This is my last predator hunt (Im retiring from hunting)
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Several of my hunting partners and I determined that when we got too old to hunt ducks and agonized that some former hunting friends who now were laying in warm beds next to their wimmenfolk while we were freezing in a duck blind did not know what they were missing. We knew that we'd have great memories to recall while sitting on the front porch rockers. Several have died with their wader close by, if not on.
I've never regretted a day spent in the field....well,one day was close when truck brakes froze up fording flooded field roads and then dumb Mercury wouldn't start..might have something to do with 5 degree temps...still a good memory.
I've never regretted a day spent in the field....well,one day was close when truck brakes froze up fording flooded field roads and then dumb Mercury wouldn't start..might have something to do with 5 degree temps...still a good memory.
yotezapper
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I posted earlier and then got to really thinking about this...I think that if I live my life the way that I am supposed to and be the best person that I can be, the hunting on the other side will be better than enything we have experinced yet. Probably call a dog in on every stand!! But I'm still gonna make the most of it while I'm here.
Now that I'm in my early 60's, I've quit deer hunting or almost quit. First day and first Saturday with my friend,that is it! Sometimes we argue about whos shot it is until the deer has moved out of shooting position. Or it's not large enough and it is too far to drag. But we have memories. I've taken up coyote hunting just four years ago and still hang on to squirrel hunting. This coyote thing, I'll stick to that until I become coyote bait.
Susi_Hunter
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My wife says every time hunt coyotes alone, what something happens to me. I tell her if die, I'm doing something I love, and it's chance for coyotes to back at me, what would better way to die.
catwhacker
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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.
But then you get all of there stuff and go hunting with it!!!!!!
But then you get all of there stuff and go hunting with it!!!!!!
The 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
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
TonyTebbe
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I'll retire from predator calling, when they have me hooked up to IV's in the hospital. I'm 42 and chose predator calling as my early retirement job. Got alota years left ahead of me!
I spent alot of my late teens and early twenties with my fox and coyote hunting buddies. The average age of the group was 72. I guide plenty of 70+ aged hunters and they get along just great. Predator calling seems to be right up their alley and they appreciate it more than most hunters.
Tony
I spent alot of my late teens and early twenties with my fox and coyote hunting buddies. The average age of the group was 72. I guide plenty of 70+ aged hunters and they get along just great. Predator calling seems to be right up their alley and they appreciate it more than most hunters.
Tony
Originally 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.
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.
Well now, doesn't that paint a pretty picture.
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.
My dad and I hunted with an older guy that was 93 years old the last year we took him hunting with us in Minnesota in 1982. He last killed a deer in 1976 with his trusted Marlin 30-30 at the age of 86. In October of 1983 at age 94 he was struck by a car while crossing a street in town and he ended up in the hospital. The first words out of his mouth when we went to see him in the hospital was "I just bought my deer license last week so I [beeep] well better be out of here by deer season". The old guy died a week later, I always have missed his hunting stories since than, But god I would love to hunt untill I am 93 years old.
NM Leon
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My great-grandma died in her sleep a couple of weeks short of her 100th birthday in '65 or so. They said it was the first year she hadn't filled her deer tag, but they were operating from a misconception and were wrong.
Grandma always bought a tag, and she even put it on the (last) deer she shot each year. The game wardens knew she was poaching, but I don't think any of them had the cajones to try and give her a ticket.
She raised pedigree dogs and rabbits for cash, never getting government assistance in any way (not even social security).
She NEVER bought meat in a grocery store saying it was a waste of money and ate rabbit and venison. She was one of the original pioneers in WY, having been orphaned in TX as a young teenager while on a wagon train, and from there to WY, walking and horseback as a 14yr old wife.
Now SHE had some good stories.
Grandma always bought a tag, and she even put it on the (last) deer she shot each year. The game wardens knew she was poaching, but I don't think any of them had the cajones to try and give her a ticket.
She raised pedigree dogs and rabbits for cash, never getting government assistance in any way (not even social security).
She NEVER bought meat in a grocery store saying it was a waste of money and ate rabbit and venison. She was one of the original pioneers in WY, having been orphaned in TX as a young teenager while on a wagon train, and from there to WY, walking and horseback as a 14yr old wife.
Now SHE had some good stories.
canislatrans54
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Well, for me it's going to depend greatly on losing more weight & health issues.
I've already been on a hiatus since 2009, because of health issues & weight that combined have made it hard to do my job, let alone go hunting.
I've been slowly getting better, & losing weight, but it's continuing to be a long, difficult road.
But, I have plans to be back out hunting by Fall 2011, or die trying.
So, to answer the question...
When I finally have no desire in my heart & soul to be in the outdoors, & my brain gives up, then & only then will I admit defeat.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm just taking a vacation. And that vacation WILL end sooner or later!
I've already been on a hiatus since 2009, because of health issues & weight that combined have made it hard to do my job, let alone go hunting.
I've been slowly getting better, & losing weight, but it's continuing to be a long, difficult road.
But, I have plans to be back out hunting by Fall 2011, or die trying.
So, to answer the question...
When I finally have no desire in my heart & soul to be in the outdoors, & my brain gives up, then & only then will I admit defeat.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm just taking a vacation. And that vacation WILL end sooner or later!
My dad's 74 and started coyote hunting when I ran the idea past him late in '09. Some days are tough on him, but he still goes out. He fishes A LOT! Fished all day in the rain yesterday. Usually gets out doing something outdoors a few days a week.
I don't see myself retiring from coyote hunting. I just see myself learning, and learning, and learning; and getting better. It's too much fun!
Arden
I don't see myself retiring from coyote hunting. I just see myself learning, and learning, and learning; and getting better. It's too much fun!
Arden
I don't know how to answer this question. The group I started out hunting with was friends of my grandpa and dad. The oldest is will be 87 this coming season. Several others are in the upper to mid 60's. Now the the ones in the 60's still get around pretty good, but the 87 year old does not and rightfully so. The problem is now I am 27 and the full load of all the dragging of the deer and doing most of the walking on drives on my sholders. I know they all would if they could and did when I started out. But every year it gets harder to get people in place to do the drives and as age has caught up to a few of them the more the deer get by with out beening seen or just plain missed. I would like to say that I will hunt to the day I die or even after, but I think I as I age I will have to look back see how much I effect others hunting and sucess. And if the day comes when I know i have given it my all and it is not enough anymore then I will just have to sit on the porch and give the younger generation [beeep] for not doing as good as we used to like some that had hunted with us do now.
Originally Posted By: NM LeonMy great-grandma died in her sleep a couple of weeks short of her 100th birthday in '65 or so. They said it was the first year she hadn't filled her deer tag, but they were operating from a misconception and were wrong.
Grandma always bought a tag, and she even put it on the (last) deer she shot each year. The game wardens knew she was poaching, but I don't think any of them had the cajones to try and give her a ticket.
She raised pedigree dogs and rabbits for cash, never getting government assistance in any way (not even social security).
She NEVER bought meat in a grocery store saying it was a waste of money and ate rabbit and venison. She was one of the original pioneers in WY, having been orphaned in TX as a young teenager while on a wagon train, and from there to WY, walking and horseback as a 14yr old wife.
Now SHE had some good stories.
They don't make'em like that anymore Leon. She sounds like a good one!
Grandma always bought a tag, and she even put it on the (last) deer she shot each year. The game wardens knew she was poaching, but I don't think any of them had the cajones to try and give her a ticket.
She raised pedigree dogs and rabbits for cash, never getting government assistance in any way (not even social security).
She NEVER bought meat in a grocery store saying it was a waste of money and ate rabbit and venison. She was one of the original pioneers in WY, having been orphaned in TX as a young teenager while on a wagon train, and from there to WY, walking and horseback as a 14yr old wife.
Now SHE had some good stories.
They don't make'em like that anymore Leon. She sounds like a good one!
likinmo
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Originally Posted By: donlynchi clicked on this thread cause i thought , who in the world would say that? and just as i thought, it was just conjecture, whew
don
Gottcha! Actually this thread has done exactly what I thought it may do...Make people think about when or if they will ever give it up! Some great stories already about old timers...I just hope that when we get some age on us....that some youngin will say remember that ole timer that used to hunt all the time!! LOL!
don
Gottcha! Actually this thread has done exactly what I thought it may do...Make people think about when or if they will ever give it up! Some great stories already about old timers...I just hope that when we get some age on us....that some youngin will say remember that ole timer that used to hunt all the time!! LOL!
