Thread: Notes for Old Codgers

Greetings All,
Today is the 61st anniversary of my first ever trip into the Kawekas on which I fired a rifle (at a rock) and saw my first deer in the wild. I have posted about this previously. About 3 years ago I set some goals regarding my fitness and trips that I wanted to do. Some health problems, Cyclone Gabrielle and sloth on my part has resulted in few of the goals being achieved. Currently 2 weeks shy of my 75th birthday I have had to be honest with myself that the goals were aspirational at best and set some new ones.
In doing this I have understood that those of us in our senior years need to rejoice in what we can do and not to mourn what we can not. For me this means concentrating more on F-class shooting but still doing my grandpa walks and a bit of mid week grandpa hunting in the easier areas that I have always meant to go back to but never quite got around to.
With my current expenditure of ammo on actual hunting sitting at nil the F-class gives me a reason to handload, something I have always enjoyed, so there is another plus.
So to all of you other old codgers interest in hunting and rifles has many facets, it is just a matter of finding what we can still do and enjoy.
Best wishes and regards Grandpamac.