|
01-27-2018, 09:43 PM
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 1,706
|
|
Goals for 2018
So in keeping with theme of this site, what are your goals as an Alberta Outdoorsmen?
For me one I couldn’t seal the deal on last year was catching a laker on a fly rod from shore in Southern Alberta over 20lbs, so it’ll be going on this years list, had a break off and one spit the hook last year, and ones under.
Next is attempting to reach out 1000 yds with the ol’ Sendero.
I think it would be very interesting to hear what some of the older gentleman on here who have pretty much done everything have planned for 2018, let her rip!
|
01-28-2018, 03:14 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Fort Sask, AB
Posts: 4,910
|
|
Mine won’t be in 2018 cus in still working overseas for a year yet, but for 2019..
I’d like to break my 2015 record of 46 days of hunting, and maybe a bull elk off our land, and a better whitetail than last year,
And he was pretty good.
TBark
|
01-28-2018, 03:56 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Tobin Lake/Grande Prairie
Posts: 258
|
|
1 Find my first shed antlers (accomplished last week)
2 Harvest a bear with my bow
3 Harvest 2 Elk. SK & AB
4 Harvest a couple Whitetail with my bow
5 Harvest my first moose
6 Find and harvest a wild boar
7 Fish lots
|
01-28-2018, 05:53 AM
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 0
|
|
Just to get out and enjoy the outdoors more.
|
01-28-2018, 07:51 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: West
Posts: 210
|
|
Spring black bear and a big blacktail buck. Last years was my first and just a little 2 point
|
01-28-2018, 08:42 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Sherwood Park, Alberta
Posts: 489
|
|
I’d like to get into coyote hunting and put some more time in at the lake for fishing!
__________________
My mom says I'm a keeper.
|
01-28-2018, 08:48 AM
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 6
|
|
-I'm going to let a Youth partner on my Trophy Antelope tag. (P14)
-I'm going to help stop the Y2Y initiative.
-I'm going to do another overseas hunt....targeting New Zealand.
|
01-28-2018, 09:22 AM
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 928
|
|
My goal is the same as every year. Beat my personal bests.
That and become a better waterfowler
I doubt ill ever beat my whitetail from this year but our sure will be fun trying.
Best of luck to everyone.
|
01-28-2018, 09:25 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ft. McMurray
Posts: 38,530
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by comaderek
Just to get out and enjoy the outdoors more.
|
same here.
Cat
__________________
Anytime I figure I've got this long range thing figured out, I just strap into the sling and irons and remind myself that I don't!
|
01-28-2018, 10:31 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 8,491
|
|
Be more tolerant of idiots, ass hats and NDP supporters on the forum
__________________
You're only as good as your last haircut
|
01-28-2018, 01:30 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,169
|
|
I think more fishing, camping and hiking. Got alittle bogged down in work last year between my girl and myself, we only got a few good trips in vs the usual 3 or 4 week long vacations plus long weekends during the summer/spring/fall.
|
01-28-2018, 02:41 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary, AB
Posts: 2,122
|
|
It's been a bad month with burying 3 people and one of them was unexpected.
Life can be too short.
Goals;
1. Continue to maintain strong family pastimes of shared indoor/outdoor activities.
2. Continue to maintain solid friendships, good personal habits of eating, exercise and some mental stimulation.
3. Whatever it takes to stay out of the graveyard....
__________________
Life is like baseball; it is the number of times you reach home safely, that counts.
We have two lives: The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.
|
01-28-2018, 02:57 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
Posts: 24,072
|
|
3 10 day trips to Rupert
1 LA trip, definately into Mexico
back into Archery in a big way, now that there is a decent indoor range in Lloydminster I am excited about bow again
__________________
Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
|
01-28-2018, 02:59 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,588
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by omega50
Be more tolerant of idiots, ass hats and NDP supporters on the forum
|
Thanks man! You’re alright too ya know!
|
01-28-2018, 02:59 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 1,417
|
|
Tune my pea field concealment technique for Goose shoots.
In general, stay fit so I can continue to enjoy the outdoors
|
01-28-2018, 03:08 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 8,372
|
|
I’m stuck running the big leg (6) of the Sinister 7 Ultra.
31k
1400m elevation gain
1400m loss
At night
http://www.sinister7.com/elevation.php
We’re running as a family unit only. So my 15 an 13 year old need to be trained up.
I’m getting older.... training is harder.
I want to be able to do it in under 5hours....... so I don’t suck.
__________________
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
-HDT
"A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends on the character of the user." T. Roosevelt
"I don't always troll, only on days that end in Y."
Last edited by bessiedog; 01-28-2018 at 03:19 PM.
|
01-28-2018, 03:19 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calgary
Posts: 3,342
|
|
I need to catch an open water lake whitefish. Spend wayyyy more time in the boat fishing/catching.
Dodger.
__________________
Freedom comes with responsibility and integrity. Not stupidity and self entitlement.
|
01-28-2018, 03:48 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
Posts: 24,502
|
|
Keep on slowing down and enjoying the great out doors...no sense rushing the journey.
__________________
Be careful when you follow the masses, sometimes the "M" is silent...
|
01-28-2018, 03:50 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
Posts: 24,502
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bessiedog
I’m stuck running the big leg (6) of the Sinister 7 Ultra.
31k
1400m elevation gain
1400m loss
At night
http://www.sinister7.com/elevation.php
We’re running as a family unit only. So my 15 an 13 year old need to be trained up.
I’m getting older.... training is harder.
I want to be able to do it in under 5hours....... so I don’t suck.
|
Man that is crazy, did the beast at Suns peak, elevation climbing, running obstacles was tuff enough let alone running in the dark.
Good luck.
__________________
Be careful when you follow the masses, sometimes the "M" is silent...
|
01-28-2018, 05:51 PM
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 1,706
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bessiedog
I’m stuck running the big leg (6) of the Sinister 7 Ultra.
31k
1400m elevation gain
1400m loss
At night
http://www.sinister7.com/elevation.php
We’re running as a family unit only. So my 15 an 13 year old need to be trained up.
I’m getting older.... training is harder.
I want to be able to do it in under 5hours....... so I don’t suck.
|
Dang, I thought I had some lofty goals.......wish I had you knees, beautiful spot for a run though , well maybe not so much at night haha.....
|
01-28-2018, 06:18 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: WMU 303
Posts: 8,480
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bessiedog
I’m stuck running the big leg (6) of the Sinister 7 Ultra.
31k
1400m elevation gain
1400m loss
At night
http://www.sinister7.com/elevation.php
We’re running as a family unit only. So my 15 an 13 year old need to be trained up.
I’m getting older.... training is harder.
I want to be able to do it in under 5hours....... so I don’t suck.
|
One of these days our paths will cross I'm running Sin 7 leg 6 also........and Meet the Minotaur as well.
|
01-28-2018, 07:04 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,210
|
|
Spending more time with the family...my son has been working with me for a over a year now and that's working out really well for both of us. He and I are going to West Palm Beach in April, and my daughter is flying in from MN to join us. Going to do the Barrett Jackson auction there, and booked a two day offshore charter (Bucket List items). Going to see what the fishing is like on the right side of the map....Also want to do another road trip with the Mrs. in the little black car, go do a wine tour in the Okanagan. If I have time to go look for a spring bear, that would be fun too.
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
01-28-2018, 07:05 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
Posts: 24,072
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
Spending more time with the family...my son has been working with me for a over a year now and that's working out really well for both of us. He and I are going to West Palm Beach in April, and my daughter is flying in from MN to join us. Going to do the Barrett Jackson auction there, and booked a two day offshore charter (Bucket List items). Going to see what the fishing is like on the right side of the map....Also want to do another road trip with the Mrs. in the little black car, go do a wine tour in the Okanagan, go fishing in Rupert with my buddy Ken. If I have time to go look for a spring bear, that would be fun too.
|
Sounds like fun!
__________________
Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
|
01-28-2018, 07:13 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,210
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
Sounds like fun!
|
Oh yeah, and go fishing with Ken in Rupert.....dang, my memory is slipping like the clutch in my old Ford!
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
01-28-2018, 07:36 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 18
|
|
Get that big 4x4 thats been flipping me off for 3 years straight. but then he just keeps getting bigger. maybe this year he'll hit 5x5.
|
01-28-2018, 07:58 PM
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,338
|
|
1st sheep hunt 3 weeks in September
Archery elk on my land
Peace river mule deer always wanted to hunt there
Bear with spot and stalk archery
Big ol white tail
Fly fish mountain streams while out scouting for sheep
|
01-29-2018, 11:12 AM
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 9,650
|
|
Well, my kid got his first big game animal last season(a beauty bull moose), our first try at Archery too. That was fun being his guide while we chased Bullwinkle for 2 full months. So I better get me a bow as I can draw the same tag this year so, why not
More fishing, camping and getting out to see the uncles and aunts that are getting older. Just do more.
|
02-03-2018, 08:39 PM
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 50
|
|
My goal for 2018 is to rebuild my reloading station after developing my basement. Seeing my rock chucker in a box pains me greatly.
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:13 PM.
|