Well some of you may and some of you may not do this but for me it is something I plan for quite some time. Especially if I have a new stand or something changes. And the dilemma I’ am referring to is rifle selection. This year the list is a Browning BAR 7mm Rem Mag with a 4.5 X 14 Simmons ATV load is a Nosler 150 grain partition with 66.5 grains if IMR 4831 for my long range work the close in work will be done with a Marlin 336 30 - 30 with a 1.5 X 5 Simmons Pro load is 150 Hornady with 27 grains of Reloader 7 and last the back up will be a Browning BBR in 7mm 08 with a Leupold 3 X 9 load is 145 grain Speer hot core with IMR 4064 pushing it out. The last time any of these has been out has been over 8 years for the BAR, 10 years for the BBR and 15 for the Marlin. Quick run down last year main gun was a Savage 110 E in 7mm Rem Mag load is a 154 grain SP Hornady pushed by IMR 7828 with a 4 X 12 Leupold and back up was a Winchester M70 Classic in 270 Win using a 130 grain Nosler Partition with IMR 4831with a 3.5 X 10 Simmons and no short range gun last year. The lease we 6 members have is 770 acres of clear cut that range from 4 to 5 years old to 10 to 12 years old gas pipe lines and gas well sites its either thick or long and open for a box stand I have a shot out to about 400 yds. But this year I put a ladder stand on a old logging road we bush hogged and have about a good 60 yards with a food plot on it. The planning for next year guns food plots and new stands will be done in the stand this year it something I like to think about and it passes the time waiting for the deer to appear. I would enjoy to here about any planning anyone else does.An what makes the deciding factors.