Jmnhunter
Active member
Anyone else like me, in that they enjoy so many different hunting and fishing interests?
I love to bowhunt/rilfe hunt deer, ducks, pheasants, grouse and turkey hunt.
With fishing, I love to panfish, bass, walleye, etc but this is during the summer so it does not interfere with hunting at all, until the fall, when the bite is supposed to be great, but to be honest I may try once in the fall if its too warm to hunt.
The problem starts when in about October, deer hunting starts to ramp up, duck migration getting better and then pheasant opener mid ocotober.
then when ice fishing starts, early December usually, but I love to pheasant hunt late season with the pup, archery hunt if I dont have any venison in the freezer by Dec.
Add in a family with a dog (soon to be another dog next year) and balancing all of these gets tough. Although, my oldest kid is getting to the age where he can start to join, although we did do our first turkey hunt this spring which he liked hearing the turkeys although we didnt see any and our first bowhunt this past weekend and he could only last 30-45 minutes.
I have thought about dropping duck hunting and or bow hunting, but I just cant seem to do it, especially now that my kids are getting older, I figure I would introduce them too all of it to see what they like. I have a friend that seems to be doing the opposite, he sold his duck gear, their dog just died so no more pheasant hunting. He said hes going to wait to see what his son wants to do when hes older.
I'm starting to figure out the balancing, as I'll focus on archery until early october then I'll hit duck opener with the pup, then wait until pheasant opener, then back to bowhunting then rifle season, then I really get into the pheasants. realistically, I only hunt ducks on opener then maybe 2 more times.
I love to bowhunt/rilfe hunt deer, ducks, pheasants, grouse and turkey hunt.
With fishing, I love to panfish, bass, walleye, etc but this is during the summer so it does not interfere with hunting at all, until the fall, when the bite is supposed to be great, but to be honest I may try once in the fall if its too warm to hunt.
The problem starts when in about October, deer hunting starts to ramp up, duck migration getting better and then pheasant opener mid ocotober.
then when ice fishing starts, early December usually, but I love to pheasant hunt late season with the pup, archery hunt if I dont have any venison in the freezer by Dec.
Add in a family with a dog (soon to be another dog next year) and balancing all of these gets tough. Although, my oldest kid is getting to the age where he can start to join, although we did do our first turkey hunt this spring which he liked hearing the turkeys although we didnt see any and our first bowhunt this past weekend and he could only last 30-45 minutes.
I have thought about dropping duck hunting and or bow hunting, but I just cant seem to do it, especially now that my kids are getting older, I figure I would introduce them too all of it to see what they like. I have a friend that seems to be doing the opposite, he sold his duck gear, their dog just died so no more pheasant hunting. He said hes going to wait to see what his son wants to do when hes older.
I'm starting to figure out the balancing, as I'll focus on archery until early october then I'll hit duck opener with the pup, then wait until pheasant opener, then back to bowhunting then rifle season, then I really get into the pheasants. realistically, I only hunt ducks on opener then maybe 2 more times.
