January

New Year’s Day

Epiphany-January 6 celebrated with a galette des rois

Season Closes for Wingshooting Scaled Quail

Season Tickets for the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo

Dallas Safari Club and Safari Club International Shows

Denver International Sportsman’s Show

Season Closes for Wingshooting Pheasant

Lunar Chinese New Year-Dim Sum at Empress Seafood Restaurant

January 31 is deadline to apply for Wyoming Antelope to Draw Permit

February

Canadian Geese Hunting

Mardis Gras in New Orleans and Carnival in Venice

Valentine’s Day Weekend in Santa Fe at Hotel Chimayo

Best Month for Mounted Hunting in France and Ireland

Superbowl Party

March

Houston Rodeo

St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Hunt

Denver March Pow-Wow

St. Patrick’s Day

Spring Break, Best Spent in Hawaii at Maui Polo Club or Hawaii Polo Club, Oahu

USPA Open Polo Tournament in Wellington, Florida

Spring Break-Play Polo in Jamaica

Easter Service at the Denver Cathedral and Easter Egg Hunt

April

FEI World Cup Show Jumping, Dressage and Vaulting in Las Vegas, Nevada

Application Deadline for Big Game Draw Hunts in Colorado

Easter

Polo Players Braai at the Hunt

AH Closing Hunt and Calcutta

AH Point to Point

Bring Polo Ponies in from Pasture and Start Getting Fit

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Santa Fe

Colorado Spring Turkey Hunting

May

Master’s Dinner and Hunt Ball

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day Caddis Hatch on Arkansas River

Kentucky Derby

Grass Polo Season Starts at the Denver Polo Club

Preakness Horse Race

Virginia Foxhound Club Show, Leesburg, Virginia

Blue Ridge Puppy Show, Warrenton, Virginia

Ruidoso Downs Race Track Opens, Ruidosa, New Mexico

June

Opening Day at Arapahoe Horse Racing Park June 11-Sept 11-ish

Fishing for Kokanee

Fly Fishing and Picnic Season

Dragon Boat Festival

Devereaux Polo Cup-Aspen

Elizabeth Rodeo, Santa Fe Rodeo and Greeley Stampede

Cherry Blossom Festival and Dragon Boat Festival

Celebration of the Horse Opening Day at the Polo Club

Belmont Horse Race

Stanley Cup NHL Hockey Finals

Fiddlehead Fern Picking Near Steamboat Springs

Best Time for High Water Fishing below SM Reservoir

Ren Fest June-August

July

July and August are the Season Dates for Aspen Valley Polo

First Week of July BYGO on Anderson Bean Cowboy Boots at Kleinschmidt’s in Missouri or sale at www.texasbootcompany.com

July 1 is Opening Date to Apply for Missouri Deer Licenses

Grand Prixs at the Colorado Horse Park

Fourth of July Fireworks

Crawdad Boil for Bastille Day

San Juan River Fishing Trip with Andy and Staying at Abes’s

Denver 20-30 Polo Event

Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, Indian Village and $30 Carnival Unlimited Ride Wristband

Best Time for Cherries in Colorado

August

SWAIA  Santa Fe Indian Market

Dublin Horse Show in Ireland

Douglas County Fair and Rodeo

Mallets for Melanoma

Carriage Driving and Dinner Party

Best Month for Colorado Olathe Sweet Corn, Palisade Peaches, and La Junta Cantaloupe

Best Time for Fishing Conejos

Best time to Make Gochujang with Handpicked Pueblo, Colorado Chilis

Minnesota State Fair is 12 Days of Fun Starting Last Week of August and Ending Labor Day

Tune Up Bird Dogs, Bows and Rifles!

September

Dove, Blue Grouse, Sharptailed Grouse, and Sage Grouse Seasons Open

Fall Turkey Hunting

Colorado State Fair Ends September 4

Women’s Polo Invitational at DPC

Antelope Season Opens in Wyoming

National Youth Tournament Series Polo Finals for 18 and Unders

Cub Hunting Begins 9/1

International Fario Club Annual Meeting in Paris, France

Brown Trout Spawning Run in Colorado and Best Time for Fishing the Eagle

Roasting Party for Peeling and Freezing Hatch, New Mexico Chilis

October

Virginia Hunt Week

Opening Day at AH Second Sunday in October

Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock Season Opens in Minnesota

Best Time to Visit the Pine Tree Apple Orchard, Minnesota

Arapahoe Hunt Cross Country Pace Event

Best Time for Dinner Parties

Closing Day and Auction at Arapahoe Park Racetrack

Oktoberfest

Pheasant and Grouse and Prairie Chicken Seasons Open in Nebraska

Halloween

End of October Move Polo Ponies to Pasture

November

Pheasant and Bobwhite Quail Seasons

Scaled Quail Opens

Nebraska Deer Season and Thanksgiving

AH Rendezvous Hunt Week

Best Month for Mounted Stag, Boar, and Roe-buck Hunting in France

Beaujolais Nouveau is released, stock up for Thanksgiving Day tasting

Thanksgiving Dinner with Oysters, Cranberries Gravy  Greeen Bean Casserole   Turkey in a Bag Stuffing and Clafoutis

Castle Rock Star Lighting

December

National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas

Ice Skating at Lake Evergreen and Local Outdoor Rink

Jensen’s Christmas Party

Office Holiday Luncheon

National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas

SWAIA Winter Indian Market

Christmas Day Feast and Carriage Driving

Ski, Snowboard, Sledding or Skating for Christmas Time

Christmas — Noël 

Boxing Day Hunt

New Year’s Eve Gala at Broadmoor