Forgot to answer about the ammo. I'm shooting Federal Hammerdown. So far I really like them. I had tried the Hornady LeverRevolution, but I had issues with them jamming when working the lever action (I talked with someone from Hornady about this and they said I could fix the issue by first loading flat nosed round and then loading the LeverRevolution rounds. This did work, but I didn't want to have to worry about that while hunting).
Depending on how you sit and tether height, hanging your pack in the right spot can help rest your gun in an anticipated direction. Good luck tomorrow!
I actually went out and set up a tree today In what’s been a very hot spot the last 3 weeks! Bow hunting it I’ve clearly been conservative and riding the transition edge but I went out into the timber right of the soft wood hardwood transition. The entire bench is primarily softwood so against my better judgement I preset a pine tree (I’m also a 99% of time time a one sticker and hate presets) but the temps are gonna be frigid tomorrow morning so I decided against sweating before an all day sit!
Nice double there Tim! Way to fill the freezer!
Thanks buddy!
Story time! What an absolute day it was! 15* this morning. As I formerly stated I set the tree up yesterday. Well mo-mo me didn’t pin the tree on the phone or mark it in anyway and hunting a shelf full of softwoods good lunch finding a tree you’ve Litterally been in once with minimal idea as where it was in relation to geography! So I worked up a touch of a sweat walking circles to find this tree. Anyways let’s get to sitting and freezing! After finally cooling down and drying off I bundled up but I was still chilly so when the sun peaked up naturally I repositioned. Well not more than 20 minutes after I did that 9 does came off the hill side to my left the first ( and biggest) if the first picture where I’m still in the tree. So now as you can imagine things got messy and with one dead in sight I made a ****ing mess. The skipper was a 88 yard running shot from a tree wich I’m rather impressed with although I’m kinda upset that I shot a skipper. At the same time I had no idea what was what in that moment I was just running the pump. There was a third deer engaged however I believe he was a complete and total miss and I have a friend hunting not to far off who claims to have seen him hole free about 20 minutes later 250 yrds away from lol. All in all what a day it was and I am forever going to be grateful for the harvest I was blessed with today! Might go back to bow hunting to fill out my last remaining tag!
I’m hanging onto my
Points for a silly contest are cool but don’t do it when you have more enjoyment else where!
I like being in the saddle, I’ve got some new spots it could work again and my legs could use a break. I’ve covered at least 100mi since I was last in the saddle, and the last 30ish were through 15+ inches of powder. 40 degrees today so it’ll be too crunchy to sneak around there now so I’ll either get up in a tree between water and bedding or head back to some places I’ve let cool down that don’t have as much snow. One week of ML (either sex) starts tomorrow in Northern zone, then everything is closed until after Christmas then a few days for Southern zone, time to make something happen.
