Seeth and his better half's 2023 outdoor adventures

[Sask hunter]

And hopefully you are more like Regina and not like Meadow lake lol

Lol I’m more meadow lake. I can find eyes but no perch here. My favourite time to ice fish walleye is late march when they move shallow. Jump from hole to hole fishing in 3-10’ of water

 

[seeth07]

Life just won't be the same anymore on the road

 

[seeth07]

We got 100 packed last night. I'm hiking in with 58.6# all in not including my worn clothes for hiking and not including 2 water bottles and their full weight. My wife's at 47.4#. It has 3 days of food. Hope is we are packing some deer meat down to the beach and can then bring back up the remaining 6 days of food. Hiking straight up and thru rainforest vegatation hell should be amazing with those packs on. Yippee

 

[seeth07]

Broken down sxs. Just died in me and wont fire up. Turkeys don't seem to mind.

 

[seeth07]

It is Hornady HORN, 180gr .308. This is the only place that has them right now and I will absolutely not order from here as I've had bad experiences in the past with them:

HORN 80982

Hornady HORN 80982 for sale from Trop Gun.

www.tropgun.com

Sadly I might need to try and find something new that the gun likes as I'm not a reloader. I have tested about 10 different heavy grain loads for my hunting with it and by and far this was the best performer.

Found 4 boxes of ammo and only 42 per!

Shot a box up this weekend practicing out to 375 yards. If I'm prone and steady, that 375 is no problem. Sitting or leaning against a tree and I can hit the 6 inch plate at 200 every time. I'm ready!

 

[seeth07]

 

[seeth07]

 

[seeth07]

Wife's first day off of work since hunting season started. She wanted to try and get a turkey with the bow. I knew exactly where they would be at 645am. They showed up 5 mintues late

 

[seeth07]

But they came in exactly to the dead SxS (see photo above in thread). It turns out it's a really good turkey decoy. They were SO close in front of us I could see their eyeballs moving - 6 feet maybe?

 

[seeth07]

TOO CLOSE. She was drawn back for over 2 minutes and each time she would pick out one of the 12 to shoot, there was another turkey behind or in front of it. At one point she said she probably could of shot 5 in one shot. Finally at the end of her draw time, she realized that she was no longer steady enough and let go her draw and they semi spooked from her doing so and ran out to 20 yards and then slowly walked away. No turkey shot but it was so fun and the fact that she didn't shoot doesn't at all take from the adrenaline rush that was

 

[kansasdad]

@seeth07 This is the first time someone that i "know" is using the mirrored blind setup. It worked like a charm this morning, have you used it often?

 

[seeth07]

@seeth07 This is the first time someone that i "know" is using the mirrored blind setup. It worked like a charm this morning, have you used it often?

Notice that the mirror is facing us. This morning was cloudy and we probably could have faced the mirror outward and it would have been fine. Any sort of light however, combined with any wind that might cause it to move slightly and its horrible. We knew where the Turkeys were going to be so we just created a wall to be able to draw the bow back easily.

 

[thomas89]

Notice that the mirror is facing us. This morning was cloudy and we probably could have faced the mirror outward and it would have been fine. Any sort of light however, combined with any wind that might cause it to move slightly and its horrible. We knew where the Turkeys were going to be so we just created a wall to be able to draw the bow back easily.

Sounds like a cool concept but a really limited application to be effective. I’m sure they’ll be back for you guys!

 

[seeth07]

Sounds like a cool concept but a really limited application to be effective. I’m sure they’ll be back for you guys!

She stayed sitting while I went to work and at 8am they came back to 30 yards and she didn't want to shoot at a turkey that far and wound one. Their heads move a lot and with her turkey reaper broadhead that is what she is aiming at

 

[seeth07]

Well this is crap. My grandpa died yesterday and we just set funeral plans for Friday evening. I leave for Kodiak at 11am Friday. I don't really have options for rescheduling my travel plans. It wasn't exactly unexpected, he was 83 and has been having kidney issues over the last two years but it majorly sucks I'm going to be missing his actual funeral. I added having Wednesday and Thursday off this week and will be spending time with family and helping out with a few things. I will surely miss that Polack. 100% polish heritage in his blood and I'll miss the Polka music and dancing at his house over the holidays. I'll miss the Sheepshead. I hope the old ladies find his hands often in heaven.

 

[rtraverdavis]

Sorry, @seeth07. That is a gut-check and not the way anyone would want to start such a monumental trip. I’d be willing to bet he’d want you to just go—and kill a bull in Alaska. Really sorry for your loss, man.

 

[duckhunt]

Sorry for your loss seath. Hopefully the hunting gods are good to you to keep your spirits high.

 

[Sask hunter]

Sorry for your loss!

 

[SwaggyD]

Bummer deal. Sorry for you loss.

 

[npaden]

Sorry to hear. Maybe take something of your grandpa's along on the trip with you to help remember him. Might be a better way to remember him than a funeral.