The primary hunting seasons are over for most of us and this is the time of the year I’ll take to evaluate and ready my hunting equipment for next season. (You know, during the time I’m not spring turkey hunting.) Or, make decisions on what I need to replace or add. I’ll systematically go through my various “packages” of equipment (I have the “bow package” for deer hunting, the “goose package”… you get the point.) and inspect everything while also giving some thought as to how each item performed and if it was satisfactory. By the way, it’s always the equipment that is at fault and not human error, right?
My end-of-season efforts include everything from cleaning, removing mud, fine-tuning, sharpening, and tweaking as needed. I even evaluate and inspect all of my hunting clothes including base and mid-layers in this year-end evaluation. By the way, my hunting clothes and boots are only used for hunting. This aids me in achieving a significant return on investment on these purchases and getting many seasons of service out of each. In fact, I had a pair of winter boots I took good care of and only used for hunting and got more than two dozen seasons out of them. Use of my hunting clothing and boots for only hunting also makes maintaining them as scent-free as possible an easier task. We’ll discuss this last topic in more detail as we get closer to the season. So, on one of these brisk, early spring days while you are waiting for the dinner you made from Chapter 9 to “cook down,” take some time and start getting fired up for next season.
Pro tip to myself… “Gotta get another Chessie.”
Don’t forget to check back next month for another one of Craig’ Pro Tips and a few chuckles to make you smile.
