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Old 12-03-2003, 05:41 PM
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what's the definition of old????
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Old 12-03-2003, 05:45 PM
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When you are young you want Quantity,when you Mature you want Quality.

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Old 12-03-2003, 05:52 PM
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ORIGINAL: OregunHntr

Turn it around and make it apply to you then "OLD WOMAN"!![]
Oooohhhhhh, Oregun! You best be watchin' your back now![:@][>:]
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Old 12-03-2003, 06:05 PM
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I'll be 52 in July. I still run 3 miles on 3-4 days per week....even in the winter. You gatta stay in shape to enjoy your hunting to the fullest. I really don't know what you are talking about. You say hanging stands and scouting make you tired. I can't imagine that. Why?...that's recreation, man!...and you're just a kid yet!

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Old 12-03-2003, 07:43 PM
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Well you little snotty nose brat, if you stay active and take care of your body when you are young will determine your health later. Abuse your body and your going to pay the dues. Another reason brat that you may be lacking energy is, are you eating the right energy food, or are you eating junk foods and wonder why you don't have enough energy? Bobby 12*15*53
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Old 12-03-2003, 07:48 PM
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I would have to say when you are in your 60's and 70's.
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Old 12-03-2003, 09:49 PM
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i am 62 and semi-retired.i work weekends and hunt mon-thurs and find it difficult to get up and hunt on sat/sun due to getting off work at 11.00pm.i work 28 hours on fri/sat/sun and that takes a little wind out of my sails.however,i still pull a 70# bow,muzzleload and rifle hunt for deer and also do a lot of walking while turkey hunting.i am old by some standards,but will continue to do what i love as long as my health will allow.i generally will take a good buck each year,pass up what most will shoot and get my limit of gobblers each spring.life is good for us OLD folks.
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Old 12-03-2003, 10:03 PM
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I am 60. I am in better shape now that about three years ago. Bad heart attack during cancer surgery. I survived both but boy the come back was slow. It took a couple years to get back to the strength I had before the event. My goal is to be in much better shape next year. I am just getting back to where I can work out a little. I can walk a couple miles again but climbing the canyons in the river breaks where I hunt is probably a thing of the past.
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Old 12-04-2003, 12:09 AM
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I'm waiting to break the kids into doing the heavy load. Driving/dragging, etc...

In the meantime, I take my time, fits quite nicely into still hunting. Of course I can't get up before dawn, hunt all day, hit the bars till closing, and then do it again the next day anymore, but I'm OK with that.
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Old 12-04-2003, 06:00 AM
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See while us young guys dont know alot of where to hunt & how to hunt & make it right, old timers do. They dont have to walk as much as us to find a deer spot. They know what to hunt, how to hunt it & when to hunt it. Not saying younger hunters dont just saying we cant as well as the older hunters.

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Tim I am not sure how old you are, but you are wise beyond your years. Experience cuts down on the amount of work needed, with age you also learn easier ways of doing things and learn that there are a lot of things that do not need to be done. When it comes to hunting slow is good and as a result we tend to have better luck as we age because we have learned there is no rush. Another advantage we have is usually we have more vacation time to dedicate to preseason scouting and hunting and every time you hunt a certain piece of land you learn where the deer are and when so the amount of scouting that needs to be done is far less than hunting a new piece of property.

The one thing we learn with age also is that your kids need to learn how to drag a deer out, gut it, hang it and skin it!! This is crucial, it will extend the old mans hunting time right up until the bitter end!!!!
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