What does everyone do

[Hunter Brown]

what does everyone do durning the off season?

[SMOKE]

work when weather allows it and on the days off im fishin or hunting whatever is in season. spend a lot of time at the ol trap range as well.

[SGTSLTR]

If your talkin about regular jobs. I am an estimator in a body shop. Otherwise, deer huntin, 4-wheelin and the always popular...drinkin.

[takem]

work------other then that i am on the water fishing for walleye & bass, practice my calling, touching up decoys

[Killer Miller]

Well, there's always turkey hunting and snow goose hunting left. But after that, I chase spawning crappie and catfish during the spring and summer. I try to work alot in the summer so I can save some money and be able to take work off during duck and goose season.

[Duckman4Ever]

I do a little skydiving , train the dog, run hunt test with the dog, fish and work on my gear for next season. Also like to chase them gobblers with the bow!

[Max4Gooser]

Besides work, I spend time with the family, hunt predators, and shoot my bow. Work on cleaning up, fixing, and replacing gear, fish, canoe and kayak, and camp.

[JPS_Flock]

When I have time off work And am not hunting waterfowl I like to fish practice calling watch hunting videos. Deer / turkey hunt work with my lab and shoot my bow.

[kill em' and grill em']

After fowl season is over I get ready for bow season. I hate the couple of months before it starts. I shoot my bow everyday and start fixin my gear.

[Chris C.]

In the summer i race off-road motorcycles all the way up until it's time to hunt. 8) Then in the middle of that go fishing, shoot my bow, and piss my mom off with all my calling around the house every time I see a goose or duck go over the house. This past fall I made 3 honkers land in my backyard cause I live where there's fields that back right up to me. I justed about crapped my pant's. :shock: They just couldn't take all the double cxlucking from that MARKET HUNTER. It just was good for them the season was closed for a week. :evil:

[mndiverwacker]

fish and practice calling golf course ducks and geese but the most i golf.

[IowaMigr8tor]

Hunt whatever is in season, fish everything possible, practice calling, and work up $$$ for all the gear I want to buy and try to replenish the bank account!

[Jayson Wilt]

Recooping for a week or two and then its back preparing for the next season. Touchin up decoys, practice calling, scouting for places in the spring march is a good mth to check spots if there are ducks there in march they will be there in october most of time. Also working OT to buy more gear, and taking care of the stuff I ignored during waterfowl season and what a list the wife has for me this year!!!!!

[kingkilla]

hey JPS_Flock do you use a gobbler gilletine? but in the off season i burn up the golf courses, work, fish for anything, and spend a bunch of time swimming and chillen at my buddies lake house. but my favorite thing to do is a whole lot of sleeping. that is the best thing to do.

[philly]

well i work a lot to buy time . i also stunt my bike in the summer and try to fish if i have time :D :idea: o ya i blow my smh as much as i can :D

[schoff]

When I'm not workin im usually on the water fishin. Mostly for walleyes and smallies, make a couple trips to MN to chase muskies, then back to waterfowlin as soon as i can.

[LittandJake]

turkey season is the real season for me.

[Mark Spence]

This off season is going to be a busy one:

1) Demo and Remodel a bedroom (little one on the way :D )
2) Coach baseball (high school - J.V. and 9 th grade teams)
3) Redo bottom half of the driveway
4) Build a storage system in the basement for all of my hunting gear
5) Put a new roof on the garage
6) Paint decoys (going to a custom duck spread E. Allens)
7) Acquire my new honker spread (looks like DSDs)
8) Accessorize my trailer (shelving, decals, etc.)
9) Work on my comp goose routine
10) Practice calling in general...a non-stop deal year-round!!!
11) Train the youngest lab on blinds and work on his steadiness (Mutt Hutt) in the goose field

And a few other things that I am sure have slipped my mind!!!!

[njhonker]

DAMN Mark.....I thought I was busy......
yea, I have a long list of "to do's" too!!

I jugle full time job as Nissan Pars Manager and lead guitarist of a working cover band...

during hunting season between hunting 3+ days a week and my band schedule it leaves little if any time for SLEEP or my girlfriend...sooo

I need to schedule some time for her inbetween contest calling practice....and going to shows....we're still hunting here till next week too...then I start dog training for our spring and fall schedule of hunt tests with my German Wirehair...then there's all that other fun stuff as you mentioned....working on the house...finishing off my basement...fixing up things here and there....CONGRATS on the "little one"! maybe Jeff can hook you up with a little blue "or pink" call, whatever the case may be....

oh yea...and get some SLEEP!!!!

[migrator00]

Well.....

1. Getting married in September
2. Moving into our new house this summer
3. Liquidate my decoys and buy new (FA's)
4. Turkey Hunt and plant food plots on our farm
5. Honeymoon!!!
6. Go to shows
7. Blow in duck contests
8. Paint/landscape/pour concrete at the house
9. Design my NEW BIG hunting only room of the house (in max-4 mind u)
10. Go on a hog hunt in the first week of march down in texas!
11. Work my FBL haley to a pulp for next duck season (11 mos old)
12. Carry my full time job for johnson controls
13. Hopefully see some of you at some shows!

i GAURANTEE that there is more then i wanna know about....

good luck fellas!

[njhonker]

hey migrator..........your list isn't going to get alot shorter after you get married is it? :lol: good luck brother!!

[migrator00]

i can only imagine :).......

GIVE AND TAKE BROTHER...GIVE AND TAKE!!

[njhonker]

yea, I was married for 2.5 years.....I didn't do very good with the "give" part of the deal.......I failed miserably at it as a matter of fact...I'm workin' on it....

good luck to ya!

I don't want to mess it up again.....

[Kelly Rees]

wow...I think I'll just lounge around the house for a few months.

I'm the irrigation manager for a very large school district. We live in a desert and I'm responsible for keeping the athletic fields green at 51 schools. I have 1 helper. We stay very very busy.

Water season doesnt start till April 15th so I have video to get ready and shows etc... until then. Then it's hell bent for 6 months.

Also have a few other projects:

New back lawn at the house, refinish the deck, build a bigger garden (damn I love fresh tomatoes), clean all of this years hunting gear out of the garage, do shows for Foiles and Sportear, build a blind for the new boat and whatever the wife comes up with.

[migrator00]

Man...if I could only have a freakin' job where I didn't have to rely on a couple weeks vacation, "sick days", and personal days to get some extra huntin' in besides weekends. I would be in heaven. It's worth it to bust your hump for six mo's to do that much killin'. That's why I work equally mediocure all year so it averages out! Maybe one of these days i'll hit a gold mine....

Kelly...I wanna check out the video. let me know whenever possible brother......

[Max4Gooser]

Migrator, come take our test man we work 90 days a year, and get paid pretty well.

I have the fourth kid on the way, wife is due in may, this might put a small damper on my hunting schedule, and expendible income for hunting gear. Oh well, we'll still get after them next year.

[migrator00]

keep talkin... :)

explain the description of work.... pay.... benefits... You can PM me if you don't want it posted. I just landed a job w/ good pay and GREAT benefits..but working 90 days is stellar. Let me know what's up brother!

[geneva bob]

hunt small game and turkey do alot of scouting and talk to land owners for permission to hunt oh ya and that honey do list ive ignored since september

[Steve DeMaster]

Well i really dont have an off season. I guide snow hunting till they are through and then i chase them back up north. I come home, plant the duck lakes and farm. When we are done with that or not doing that we are crappie fishing on mark twain or my girlfriends pond in here backyard. She has a 40 acre lake behind her house with flooded timber in it, man is that the deal. Then after that during the summer I am hauling hay and bow fishing. Not to mention i am running around to rodeos while doing all of this. I stay quite bissy.

[Kelly Rees]

Hey Demaster...you rope or roughstock? I used to ride bareback till I made a trip around the arena hung up under ones belly.

[hammer007911]

Hunt fox and coyotes, fish and work as COO of a comapny

Hammer

[Steve DeMaster]

I team rope and steer wrestle, i am going to start calf roping soon.

[drakekiller08]

i go to school and when im not in the marsh i am with my women, which i see at night after hunting of course.

[SDMF]

Try to remember my wife's first name, work,catch up on a little sleep, training days with my ret. club, stare at a computer sometimes,fishing, and weightlifting when I can . Wish I could do that one more often.

[CJSDuck]

I spend a lot of my time fishing but I think this year I will take advantage of my location in south central MO and do some Turkey Hunting. Im a committee member for out local DU chapter so of course I have a lot of planning to do for out local Ft Leonard Wood "Big Piney Chapter" Spring Banquet. And of course shooting my bow for the good ol' Iowa rut come October.

[duckmanIII]

I shoot a lot of sporting clays and wait patiently for the next duck season to roll around.

[Midwest]

i'm a full time student, but i'm usually skipping class to hunt and fish, especially when waterfowl season is here.