By now we've all either seen the movie "the Bucket List" or know what it's about.
Do you have your own bucket list? Of outdoorsy things to do before you kick the bucket? Learn 100 useful knots or tie one perfect monkey's fist? Learn how to get your knife razor sharp or learn how to make a bamboo flyrod? Land a 20# bass or kill a 6X6 bull elk in a fair chase hunt? Caribou, moose, coues deer, bighorn sheep, turkey slam....?
The list could go on for a long, long time. Much longer than most of us have the finances, much less the time, to do.
I am working on mine. I'd like to challenge you to work on yours. Evaluate your priorities. Take a look at your future, family, finances, and what you would have to sacrifice to get it done. I'd love to hear from you, so after you figure out your bucket list, drop me a line!
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Don't wait until you retire to go hunting and fishing. Don't even wait for your annual vacation. Go at every opportunity. Things that appear urgent at the moment may, in the long run, turn out to be far less so. -Ted Trueblood
Some of my favorite places indoors
- Elk 101
- Idaho Traditional Bowhunters
- Kuiu Blog
- Hunter Gather Cook
- Northwest Woodsman
- Bushcraft Northwest
- Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook
- One Acre Homestead
- 4 Wheelers Sailing the Caribbean
- Inside the Wild Within
- The Thinking Hunter
- Dynamite Skills
- Skills for wild lives
- Jon's Bushcraft Projects
- Larry Yien's bowhunting blog
- The Maine Outdoorsman
- Dave Peterson's books
- Aki and Scott, living in the backcountry
- British Blades Forum
- Bushcraft UK
- Bow Building for Poor Folks
- Back Country Hunters and Anglers
- Paddling Light, the new version of the old website "Nessmucking"
- Zen Stoves
- American Bushman
- TRADGANG
Required Reading
- Bushcraft, Mors Kochanski
- Backcountry Bowhunting, Cameron Hanes
- The Spell of the Yukon and other verses, Robert W. Service
- Hiking Hot Springs of the Northwest, Evie Litton
- Exploring Idaho's Mountains, Tom Lopez
- The American Boys Handy Book, Daniel Carter Beard
- The Complete Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook, Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
- The Collected Jack London, Jack London
- Fred Bear's Field Notes, Fred Bear
- The Traditional Bowhunter's Handbook, TJ Conrads
- The Ridgerunner, Richard Ripley
- One Man's Wilderness, Sam Keith,Richard Proenneke
- On the Wild Edge, David Peterson
All you never wanted to know about me
- backcountrybowhunter
- Boise, ID, United States
- 34 year old once a Marine, always a Marine. I am a nurse, and, as you might have guessed, I enjoy the outdoors. I am a part time bowyer, knife builder, full time tinkerer, part time beer brewer... with a past history of adventure, a future of X (unknown quantities), a lovely, understanding (mostly) wife, a young son, (and another bun in the oven) and no dog.
3 comments:
Ok here it is:
My hunting "bucket list"
1. Caribou
2. Elk
3. Bull Moose
5. Alaskan Harlequin
6. King Eider
7. Turkey Grand Slam
8. Turkey w/Bow
9. Deer w/Bow
10. Coyote w/Bow
Awesome list! I really like that you have some ducks on there too! I love duck hunting.
Here's a couple on my list
1. Water Buffalo in Australia
2. Mountain goat
3. Coues Deer
All with a trad bow.
Yeah, big into the ducks as well.
Australia or Africa? Hmmm, African safari would be cool!
As a trophy I have a piece of turkey feather cut with a broad head (near hit) last season. This Fall I will be back at the turkeys with the bow! If successful I can cross another off the list!
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