What are your 2026 Outdoor Plans

[Ben Lamb]

1.) Go fishing with @Frequently Banned Troll. He seems to be able to pull in fish with every cast.

2.) 1st season spring Turkey. The gaggle around the property are growing. Need to get permission from my neighbor when he gets back from wintering in Branson. My wife already said I can't shoot them in the yard, which is bullshit.

3.) February, once it's in the 20's, I've got an 8wt TCR and an old 10 foot 7wt Trident TLS that are in need of exercise. Picked up a few dozen flies for the effort, and am gonna try some tube flies, based on local recommendations. Gonna try for steelhead.

4.) Upland: MI & MT for sure. Hoping for MN and WI if the stars align as well. It's tough to leave birds to find them though. The dog & I have been enjoying the heck out of chasing Pats in the Northwoods.

5.) Maybe cow elk in MT, Pronghorn in WY. Might even go out for deer in MI. Big Game tends to lose it's appeal quickly, lately.

 

[rmyoung1]

I've got an interesting 2026 outdoor season coming up, if anyone's got some free time and is interested in an old timey style treasure hunt.

A good friend of mine's father passed away recently. In dealing with the estate, my friend has been discovering many, many secrets, including that his father was apparently a massive silver and gold hoarder. He has found gold and silver bars/coins (numbering in the dozens) all over his parents property stashed in weird places, including planter pots in the yard, tool boxes in the garage, and other oddball places.

Here's where it gets fun: My friend discovered that his dad secretly owned little parcels of undeveloped land out in the middle of bumfudge nowhere in the deserts of CA and AZ. He also found two high-end metal detectors, and is now thinking his dad buried more silver and gold off in these random places.

My friend is a certified city boy through and through, and does not want to spend a chunk of his summer hunting for treasure in CA and AZ. I, however, am absolutely champing at the bit to go out and see if I can't find something. One of my dreams of childhood that has stayed with me into adulthood is to go on a real actual treasure hunt.

My friend's a little iffy on the idea, as he doesn't have the whole estate situation sorted out yet and doesn't want things to get more complicated than they already are. But I bet over the next few months he'll settle down a bit and give me the addresses for these parcels and let me have a go at it.

If anyone here is good with a metal detector and wants to join in, let me know!

Wait a second… Did you just ask a bunch of random, gun-owning strangers to meet you at remote locations to help look for gold bars? You’re either really brave or seriously lacking an imagination

 

[WildWill]

I've got an interesting 2026 outdoor season coming up, if anyone's got some free time and is interested in an old timey style treasure hunt.

A good friend of mine's father passed away recently. In dealing with the estate, my friend has been discovering many, many secrets, including that his father was apparently a massive silver and gold hoarder. He has found gold and silver bars/coins (numbering in the dozens) all over his parents property stashed in weird places, including planter pots in the yard, tool boxes in the garage, and other oddball places.

Here's where it gets fun: My friend discovered that his dad secretly owned little parcels of undeveloped land out in the middle of bumfudge nowhere in the deserts of CA and AZ. He also found two high-end metal detectors, and is now thinking his dad buried more silver and gold off in these random places.

My friend is a certified city boy through and through, and does not want to spend a chunk of his summer hunting for treasure in CA and AZ. I, however, am absolutely champing at the bit to go out and see if I can't find something. One of my dreams of childhood that has stayed with me into adulthood is to go on a real actual treasure hunt.

My friend's a little iffy on the idea, as he doesn't have the whole estate situation sorted out yet and doesn't want things to get more complicated than they already are. But I bet over the next few months he'll settle down a bit and give me the addresses for these parcels and let me have a go at it.

If anyone here is good with a metal detector and wants to join in, let me know!

I'm out on the treasure hunting but saw on another thread you mentioned wanting to float the Devils River. On my bucket list and am a pretty proficient kayaker. Already started some planning but haven't committed to a date shoot me a PM if you'd be interested.

 

[Valley1320]

Depends on what I draw. Hopefully draw the pecos wilderness for archery elk. Be happy with anything I put in for.

 

[texwest44]

Wait a second… Did you just ask a bunch of random, gun-owning strangers to meet you at remote locations to help look for gold bars? You’re either really brave or seriously lacking an imagination

Well there might not be anything to steal. Could be a wild goose chase. Also, I'd like to think folks around here are smart enough not to rob someone after publicly accepting an offer to go on a treasure hunt. Odds of getting away with that have to be right around 0.

Buuuuuuut then again, I've seen some things here that make me wonder whether some of you need regular state-ordered supervision of some kind, so you might be on to something lol.

 

[texwest44]

I'm out on the treasure hunting but saw on another thread you mentioned wanting to float the Devils River. On my bucket list and am a pretty proficient kayaker. Already started some planning but haven't committed to a date shoot me a PM if you'd be interested.

Put me on the maybe list! My schedule for the summer right now is still TBD but let's keep it on the table!

 

[rmyoung1]

I'm out on the treasure hunting but saw on another thread you mentioned wanting to float the Devils River. On my bucket list and am a pretty proficient kayaker. Already started some planning but haven't committed to a date shoot me a PM if you'd be interested.

“Devils River”