I'm 60, been hunting for 56 years, I have enough "stuff" to outfit a lot of you "newbies," but I still break stuff out just for nostalgia.
New Optics--- Zeiss, Terra, 8x25, fits in cargo pocket for turkey hunting. Oh, I used these things also for tree stand hunting where visibility, but minimalistic is required. Got these at a great deal back during turkey season at MIDW$% ---- just wow for the small size.
New Clothing -- end of season sales last year, way off market price -- Sitka traverse, nice lightweight for hot turkey hunting or deer season ---- stay out of briars, though. Forloh, All Clima, these are a winner in my book, just wow!!!!!!!
New cartridge --- My old standby's are getting hard to find -- Winchester silvertips --- Anyway, tried out the Norma bondstrike ----- like these a lot. I've tried them on some whitetails out to 300 yards, high shoulder shot is devastating. I haven't tried them on a good buck, yet. I've sat in a house, changed out from my silver tips to a Norma to shoot. These and the silvertips, my gun shoots almost exactly in the same spot, so I'm comfortable changing out in a moments notice. They have also worked on hogs, 150 is my longest shot on a hog.
Newest pieces of kit for the SXS --- I'm trying out an inexpensive battery powered chainsaw. Senix from Am%^&*. The wife and grandbaby went with me trail riding a few weeks ago, the wife see's me having to cut trees out of the path with a bush axe, one was about 20" around, yep with a bush axe. It's fine, just keep it sharp, the worst are those stupid floppy ones that are dead and whip back at you, the limbs that is. Why I don't keep the doubled bladed axe with me at ALLLLLL times is beyond me, the bush axe is better for higher stuff anyway, she's asking about if I do this a lot, "Yeah, I do." After a good rain or winds, things blow down. They have to be moved by somebody. She starts complaining about hernia surgery, eye surgeries, torn bicep surgery, yep been through them all. So, she bought me something I could use. I need to take her with me more often if that's going to happen.
Shooting --- green dot stickers -- dark green, no UV -- cut down to about a 1/4", put on top middle of left glass on my glasses ------ This little piece, no more winking my left eye to shoot shotguns. Dadgum almost missed another turkey this year for seeing down the stupid "wrong side" of the barrel. I actually tried this out on pigeons around our place, oh my goodness. Both eyes are open, looking down the barrel with my right eye again, yep, I'm all for this!!!!!! Now you have to play with it to get it in the right spot, once you have it, you know where to put a piece if something happens. The problem I have, is I never know which eye is going to be the dominant eye at any given time. Sometimes the right eye is fine, sometimes it isn't. Eyes aren't the greatest and dry eyes can wreak havoc in the field.
lemme know.
