This is my last predator hunt (Im retiring from hunting)

My pop-pop is almost 80 years old and he says he is going to quit every year and he keeps on hunting. He is my inspiration and who started me hunting. I think if he keeled over in the goose blind that would be the way he would want to go. Beside's its always good to get to shoot another limit...
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I hope to fall over dead while draggin a big buck home or after I pull the trigger on a huge wolf when I'm about 80+

hopefully heart attack and I die right in the bush. Don't care if I'm ever found, let my body nourish the land I used for so many years and brought me so much joy.
 
my dad uncle and grandpa were hunting in the big horn's
my grandfather didn't come in one night. dad and duwayne went looking for him and found him.
he had a heart attack but made it through OK.
he told them if he ever died he wanted to go in the bighorns.
the next year he went elk hunting and never came back.
dad went to find him. he was sitting in his camper smiling
dead of a heart attack.
 
Originally Posted By: ARDaveOriginally Posted By: doggin coyotesOriginally Posted By: littletoes I think, if you can make it to 80, you win. The sad part, you get to see all your friends die.....most likely your wife too, and even some children.....gives a guy a lot to ponder on.



Well now, doesn't that paint a pretty picture.

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Doggin, you absolutly crack me up on a regular basis!

When to quit? I don't plan on it, but it can happen in a blink of an eye. I know that much.
Doggin has a gift now Don't he
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Originally Posted By: cmiddleton my dad uncle and grandpa were hunting in the big horn's
my grandfather didn't come in one night. dad and duwayne went looking for him and found him.
he had a heart attack but made it through OK.
he told them if he ever died he wanted to go in the bighorns.
the next year he went elk hunting and never came back.
dad went to find him. he was sitting in his camper smiling
dead of a heart attack.

Wow what a way to go! Love that story!
 
At age 43, and only started (for the most part) hunting a few years ago, I would like to think my best days are ahead of me...22 years from now in retirement, God willing
 
Originally Posted By: DVXDUDEI hope to fall over dead while draggin a big buck home or after I pull the trigger on a huge wolf when I'm about 80+

hopefully heart attack and I die right in the bush. Don't care if I'm ever found, let my body nourish the land I used for so many years and brought me so much joy.


My plans exactly. If I'm found, my body is to be directly cremated and ashes to be spread on my dog's graves.
 
I met up with an old friend recently, his Dad was a big hunter as we grew up. He recently died out on the trail while hunting. He was found with his trusty best friend, Mike, his current Dog gaurding his body in the woods AFTER a 2 day wait. The dog wouldn't let anyone near him until a family member showed up in the middle of the woods. Sounds like an awful way to go FROM someone that might not be a hunter, I mean who wants to go, but he was doing something he surely loved.
 
Don't have any intentions of ever quitting!

Grew up bear hunting the swamps of north central Florida, and made up my mind a long time ago that when I do die, I want to be cremated and have my ashes spread over Pinhook Swamp.

Can't imagine any better way of passing than hunting or fishing. Has always been my opinion that I was a whole lot closer to God sitting on a lake on Sunday morning than all those folks in church, they got a roof over their head!
 
Originally Posted By: YotesalotThe whole concept of retiring my gear is, to say the least, unpleasant.. That means I would still be alive to face it.. Not a pleasant prospect.

When I do go though, I wanna go in my sleep like my grandpa did.. Not screaming in fear for my life; like the other 3 people in the car he was driving did..LOL
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I don't want to laf but.... I have too!!!
 
It's easy, when you are young, to discuss the fact of dying, especially if you have little to live for...Death is a fact of life, but I have several grandchildren and a couple of great grandchildren... and I'd really like to see their entry to adulthood in a positive manner, rather than worry about whether I'll 'cash in' out in the woods somewhere...

When your body starts telling you that your mental state is a lie, you'll find yourself reevaluating your priorities...

I don't mean to be a 'wet blanket', but years ago after my first retirement, I transported Disabled Vets for their medical appointments around the state for three years and to the man/woman, I think all of them gave me the advice to do what I wanted to do while I was physically able, 'cause when the body starts to quit, you have to listen and adjust, if you want to enjoy the company of those that you love...

While these guys paid a great sacrifice that left them in the shape they were in, they never complained about the circumstances that got them there, they were just stating what we all should realize at some point in life...

Years ago, when I was much younger, I used to say that when my time came, I wanted to be shot by a jealous husband while exiting a bedroom window, at age 70+... Now that I'm close to there, I realize that I'd probably have trouble getting the window open in a hurry...
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...and most women that age aren't worth the trouble...
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Originally Posted By: Tactical .20I bet you probably won't know when your last one is, life can change so fast!

That's what I think, too. There have been things that I did for years and years and while I was doing them, I'd think that this was as good as it gets, ever. I couldn't imagine ever not doing this. Then something changed, either in the activity or in me or in my life and the luster was gone.

I haven't hunted 1/10 as much this year as I have the previous 3. In previous years, I put in 55-60 stands. This year? Check my stats. I'm just doing different things- doing more writing, more horse work, etc, and the coyote hunting has gone down. It doesn't mean I'm DONE, of course, but I might be going a different path for a while. And what's wrong with working with horses?

 
I know there will be a time when I won't be putting up the deer tree stands and screw in steps any more, but then I will switch to ground blinds. I will hunt as long as possible, but have seen what age can do to a person's abilities. I am only 58, but already can tell that I am not as strong as I once was, not as sure footed, not as quick to heal, etc, etc. A fact of life, but I will continue as long as possible.

A story for those of you thinking about hunting on the other side, it talks about a bird hunter, but insert your favorite game animal.

A bird hunter dies and wakes up in what he thinks is heaven. He immediately notices that in a kennel in the back yard is a great looking bird dog, and mile after mile of great pheasant habitat. A knock at the door reveals a man, dressed in upland gear, who asks if he wants to go hunting. He replies, sure, and off they go. After about 50 yards a beautiful rooster gets up, and the hunter nails it with is new over/under, given to him by his companion. Another 100 yards and another rooster gets up. It surprised the hunter and he thought he pulled the shot, but none the less, the birds falls. This gets the hunter thinking, and when another rooster flushes, he purposely shoots well behind the bird, that falls from the sky dead anyhow. He turns to his companion and says, I know this is heaven, but I missed that bird on purpose and I still got it, what is the deal? His companion just smiled at him and said, Who said this was heaven?
 
Im 52 and while the killing part is not the hilight of my hunting now a days like it was when i was younger i still love to hunt and cant see my self stopping of my own free will
 
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