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luckyleftyme2

(3,880 posts)
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:32 AM Dec 2014

old age


As I listened to the news last night and heard the general muzzle loading season ended and the bow season (special) will end next sat. I realized this was the first year I never hunted since I was 10. From the age of 10 -11 I was allowed to go with my dad but not carry a weapon. At the age of 12 I shot my first deer with a 20 gauge bolt action shot gun. I can remember that in 1948 the radio was saying a week before hunting season that we may not be allowed to hunt because of forest fire danger. I also remember the night before season opened I tossed and turned most of the night.
strange how you mellow out over the years. The last few years I hunted I bet I passed up on
20 does even though I Had a permit.
I still may go rabbit hunting with my son and grandson a few times this winter; but I'll let them do the shooting. I'll just enjoy the outdoors.
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old age (Original Post) luckyleftyme2 Dec 2014 OP
After going out a few times with friends, my husband said that in the future... Frustratedlady Dec 2014 #1
The way it is. old man 76 Dec 2014 #2
lefty, there is nothing wrong and everything right with crim son Mar 2015 #3

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
1. After going out a few times with friends, my husband said that in the future...
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:41 AM
Dec 2014

he'd be shooting, but with a camera. He enjoyed being out in the timber, but had no interest in eating the deer, so he wouldn't shoot just to be shooting. With the camera, he captured the wildlife in a much more enjoyable way.

old man 76

(228 posts)
2. The way it is.
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 02:53 PM
Dec 2014

Strange how old age slips up behind us and we say how did it happen so fast. May be you and I have had our day but we will have a lot of great memories to take with us when we leave.

crim son

(27,502 posts)
3. lefty, there is nothing wrong and everything right with
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 10:20 PM
Mar 2015

just enjoying the outdoors. As for old age, I'm feeling it, feeling my mobility and vitality slip away. I'd like to think I'm in good company. ((hugs))

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