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Topic: When will you quit?
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Leonard
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posted January 16, 2011 11:51 AM
When does the season end, for you? Is it variable, or is there a date on your calendar that you honor?
I have to admit to stretching my season the past few years. By the middle of January, (and, it is the middle of January) I have usually wrapped it up after a long and arduous contest season. Typically, my last hunt would be the daylight hunt scheduled for sometime in January. But, I don't hunt very many contests any more. But, I still like to Whack 'em and stack 'em.
So, what motivate you? Are you flexible? Do you get tired of all that killing?
Your thoughts?
Good hunting. LB
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Rich
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posted January 16, 2011 12:13 PM
I just turned 70 today, and I must admit that the excitement of the hunt is seriously waning. Having said that, let me also tell you that I call and kill coyotes whenever I feel like it. Coyote season is always open, and mild weather is best time for me. I have a question I would like to ask, and even though it is off topic, here it comes.------
Is Leonard a pin head or a Patriot?
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Leonard
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posted January 16, 2011 12:18 PM
Happy Birthday, you old fossil!
Pinhead or patriot? I'm reasonably sure it depends on who you ask. Now, what about Cronk?
Good hunting. LB
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Lone Howl
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posted January 16, 2011 01:50 PM
Happy Bday Rich!
Sort of the end of February for me. Although right now Im concentrating on kitty cats instead of coyotes. Maybe a grey fox thrown in here and there.
Mark
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Lone Howl
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posted January 16, 2011 01:54 PM
BTW...I have slowed down and am taking it easy last few seasons, not getting hung up on numbers. Im trying to have fun at this, anymore,I dont relish the feeling that I have to go out and put a certain amount of fur in the truck to feel successful.
Mark
[ January 16, 2011, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: Lone Howl ]
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posted January 16, 2011 03:00 PM
I'll quit when I'm dead...
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TRnCO
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posted January 16, 2011 03:21 PM
about the end of Feb. for me, might go the first weekend of March if it's nasty cold and snowy..
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Randy Roede
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posted January 16, 2011 04:05 PM
Happy B Day Mr. Cronk!!!
This is the second season a lot of our recreational callers have been figthing deep snow and limited ability to get even close to calling areas without some type of tracked vehicle. We have no plowed roads or trails in many areas so it shuts down a lot of people early. Even the dog hunters are almost shut down. So much for the recreational calling harvest or private trapper take.
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the bearhunter
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posted January 16, 2011 05:20 PM
damn sick of this snow but will keep pluggin away till march
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Rich
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posted January 16, 2011 05:46 PM
Randy Roede,
I didn't think that you would let a little bit of snow stop ya. Getting a little soft are ya? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
We have been lucky here. We can still get through the fields with 4x4 pickups. Last year at this time, it was snow shoes or stay home.
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Az-Hunter
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posted January 16, 2011 05:57 PM
The question for me is more like, when do I start. I bet I haven't shot more than a dozen coyotes this year, probably the worst year Ive had in 30 or more. My usual average is between 75-100, some years a few more, some a few less, but this one just has me doing to much stuff to get out as often I would have liked to.
Ive got maybe two more short hunts to go on, then it's time to quit, usually end of Feb Im done, or a weekend in early march.
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Kokopelli
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posted January 16, 2011 06:00 PM
Happy Birthday, Rich. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Winding it down now. Will be done by the end of the month.
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jimanaz
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posted January 16, 2011 06:12 PM
80 degree temperatures are in the forecast for the next couple of days here and that takes some of the wind from my sails. However, I am participating in a couple of online contests that run into March, so I imagine I will keep at it to some degree until they wrap up.
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Randy Roede
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posted January 16, 2011 06:22 PM
Rich, I've got a trailer with a snowmobile behind everyday. leave the trailer at first light and find it again at dark. Cold SOB somedays but it's the only option. A lot of my country has nothing plowed to get close. I would still rather have the cold and snow than that 100 degree stuff!!
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Cdog911
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posted January 16, 2011 06:51 PM
Putting together enough field time to support a dozen or more articles, coming up with new ideas to write about and following up on them enough to put them on paper takes a wee bit more time than what the average guy would think. LOL From mid-October to the end of February, calling is my second job, and bless my wife's heart for never complaining a bit.
It's mid-January, I'm behind on two deadlines with one of them due yesterday, my freezers are full of deer capes that need my attention for taxidermy, I have standing orders for calls that I'm not currently making, my business books and tax crap aren't even near ready to go to the accountant and burn out is slowly creeping up on me. Well, truthfully, burn out is right behind me whacking me on the head with a stick, but calling is an addiction - like smoking - and as much as I know what I need to be doing, I'd much rather be out in the snow killing stuff.
End of February and I'm very ready to take a break before spring pups start the phone ringing again.
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UTcaller
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posted January 17, 2011 01:50 AM
I'm planning on one more Nevada run for a few days the first week in February.Then a couple of short hunts to get me thru February here in Utah,then I'll hang it up until the last part of October or First part of November.
Good Hunting Chad
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Paul Melching
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posted January 17, 2011 05:33 AM
Much like Vic , not a lot of hunts this year been a real wierd year for me. Havent killed enough coyotes this year to fill a pick- up.
Clint and I will hunt the White Mountain contest in Feb. and that will do it for me this year.
If I get the urge and have the time and resources we need to kill alot of coyotes in our antelope units up north and I will happily kill them till June. They are decimating the pronghorn population.
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Patterson
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posted January 17, 2011 07:43 AM
Mid Feb will do it for me.
3 more contests this season.
Snow goose season opens the Monday after my last contest. After that its all white geese. till end of March. Then onto turkeys!
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NVWalt
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posted January 17, 2011 08:07 AM
I have never gotten tired of killing coyotes or most anything for that matter, but I generally stop calling come March except around the little antelope herd by my fort. They take a beating every spring and I along with the ADC guy that also works this area at least try to help them little speed goats out.
Happy birthday Rich.
This year has been a strange one for calling around here. Seems everywhere I go to call I find tracks in and out of all the places I do call. Mostly locals calling I suspect as we have a jillion coyote hunters that live here. And every year I come across some new guy with his Foxpro out to decimate our educated coyotes. And all this in a county that has less than 10,000 people in it out in the middle of no where.
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ursus21
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posted January 18, 2011 06:15 AM
No quit in me.
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DAA
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posted January 18, 2011 06:33 AM
Usually around the end of Feb. Sometimes a little bit earlier, sometimes a little bit later.
Snow was really kicking my ass the last couple times out. I hate shoveling that vile white stuff just to get the vehicle rolling again. I hate the crunchy noise it makes. I hate post holing every step I take. Older I get, the more I hate it, too. Could travel to escape it, but don't feel real motivated. It's getting close to Jeeping/exploring/camping/hiking season for me so if I take a multi-day trip right now, it would probably be to do that. So I might be pretty much done for this year already...
- DAA
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Leonard
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posted January 18, 2011 08:45 AM
Yes, but do we still have a proposal on the floor, or no? If so, it should be sooner rather than later. As Western Regional Hunt Director, you will be giving up all your choice spots, you know?
Good hunting. LB
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CatTracker
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posted January 18, 2011 01:30 PM
I will hang it up when the fur starts to degrade which usually starts around the end of January for my area but so far they aren't rubbing yet.
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posted January 18, 2011 03:14 PM
I've only been out a few times this year so "hanging it up" is kind of a misnomer...
Deer season just went out and it's 24hr now for coyote until mid February. Depending on how much snow we get between now and then will determine if I get out to hunt. Supposed to be around -2 tomorrow night with 3-5 more inches of snow. That should make for hungry coyotes!
Breeding season usually starts a little later here than on the western side anyway! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Brad Norman
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posted January 19, 2011 05:44 PM
I'm not gonna hang it up until my balls can't handle the weight of my body sitting on them anymore.
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