Seeth's unexpected FULL fall of "good" hunts

[seeth07]

The poor girl missed so many times but she didnt let it get to her and kept on shooting.

Was a great opportunity for myself to just focus on my dogs as I chose to bring both. Worked on holding steady with ducks on the water. Holding at dead bird until command. Learning turns. I also really got to see how bad my hearing is. I was just watching the dogs and if their eyes started looking, I knew ducks were coming!

 

[seeth07]

I'm up in a stand bowhunting whitetails for the first time this year. Feels good!

There is something very special about this evening as well. I've always wanted to make a small food plot but never had the equipment/ ambition to do it until this year. After dozens of hours poured into the project, I finally get to watch over my creation and hopefully be rewarded tonight with being able to catch a few deer munching on the 1 foot tall leaves of rape, kale and turnips.

Also very unique to tonight is the fact that I'm sitting in a brand new stand. Well not exactly new, in fact extremely old, but new to me. My wife and I have owned this property for over 9 years now and until this spring, neither of us ever knew this stand existed! It wasn't until I was trying to figure out a good location to put a stand in the area that we discovered it. I was looking around for a good spot and tree and said outload something like "well I like this tree here, it's not ideal but really the only other option is that tree over there" and immediately upon saying that we realized there was something metal up in that tree! Yup, an old homemade hangon stand. It was an easy decision then. We reevaluated the condition, spruced a few things up and it was ready to hunt again. As I sit here tonight, I can't help but think and wonder about the age of the stand and what type of experiences have occurred here in the past. I consider it a good omen, an omen hopefully of good fortune to come

 

[seeth07]

Very uneventful night but it was still great to be out.

My new old stand, very interesting that it is locked:



View to my right:



View to my left:

 

[jrabq]

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Great job, the smile says it all!

 

[Gellar]

I hope you have a safety harness on in that old stand. Good luck! Love the adventures so far!

 

[seeth07]

I hope you have a safety harness on in that old stand. Good luck! Love the adventures so far!

What's a safety harness?

I was born taught by the generation that seat belts were optional - drive fast, take chances my dad always would say!

 

[seeth07]

Got out to sit last night in another new stand and was able to watch two does at two different times walk right by at 7 yards and then this guy came in right at dark. Next year's buck.

 

[seeth07]

Truck packed, final practice at 50 yards with the bow for my wife and we are ready. Hopefully those desert elk are ready for us wheels rolling tomorrow afternoon for the long drive out there!

 

[seeth07]

See you later work, let's go! I'll make sure to flip Iowa the bird along the way as well as @Stocker while passing through NE!

 

[Stocker]

See you later work, let's go! I'll make sure to flip Iowa the bird along the way as well as @Stocker while passing through NE!

I’ll be in your tail by the end of the week. If you need me to come a little further west to show you how to kill an elk give me a call.

 

[seeth07]

So I didn't want to derail this epic hunting thread too much with shenigans but since @Stocker so gracefully rode the stache luck to a huge bull, I was inspired and put the razor down for a few weeks and the nicely kept Amish beard I rock has turned into a scruffy mess with a sore attempt for something to be called a stache

 

[BAKPAKR]

So I didn't want to derail this epic hunting thread too much with shenigans but since @Stocker so gracefully rode the stache luck to a huge bull, I was inspired and put the razor down for a few weeks and the nicely kept Amish beard I rock has turned into a scruffy mess with a sore attempt for something to be called a stache

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I hope your wife has better luck with her elk than you did with your “stache.”

 

[seeth07]

I hope your wife has better luck with her elk than you did with your “stache.”

Certainly better than her luck trying to grow one! If she was from Iowa she woulda had a shot in that time frame!

 

[seeth07]

Spoiled children we have...

 

[Pucky Freak]

See you later work, let's go! I'll make sure to flip Iowa the bird along the way as well as @Stocker while passing through NE!

I’ll make sure to flip off the first westbound vehicle with WI plates on I-80 and with a little luck it will be you

 

[seeth07]

At Cheyenne, almost there! Made it through the tough overnight hours of driving without issue. Wife let me get a few hours of sleep before 11am and then I was able to grind away until 4am. Some heavy rain for a small portion in western NE which God knows they need it there bad so good for them. Clear but windy in this great state (real shocker right!) And pumped ready to hit the glass hard here soon this afternoon!

 

[seeth07]

Close... but I think we can do better?

 

[seeth07]

My cousin is supposed to be working this morning, instead I keep getting photos of elk, telling me they are buggling like crazy and we need to drive faster! I don't think he is working!

 

[seeth07]

We are 30 miles away! I guess this guy is just screaming away!

 

[CPAjeff]

Speed limits are simply a suggestion - go faster!!!

Can't wait to see how this unfolds!