New Year's Resolutions for the Pheasant Opener

As the sun rises on a new pheasant season, what resolutions will you make?

I pledge to do the following during the 2010-2011 pheasant hunting season:

1) Take the time to pluck more pheasants than I breast and always save every pheasant leg. Legs make great soup.

2) Follow my dog even if I don't believe there is a bird in the direction she's heading with a wagging tail.

3) Shrug off my missed shots like a pro ballplayer after a strike-out knowing he's going to hit a homer in the next at bat.

4) Always have my skunk kit in my truck, porcupine pliers in my vest, and a list of local vets in every town I travel.

5) I promise to speak up about safety and ethics in the field with my hunting partners. Six people were shot in North Dakota during last weekend's opener. That's appalling.

6) I'm going to take preventative measures to avoid leg cramps this season by drinking more fluids, eating a banana, and stretching before each hunt.

7) I am going to leave my Blackberry in the truck.

What is your 2010-2011 pheasant season resolution?

The Pointer is written by Bob St.Pierre, Pheasants Forever's Vice President of Marketing