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

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likinmo

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When will you utter those words or will you ever...I was just thinking about this...I hope to never say those words but there will be a day when I will no longer physically be able to go I just hope its years and years down the road!
 
Ive thought about just letting my wife just tie me to a tree in the woods and letting the yotes get some revenge on me!! LOL!
 
Hmmm, you never know. I have a good friend who has been an avid hunter and guide all of his life. He simply reached a point in his life where he didn't care about killing anything anymore. He is more than willing to help others, but could care less about pulling the trigger. His employees on the ranch still hunt and they actively pursue calf killing bear and lion, but he rarely goes. He has been after me to come out and call coyotes, they are covered up in them. It is a bit hard to comprehend, I suppose, without being in his shoes, but that is where he is in his life, he just turned 60 in 2010.
 
Well while I still love hunting predators I spend most of my general hunting time anymore just enjoying watching the 16 year old daughter hunt! Now that I also have a 1 year old and one on the way I guess I'm going to be doing even more teaching in the coming years then actual hunting.
And NO comments about me being too dang old to be starting over with kids;-)
 
I'm 66 and ain't gonna quit just yet. Got to have a problem fixed next week to get ready for next year.
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Where you at in NM?
 
Originally Posted By: nmcowpuncherHmmm, you never know. I have a good friend who has been an avid hunter and guide all of his life. He simply reached a point in his life where he didn't care about killing anything anymore. He is more than willing to help others, but could care less about pulling the trigger. His employees on the ranch still hunt and they actively pursue calf killing bear and lion, but he rarely goes. He has been after me to come out and call coyotes, they are covered up in them. It is a bit hard to comprehend, I suppose, without being in his shoes, but that is where he is in his life, he just turned 60 in 2010.

Depending on where your friend is and if ya want some help, I'm always up for a road trip to hunt coyotes and help out the ranchers.
 
Originally Posted By: mtncatWell while I still love hunting predators I spend most of my general hunting time anymore just enjoying watching the 16 year old daughter hunt! Now that I also have a 1 year old and one on the way I guess I'm going to be doing even more teaching in the coming years then actual hunting.
And NO comments about me being too dang old to be starting over with kids;-)

I'm not going to say anything about you being to old to start over with kids but I think we all know what you have been doing in your spare time.
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I have a friend who is 73, 31 years older than I. He is about 1 mile down the road, and as soon as the gunfire at our rifle range starts, you can bet he will be rolling in to see what we are shooting. The 'ol boy came down one day we were shooting a new Barret .50 cal. a customer just bought....wow, you should have seen the glint in his eyes when the owner asked him if he wanted to take a few shots!
I hope I still have that spark when I hit 70! He still drives every year to N.D. to hunt pheasants...unreal.

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I've a Friend, I think He's about 86, and loves to talk hunting, politics, and shooting. We built a very nice 400 yard range on his property, with excellent concrete benches on all 4 yard lines.

After we do a bit of shooting, we always stop by and visit. He has a Trophy Room with an Elephant mount, and at least one of over antelope species that he had taken in Africa. Amazing to see. He's even let me shoot his $40,000.00 Double-Rifle in .470 Nitro Express.

What a Fine old man, with some [beeep] good stories. 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.

Some of them old men have some Character, thats for Damnn sure.
 
Originally 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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Well, I'm 60 and doing just fine. I'm probably reaching the end of my ability to climb Mount Everest or hunt Rocky Mountain sheep (no, never have..), but as far as predator hunting and the NEED to keep the yotes down at our place, I'll hunt as long as I can look through a scope and pull a trigger, even if they lay me in the blind on a stretcher.
 
When will you utter those words or will you ever...I was just thinking about this...I hope to never say those words but there will be a day when I will no longer physically be able to go I just hope its years and years down the road!

Hopefully when the time comes i''ll be sitting in the wood's somewhere as of right now im always ready to go hunting day or night.... My grand-pappy never gave up he was on his death bed and still hunting it seem's may he rest in peace.... I plan to carry on that tradition as long as i can.....
 
Getting old is not the only reason for stopping. My hunting came to a halt in thousandths of a second and it has taken a long time to recoup some of that.
Enjoy it while you can.
 
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