70 plus
Tahr must be to
heading away for a week in the Tararuas next week, got go for longer now, takes longer get there and back
70 plus
Tahr must be to
heading away for a week in the Tararuas next week, got go for longer now, takes longer get there and back
My old man dirtying his wagon. Two nephew’s in tow.
He’s 74 now and still keener than useless young me.
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Dan M
Turned 60 last week. ''Hunt smarter, not harder.'' and as a whitetail hunters quote. ''You don't get fitter hunting Whitetails, you get fatter.''
Yep, 64 and out shootin at the weekend.....
While I might not be as good as I once was, Im as good once as I ever was!
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
71 this year.
Still getting out chasing pigs with the dogs etc. once a week.
A bit slower than the young ones getting to the bail .
Carried a hind out the other day (100m to the truck) haha., legend.
I Have 100 traps in the kaimais which keep me busy when the weather is ok and am not working.
Fortunate to be in reasonable health an will keep hunting as long as I can.
That is how I think now and like a few others on this thread I've been through the mill in regards to health issues,heart etc,old news now.
At one time I had convinced myself that that was that and I was poked as far as hunting went. Fused disks,others not lookin great etc.
But nah as time went on I was back into it,but careful as we go.
I honestly believe that if your frame of mind is not too bad then yeah,go for it but know your bodies call and take it easy when need be.
Bugger ol age but hey If it's commin to an end,,, then I'd like to be sittin on a ridge lookin down into a bush filled gully watching mist slowly creepin it's way up...... lol What a load of dribble eh..bugger it why not.
It's a old age thing right?
Sadly we dont have a choice how or when we die in our life time, but what we do have the option of is how we choose to live it.
Until Jacinda and co came along that is !
Summer grass
Of stalwart warriors splendid dreams
the aftermath.
Matsuo Basho.
Greetings All,
This has been a very good thread and I thought I would, as a card carrying old fudd, offer a few observations on the old and the young. When we were young we moved through life looking forward. Every new thing was grasped with enthusiasm. We made mistakes, some of which left our elders mumbling in their beards having made similar mistakes in the past. We were young fit and the future seemed endless. Our elders knew better.
As we became old there was more of life to look back on than look forward to. New things were regarded with suspicion or even hostility. We tend to cling to our old ways event to our detriment. At some point on or about our sixtieth birthday we loose all ability to tolerate the endless repeating of yesterdays mistakes by the younger generations and we may descend into being a grumpy old fart.
None of this is carved in stone. As older rifle people we may not breathlessly embrace every new cartridge or handloading widget but should try to profit from some of the useful new kit and try not to reject new stuff out of hand (I am thinking of electric vehicles, climate change and the like here). The future will arrive whether we like it or not and we will have to deal with it. I can't speak for the young as my membership card for that group has long been cancelled but they could profit from learning from the older generations experience where relevant.
Regards Grandpamac.
I would suggest, that most of us here are at the positive end of the age scale, all the young guns, are communicating in Tinder or Kindling or some such thumb driven, method...
I’ve even mulling over all that’s been lost in my lifetime ie freedom to choose whether to wear seatbelts and helmets etc (good!) and the loss of firecracker and centre fire semi autos (bad)
Sadly the ( bad) list has got longer and longer-as time has gone by, I would get depressed if I listed all the (bad) changes I have seen in the last 55+ years…
But life goes on!
‘Many of my bullets have died in vain’
It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
Rule 5: Check your firing zone
Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms
We’ve got a family friend who comes out pig hunting with his son at the farm, he played a big part in my hunting interest. He’s 85 now and uses the quad a bit. We had him on a horse the other day, and he looked every bit as capable as a bloke half his age.
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