his first Kansas opener.

2. I hope to shoot as well as I did last year with my then new gun.

3. I hope my back and knees hold up for another season.

4. I hope to duck hunt for the first time.

5. I hope my cousin, who like me is in his early 60s, enjoys his first ever bird hunt this season.

6. Be safe.

 

[winchester21]

My primary goal will be to get my GWP pup to learn that she needs to hold points on wild birds. This is here second season but I'll call it her first. This will take some self control on my part, i.e. deciding whether it's justifiable to shoot some and not others, which I know will be tough at times. Hopefully Colorado has another great year!

 

[jeffstally]

1. Shoot better

2. Hunt more

3. Get my red setter steady on wild birds

4. Be safe

 

[carptom1]

1. one of my off season goals was to get out and shoot more in the off season. This saturday will be my 5th outing with my boys. not bad

2. Take my sons to South Dakota on a hunt

3. Teach my kids more as they grow as sportsmen

4. Be patient with both kids and dog

5. Continue to evolve as a hunter myself

6. be patient

7. be good to my wife for not complaining about us being gone every other weekend. Funny when we were first married it was a chore to hunt more. Now it's like " stay as long as you like.

 

[KansasGsp]

Try new areas. My hunting buddies and I get stuck in a rut of hunting the same spots over and over year after year. I really enjoy seeing new places and finding new spots to hunt. I think this is the year that most people are going to need to do it to try and get into birds.

 

[Kismet]

Have Mick, the new, used, dog become a hunting partner, instead of a hunting companion.

Be searching for birds around here.

Very few spotted, none heard. Bodes ill.

We got time.

 

[oldandnew]

Savor the moment. More good years behind me than in front, not to be maudlin, but true, just makes me enjoy it all the more.

 

[BritChaser]

Savor the moment. More good years behind me than in front, not to be maudlin, but true, just makes me enjoy it all the more.

Ditto. Well said.

 

[SetterNut]

In no particular order.
1) Shot a Prairie Chicken off of point. (got that done last weekend)
2) Shoot a quail over my new pup's point, before the end of the season.
3) Get a retrieve from my almost 3 year old setter (this may be a long shot )
4) Take my son out as many times as his schedule allows.
5) Get a bunch of picture of the dogs pointing birds.

 

[BritChaser]

In no particular order.
1) Shot a Prairie Chicken off of point. (got that done last weekend)
2) Shoot a quail over my new pup's point, before the end of the season.
3) Get a retrieve from my almost 3 year old setter (this may be a long shot )
4) Take my son out as many times as his schedule allows.
5) Get a bunch of picture of the dogs pointing birds.

Getting a chicken off a point would be something.

 

[Tbear]

1. Introuduce more people to pheasant hunting, Kids or Adults does not matter to me.
2. Get my girlfeind to SD even for a weekned.
3. Hunt harder than I did last year.
4. Take more Pictures
5. Take a breath and just look around at my suroundings more.

 

[kansasbrittany]

1. Introuduce more people to pheasant hunting, Kids or Adults does not matter to me.2. Get my girlfeind to SD even for a weekned.
3. Hunt harder than I did last year.
4. Take more Pictures
5. Take a breath and just look around at my suroundings more.[/QUOTE]

I like your list of goals my friend....all except #2 maybe (j/k, I'm sure she's great, but I'm leaving mine at home).

 

[jeffstally]

1. Introuduce more people to pheasant hunting, Kids or Adults does not matter to me.
2. Get my girlfeind to SD even for a weekned.
3. Hunt harder than I did last year.
4. Take more Pictures
5. Take a breath and just look around at my suroundings more.

Good one, tbear. I really need to take more pictures as well. I always regret it post-hunt.

 

[SetterNut]

Good one, tbear. I really need to take more pictures as well. I always regret it post-hunt.

You will find that there is plenty of time to take the pics while your dog is on point. I also think it helps the dog learn to stand its birds better. They learn that just because you are there, it doesn't mean that things are going to happend fast.