What are your 2026 Outdoor Plans

[brownbear932008]

Pretty quite year here. I need that after the grandson and I drew 6 tags this year and have been on overload.
Planning on a wilderness Colorado elk hunt at high elevation, I will apply for NM probably and hope for some love, and as always try to burn my MT goat and sheep points.

 

[R.K.]

I’d like to:

MT Spring Turkey
Ft Peck walleye/northern fishing

3x summer backpacking trips
Maybe one bigger trip to the Bob/Chinese Wall or something.

MT Archery Elk
MT Antelope (fingers crossed)
MT Rifle Deer

5x upland bird hunts in the fall.

Maybe get a kayak to fish some of the local rivers or accessible mountain lakes.

 

[Ballistic]

Is lake Erie the one where walleye are known to eat lead weights?

We call them jigs... Yeah that's where that guy got busted.

 

[Lou2025!]

This is tough in someways, I’m still working and living in Arizona the Draw kinda rules for resident to hunt and boy that can be tough on planning. Almost everything is a draw but for me, my love of calling either an elk or a turkey is the ultimate hunt. So turkey hunting in numerous states from the 1st of April till first week of May fills my schedule with some states permitting multiple birds per season. If no elk tag, I revert to Arizona archery OTC deer hunts that would get me like 71 days combine opportunity both early and late season. And if I can, I always try to hunt my home State NY deer in November if I can, where you just go buy a license.

Maybe in the future I’ll hunt elk out of State but it’s not looking good with most States moving away from OTC elk and along with my age and the number of points you need.

 

[Mscarl (she/they)]

I am investigating catching fish in the river near me as the ice begins to melt and get washed away. I have heard that this time of year can be very good and the spot I like to go has a lot of other fisherman in the spring and summer. I am hopeful there will be less people in my spot early in the spring.

 

[glass eye]

Found a way to get an Alaska Airline flight direct to Anchorage from Los Angeles, so that means I have more confidence in taking my lab with me.
After arriving in Anchorage I take an Alaska Airlines flight out to Adak.
In the past I always booked it all together as one booking and it always had stops in Seattle or Portland and that was great for just me. However, wanting to take my dog I won't put her through long stopovers. So making 2 separate bookings I get a direct flight to Anchorage.
Really looking forward to watching my dog retrieve Alaskan birds.

 

[Deez Nutz]

Nothing overly crazy for me this year. Went to Alaska last year.

I would like to hunt a new area this year for elk and mule deer. Never hunted it before or anywhere near there and honestly don't have high hopes, but its been on my mind for several years now and I've got to try it out so I can get it checked off my list. LOL

 

[D4570]

More shooting Prairie Dogs and coyotes, less messing with deer and elk.

 

[Lmartin5]

Will hopefully draw a Kansas non-resident Spring Turkey tag!

Found out today I did not draw the tag for 2026...should draw next year with (1) preference point.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Blue sheep, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal. October 2026.

 

[338win]

Going back to Alaska to chase moose on a road accessible tag I have been applying for since 2014. I’m already making up maps and talking to the bio. Got my muzzleloader components in transit to start dialing in loads. Spring turkey will be a small distraction.

 

[Knight.54]

As is tradition, wearing out a pair of boots and digging ticks off my ass during spring turkey. Then most likely not drawing anything to continue defying statistics. This will be year 14 of applying and have not drawn anything with less than basically coin toss odds.

Buy some permethrin.

 

[Knight.54]

I’m gonna try to keep my new business in business.

I’ll kill a few turkeys, not going far this year but will hunt N.C. and MD.

My focus will be on the Arizona Elk tag.
Still have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming and I actually drew it!
I’m not planning on any other big game hunts…. But a week ago I wasn’t planning on this one!

Sorta thinking about trying to chase some green heads in Idaho in late November-December.

Will be shooting my bow a lot to get ready for Arizona.

 

[338win]

Buy some permethrin.

Looked for it yesterday. Didnt see any. Bought 3 bottles of old reliable deep woods 40%.

 

[Hem]

Jan- ski, fish(trout)
Feb- ski, fish(trout)
Mar- ski, fish( trout)
Apr- fish (trout, pike), hunt turkeys Mt and Id, Florida keys for Tarpon.
May - fish ( trout, pike), hunt turkeys
June- Baja or Costa Rico( fish, snorkeling, paddleboard), Montana camping, fish, paddleboard, mountain bike.
July- paddleboard, fish, mountain bike, climb a couple peaks, maybe fish Washington salt.
Aug- paddleboard, hike.
Sept- Upland, fish
October- fish,TBD
November- fish, TBD
December- fish, TBD

Because OP asked ^
Remember, varying degrees of each, I still need to work. But its a typical year.