DeerFest 2015!!! year in review

[Karl Blanchard]

So preliminary outline for 2016 is looking something like this:

Utah archery mule deer in the Wasatch range when I can fit it in
Disabled Veterans deer hunt in Oregon Oct 1-5
Idaho deer the 3rd or 4th week of October (2 tags)
Colorado 3rd season deer
Washington stuff to fill the gaps

Obviously these are all subject to a few draws that may pop up.  RT may screw up all my plans with his possible idaho veterans tag.  I'd give back most tags in order to tag along on a unit 40 tag though

[Reidus]

Price wise that don't seem to bad. I've always been scared to figure out what it costs me.

Looks like you need to add a couple elk trips to your 2016 schedule.

Washington stuff to fill the gaps is how I roll too.


Only 9ish more months

[Jonathan_S]

Washington stuff to fill the gaps 

You need to start a thread, "GearFest 2016" to help you ramp up to "DeerFest 2016"

[Karl Blanchard]

Washington stuff to fill the gaps 

You need to start a thread, "GearFest 2016" to help you ramp up to "DeerFest 2016"

  I'm actually looking at a pretty smooth year gear wise coming up.  Maybe a Kifaru super tarp but that will be it.  I'm going with more tags vs. gear upgrades this year.

[Karl Blanchard]

Price wise that don't seem to bad. I've always been scared to figure out what it costs me.

Looks like you need to add a couple elk trips to your 2016 schedule.

Washington stuff to fill the gaps is how I roll too.


Only 9ish more months

It's probably more than that honestly.  I try not to keep track.  I have a dedicated bank account and debit card for all my hunting expenses.  If it runs out, I stop

Dude I want to do more elk hunts so bad but I'm a full fledged mule deer junkie so I can't bring myself to axe a deer hunt to go shoot elk.

[Reidus]

Washington stuff to fill the gaps 

You need to start a thread, "GearFest 2016" to help you ramp up to "DeerFest 2016"

  I'm actually looking at a pretty smooth year gear wise coming up.  Maybe a Kifaru super tarp but that will be it.  I'm going with more tags vs. gear upgrades this year.

I always think that and end up finding more stuff    "I need".  There's been so many deals lately, it's hard to not buy gear.

Weren't you looking at getting a new scope too?

I find it hard to give  up a September Elk hunt for an archery deer hunt. One of these years I'm going to do a high country archery muley hunt.

For the most part I elk hunt september and focus on deer in later Oct/Nov.

[Karl Blanchard]

Washington stuff to fill the gaps 

You need to start a thread, "GearFest 2016" to help you ramp up to "DeerFest 2016"

  I'm actually looking at a pretty smooth year gear wise coming up.  Maybe a Kifaru super tarp but that will be it.  I'm going with more tags vs. gear upgrades this year.

I always think that and end up finding more stuff    "I need".  There's been so many deals lately, it's hard to not buy gear.

Weren't you looking at getting a new scope too?

I find it hard to give  up a September Elk hunt for an archery deer hunt. One of these years I'm going to do a high country archery muley hunt.

For the most part I elk hunt september and focus on deer in later Oct/Nov.

  I always say that too but as I was putting stuff away this week I was taking inventory and I'm at that point where I need to purge some gear actually.  I need a few odds and ends small stuff but that's it.  And ya, a new dang scope too

[buglebuster]

Washington stuff to fill the gaps 

You need to start a thread, "GearFest 2016" to help you ramp up to "DeerFest 2016"

  I'm actually looking at a pretty smooth year gear wise coming up.  Maybe a Kifaru super tarp but that will be it.  I'm going with more tags vs. gear upgrades this year.

I always think that and end up finding more stuff    "I need".  There's been so many deals lately, it's hard to not buy gear.

Weren't you looking at getting a new scope too?

I find it hard to give  up a September Elk hunt for an archery deer hunt. One of these years I'm going to do a high country archery muley hunt.

For the most part I elk hunt september and focus on deer in later Oct/Nov.

  I always say that too but as I was putting stuff away this week I was taking inventory and I'm at that point where I need to purge some gear actually.  I need a few odds and ends small stuff but that's it.  And ya, a new dang scope too

Purge that $h!t my way

[Karl Blanchard]

Your wife is really gonna start to not like me

[Jonathan_S]

I'm not sure what my wife hates more.  Me buying new gear or selling it for pennies on the dollar 

[Karl Blanchard]

I'm not sure what my wife hates more.  Me buying new gear or selling it for pennies on the dollar 

I traded a spotting scope for a years worth of eggs once.  That went over quite well   of course now I hold my nose at everything but farm fresh eggs

[Jonathan_S]

Wow, thanks for the idea.  I need a spotting scope and I sell fresh eggs.  "lightbulb"

 

[coop2424]

I'm not sure what my wife hates more.  Me buying new gear or selling it for pennies on the dollar 

I traded a spotting scope for a years worth of eggs once.  That went over quite well   of course now I hold my nose at everything but farm fresh eggs

That's to funny my wife was trying to get me to trade some reloading stuff to the neighbor for chicken eggs.. I told her she was crazy.. 

[mikelonsford]

Wow!  Thanks for taking the time to write it all up!  that was Awesome....now I feel completely inadequate as a hunter, I need more time away from work though I can see that!

Congrats!!!
Mike