First week of June, Biscotasing Lake for pickerel. Third week of June flying out of Nakina to Meta Lake Lodge , again for pickerel. In the fall will be 1 week for the moose hunt and 2 weeks for the deer hunt at my camp near Minden.
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First week of June, Biscotasing Lake for pickerel. Third week of June flying out of Nakina to Meta Lake Lodge , again for pickerel. In the fall will be 1 week for the moose hunt and 2 weeks for the deer hunt at my camp near Minden.
Wow, some great stuff on here! Myself have similar plans to some, but will categorize:
Eat!
I will be cooking some of the game I harvested and then traded as well. I will be practicing some recipes for both Duck and Venison and will be sharing these meals with family and friends!
Work!
Sadly, I am a 9-5 guy. Happily, I have a cottage in the Minden area and this summer I plan to get some work done up there. I would like to establish a few spots for Duck Hunting. I will be building a couple blinds but also prepping my Jon Boat to be a mobile blind as well. This will allow for the early season as it is in the Central. I will then be helping a buddy out down in Bobcaygeon set some things up so we have another spot as well. Speaking of work, I am always out scouting, this winter I have put quite a few KM's on the boots and truck hunting/scouting in the Ganaraska and small parts of the Simcoe County Forests. Not so much work, but I would really like to get off the public land. Therefore I will be knocking a lot this spring and summer in hopes to acquire some private property.
Research!
I am currently researching about Gun Dogs, I posted a thread maybe some of you have read. I would love to have one for this fall, probably not realistic. So I see a Gun Dog introduced spring 2015. If it happens that I find a breed and a breeder are ready this spring or summer, than plans my change a tad. In the mean time I plan on going to some Hunt Trials, Breeders, Game Farms that breed and see the breeds I have in mind go to work.
Also, I will be doing continuous research on the game that I hunt (Turkey, Duck, Upland). I want to become more knowledgeable on spreads and rigs, tracking, calling and more.
Fish!
Although I will be doing a bunch of work up at the cottage in terms of getting ready for the fall, I will be sure to get some fishing in!
Practice!
I will be getting out sighting in my firearms and crossbow. I will be shooting skeet this winter, spring and summer as well. On that note, I will be looking into a .410 O/U as well as having a few of my Grand Dad's fire arms looked at (12g Side By Side and Lever Action 38-55)
Hunt!
I have a few spots I have scouted now for Spring Turkey and will continue to scout these areas until the snow thaws and even more days leading up to the opener. In the fall I have decided to omit the fall turkey hunt as I would rather spend that time Duck Hunting. Saying so, I will be doing some Duck Hunting! I will be hitting the Central early Season and the majority of the Southern Season. I am really looking forward to that. Along the way an in between I will continue to wander around the forests and try my best to look for upland lol still trying to get the hang of that.
Should be an exciting year! Happy Hunting Everyone! If anyone is ever interested in hunting, I am usually on my own. Duck Hunting I do have some guys I meet up with, but am always interested in checking out new spots.
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Edit: I forgot to mention, I noticed this winter the 10-15km hikes I was doing were not as easy as they used to be. Recently I joined the gym and have been training again. I used to play football at university and was considered a "gym rat". What I am doing now is not as rigorous, but I am preparing my body so that I am as comfortable as I can be when out in the woods, marsh or lake, in the blind or out for a hike!
same old stuff, fishing trip in may, fishing all summer locally, not sure about moose this year decoys are getting to heavy. Throw in a muzzleload hunt, then a few c/bow hunts and it will be christmas. Hope to shoot a few coyotes with my new .223 and add a few rabbit h
unts for good measure and i will call it a year. Boy it is nice to be retired. Oh and i forgot about a few duck and goose hunts,i am bad. dam i forgot about turkey hunting.