Whats your 2019 plans

[Backcountry Hunter 2]

A lot is still in the air for me now. It really depends on if my wife has a due date during hunting season. I'd like to deer hunt 3rd rifle and go on a cow and bull elk hunts. When they are, I do not know. Luckily I don't have to make that decision until April. I'll buy points for WY as well.

 

[duckhunt]

How do you do early AND late muzzleloader in Iowa? Is that now legal? It wasn't years ago.

Fitting Wyoming muledeer round early muzzleloader can be a bit challenging - at least it would have been for me this year, but then I do the late season anyway.

I can do early muzzy with the state wide tag and late muzzy with a antlerless tag for a specific county.

 

[BrentD]

Ha, that makes sense. I forget about those antlerless tags most of the time.

 

[406LIFE]

My BIG HUNT: Himalayan Snow @#)(#: been planning this for 3 years.

Others for sure:
WA Elk/Deer
WY Antelope
MT Everything
ID Elk/Deer/Birds
SD Pheasant
SD Snow Geese

Possible Hunts:
UT Deer

I'll also be chasing the rarest trout in the world in CA: Paiute Cutthroat Trout

 

[Schaaf]

I plan on drawing goat tags for Idaho and Montana. Really looking forward to drawing those hunts.

 

[Randy11]

Whitetail

 

[Nameless Range]

Winter: Ling, Remainder of bird season, coyotes, cottontails
Spring: West-central MT Bear, sheds
Summer:Backpack trip with daughter and son in Tobacco Roots, Fish, Float, Fire
Fall: More bird hunting - may quit archery altogether just to hunt more birds, explore some new areas with a rifle in my hand - my love for hunting the same places over and over is limiting me

Overall: Lose some more weight(down 30 pounds since August), spend more time afield with my kids and dog, Finish my basement so all of this is ok with the boss

 

[Elkoholic]

Since I was unable to archery elk hunt this year due to work schedule, I WILL BE archery elk hunting in 2019 somewhere!
-spring bear MT
-spring turkey Ohio
-whitetail Ohio
-usual out of state points building
-usual lottery donations

 

[BuzzH]

Tough to know until the draws are done.

My for sure hunts:

Montana deer.
Wyoming deer, pronghorn, elk.
Have an invite to hunt Illinois deer, going to do that.
I should be in the top point pool to draw the sheep tag in Wyoming I want, I'm not getting any younger and need to get this one done.

Draw stuff:

NV elk, deer, pronghorn, sheep
UT Sheep, elk, deer, bison
WY bison, sheep, goat, pronghorn, elk, deer
MT moose, sheep, goat, special deer, elk b (and not for the elk).
CO Sheep, deer, maybe elk
ID moose, and maybe hunt whitetails if time permits.
AZ Hope this is the year I draw Rocky Mountain Bighorn and be done with sheep applications there, deer, elk, pronghorn.
NM always a debate, but likely wont apply for anything there

Put in for a few super raffle tags in MT, ID, WY, etc...never know.

If time permits wouldn't mind trying Nebraska whitetail, live so close its almost dumb not to give it a go.

I'm done applying for points only from here on out.

 

[MTorWY]

Wow Buzz. I thought I spent a lot of money on applications and tags every year, but that list puts me to shame.

 

[BrentD]

Buzz, what the heck do you do with all of it?

 

[Irrelevant]

Jeez Buzz that's looks comparable if not more elaborate than Fin's whiteboard.

 

[prhunter]

My 2019 schedule:
February AZ javelina. Already drew that tag.
Definitely putting in for elk in AZ (rifle)
Definitely putting in for elk & pronghorn in NM (rifle)
AZ rifle Coues deer

I may be able to squeeze in a Colorado 2nd rifle deer hunt. Currently have three points or may use those points towards a Sept muzzy deer hunt.

Considering putting in for WY antelope. Currently have three points.

 

[Eric.MN]

MN spring turkey
MN archery deer
Wyoming deer
Wyoming Antelope doe
Possibly Wyoming cow elk.
Points in AZ, CO, WY

 

[Deadeye410]

Already have my Idaho salmon zone b tag, first western hunt!
Illinois archery whitetail
Illinois firearm whitetail
Jan and feb Illinois coyote
And maybe a spring Idaho bear hunt/elk scouting trip

Oh and lots of cardio since I’m a flat lander getting ready to go to the mountains.

 

[rmauch20]

The plan as of now is Wyoming antelope the first week of October and then Colorado elk. I will put in for elk, mule deer, and antlope in New Mexico for long shot tags. Then buy points in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

 

[cedahm]

My BIG HUNT: Himalayan Snow @#)(#: been planning this for 3 years.
...
I'll also be chasing the rarest trout in the world in CA: Paiute Cutthroat Trout

These two have me green with envy...

 

[Dieseldog]

NM Bighorn
AZ Bighorn
WY Bighorn
NV Bighorn
ND Bighorn
MT Bighorn
UT San Juan Elk
Oughta be divorced before that's all said and done.

 

[Big Fin]

My highlight for 2019 will be finally fulfilling what has been my greatest hunting aspiration for longer than any hunting dream I've had - Mountain Caribou. After that is crossed off my list, in 202 I will go back to being a deer/elk/antelope guy, content to retrace a lot of the tracks I've made on past hunts. I will do the normal drill of carpeting bombing (Greenhorn's term) the west with applications, possibly picking up a cool tag here or there. If no tags come my way, I will have my MT elk/deer general tags and I suspect I will get to tag along on some hunts with family and friends.

Hope all your mail boxes are stuffed with tags in 2019.

 

[devon deer]

Staying at home in good old blightly, reflecting on my 2018 season, meeting up with Brymoore over here, chasing some deer, but not coming back to Montana, I will leave that to you guys.
Good luck with your draws, and have a festive season, and good health in 2019.
Cheers
Richard