Any of you older guys still hunting hard? I turned 68 yesterday and still going at it. I’m not as fast and strong as I once was. I only use ladder stands or hunt on the ground now. I noticed there seems to be more older guys on here

Hope I’m hunting hard at 68. Having kids makes it difficult to hunt as hard as I used to, and I got 16 years till my youngest is out of high school. That will make me 64. Good for all you older fellas still out there grinding, it wouldn’t be hard for a guy to find reasons why he couldn’t do it at that age.

It helps me to keep perspective knowing that most guys who are 68 would love to be 48 again.

Yep 72 out almost every day still out for apa rifle season

yep , 82 and put several hours this fall ground hunting with my 50# kodiak mag., i built 3 shooting houses with 2 on our families 70 acres and one on my son in laws farm. really enjoy hunting from them but much prefer a ladder stand if i could climb up there so you do what you have to do. i have taken 7 deer from my "shacks" as i call them with some very close encounters. 5 with my recurve and 2 with muzzleloader, so i'm very thankful to still be able to get out there!

Happy belated birthday JR, I just ordered ladder stands to replace the hang on stands here on my palce. I'm a spring chicken at 65

78 and still at it pretty hard. My spouse's health, more than my own, is a limiting factor. Still hunt primarily from trees, favoring ladder stands, but use hang-ons or a climber when necessary. Also doing a bit more ground hunting.

I just turned 71 and am still hunting pretty hard. I don't tolerate the cold and long sits as well as I used to, but I get out enough to get it done. Took a nice fat forkhorn with the 50# longbow and homemade woodie a week before Thanksgiving and plan to get out some more this coming week. I love the view from a treestand and am still quite comfortable climbing my hang on stands so that's my primary method, along with some ground hunting.

I'll be turning 67 in May, and retiring next month. I don't consider that "old", unless you're 21 and then you might say look at that old dude still hunting with trad bows ...

I'll actually be hunting a lot more after retirement because I won't be so busy working all the time. Can't wait.

At 77, I'm enjoying archery/bowhunting as much as ever; although I don't hunt quite as much. Red gods smiled on me in Nov and took a nice doe with my Grayling B mag.

Shick

Don't hunt as much as I once did but I still hunt. I'm 83.

Still hunt hard, just haven't hunted at all this year with my wife having cancer. Spending the time with her! It is just hunting!

Still hunt Slow and Low! Pushing 70 here with check engine lights coming on that I have to address a step at a time. Beat the Prostate Cancer so far(radiation sucks), AFIB so heart is wacked but take blood thinner so I do not stroke out but can not move fast and bleed easy so when working in woods building blinds/trails I am so cut up that it takes a week to heal, on CPAP at night cause I stop breathing 73 times an hour per sleep study (got lucky there), muscle mass is going away so legs wobbly and fall down some in woods (crossing creeks the worst), both shoulders need to be replaced but can still shoot 40 pounds, but stopped doing ladder stands (delaying that step). All that said I still try to go out to hunt from ground blinds or still hunting into the wind when right. I avoid severe cold and rain as it is a long hunting season from Oct 15 to Feb 10th here in Bama. When I get a deer I call wife and say, "It will be awhile" :))

I'll turn 88 in February and still track deer. Sometimes I go 10 miles or more a day. It's ALWAYS fun to get one.

Happy (belated) Birthday Jack!

Keep moving and you will have many more. Move even when you don't want to. If you haven't been much of doing that lately, start. Motors and engines make it easy. Easy is bad for your health. :::hut two three four::: lol

I'm 70. I've been out before first light once or twice a week for a month.

75 and still at it.

Only 68 but the old engine is about worn out. I still hunt, but no where like I once did. A ladder stand and ground blinds when I feel like it. I have become a fair weather man, especially the very cold. Have had to back off big time on the bow weight, my muscles just can't do it any more. my walking, totally sucks but I still blood trail using my forearm crutches. I feel like that missing dog, Lucky, the one missing one leg, one eye, one ear, been fixed, shot and deaf besides nothing working right. But I still get "out" there and put in the time. The "horse", I mean our 7 month old Golden Doodle is to be our blood trailing dog because I just can't see the ground like I used to. My "still hunting" is when I sit down in a blind or in the ladder stand and finally get quiet. I just refuse to totally quit, so I have to adapt and make changes in order to keep hunting. That is why I am going to go to a 35# to 40# recurve, to keep on shooting and hunting. Hoping to find a shorter decent bow that I can manage in the blind or sitting in the ladder stand. Life is still what we make it, even when we feel over challenged. Too many strokes in the past and too many operations along with certain drugs like lisinopril have taken their toll. My hat's off to you guys still able to hunt hard and walk the miles.

What's old? My kids think I'm old...than when they find out their Dad runs and lifts weights 4-5 times a week they are shocked

I am 72 years old. I got out hunting five or six days this year. But more than that I shoot pretty much year around and greatly enjoy that.

I have reduced my bow weight as follows: age 13 to 20 - 40#; age 20 to 35 - 45#; 40 to 50 years old- 60# @28; 50-53 years old - up to 55#; The last few years 48# to 52#. I did recently order a 47# bow and have a 48, 51, 52# bows.

Depth of snow is more of a factor these days. I have accumulated a bunch options for dealing with cold to very cold weather.

Happy belated birthday Doc. I'm still a youngster, won't be 68 till January. Done more bow hunting this year than the last half a dozen years.

I'm 67.

Age hasn't slowed me down any, but I am limited in where I can hunt.

I only go to my areas when I feel relatively sure I'm not going to get shot by some asshole. That has slowed me down some.

Rick

I'm 76 and for the first time since 1965 I haven't hunted this fall. I had a fall in June and tore my rotator cuff, surgery in August and the surgeon told me no hunting this year. I listened but it's been tuff. Come turkey season I'll be back out there.

70 and still at it. Up here at the cabin in VT for late archery season snow and cold are the issue. Without 4wd got to find a place to park and be able to get out again. Another 3-6” tonight but 30’s tomorrow. At home in MA I got a primitive firearms stamp for 12/16 to end of year that allows bows but have to wear orange. Lots more hunting to do.

Be 78 this month (15th) and still hunt almost as hard as ever, but w/ exclusively stiks! Enjoyment at it's best! Hunt 2 or 3 days a week, gym 3 days a week, bike 25 mins, 3 times a week, and taking care of the wife makes for a busy life these days! Still fun for sure!

I am only 80 but hunt with a climber, broke my back and damaged my hip when an old climber slipped. I was 71 at the time. I like the view from above. The Lord blessed me with a buck and 2 does this year. While I am writing this I am enjoying a venison sandwich. I don't like the cold anymore ( all my deer were takin in 50-60 degree weather). Hope everyone that are still out there have as good a year as I have had.

65 years old and still bowhunting as hard as I ever did. Last year started bowhunting with my new hip. "LOL"

Killed this Colorado Bull Moose on Sept 10 this season, at the age of 84, will be 85 in March 7th.

Will have a hip replacement on Feb 10, my birthday present, but after that, here I go again!

My best, Paul

Nemo and Paul are inspirations

Happy birthday Doc. Keep on getting on.......

80 and still going at it. Just takes me a little longer to get where I want to be.

68, still hunting with selfbows and a Kodiak Mag, 1962 recurve.

Yeah, at 75 and still trying to hit the hills. Retired last year and was able to spend 10 days on the remote Wyoming deserts chasing antelope by myself this fall, except for a couple of days my son and grandson came to check up on me. Late season archery just closed in my Idaho unit and I spent more time in one day one the ground than upright, it seemed, from wet, slick snow over rocky, steep sidehills. Never nocked an arrow, but got within 80 yards of a really nice buck messing with a doe before being busted by other does I failed to see. It took a couple of days to recover before going out for more.

Many of the people responding to this thread are of a generation raised without 8 to 5 work schedules, vacations, and desk jobs. We still do what we can do, even if painful, slower, sometimes discouraging, but usually rewarding even in small ways, like a dozen arrows shot at pinecones in the backyard.

A couple of photos show the rewards of a full life, lived every day, with many challenges and the sometimes medical issues, tragedies, and bumps in the road.

I like to think we hired on tough.

The picture is one of six days on the Idaho hills chasing migrating and rutting bucks. The rewards were many.

72 and had a hard time getting out the past two years because of illness. Hoping to turn that around soon. Not being able to hunt is harder on me than being sick.

68 and wide open most of time.Still love to hunt deer rabbit and squirrels, retired in October.

Those "rewards" included a lion track less than two hours old in the light snow on the back side of a tall peak.

Then finding the lion had made a kill and dragged it into the grunge over your back trail on the hike out at sundown. But by then you were too tired, banged up a bit, and yes, too old, to try and follow it out to where it was likely cached under snow and leaves in the thick stuff below.

I'm 73. I think I bow hunted about every day from the last week of Oct. thru the first two weeks of Nov. Some of my walks are about 1/2 mile one way to the stand. I hunt mainly ladder stands but I still use a climber once in awhile. I just enjoy being in a tree stand deer hunting. The Lord has blessed me with pretty good health.

Those reading this know what those often subtle rewards we talk about are. They are inside us, often hard to verbalize to others, maybe in our DNA, and likely remembered forever.

So we do what we can do when we can do it. We tend not to ever give up. Sometimes we adapt. Sometimes we overcome. And yes, sometimes we fail.

For many of us, especially on this thread and this site, those rewards of the bow and arrow and out-of-doors and more are what hold us together. And we are thankful for that.

Turning 81 in a few weeks and did not bowhunt this year. I did, however, hunt 5 days in MD firearm season last week and took a Sika hind. I also put in 2 duck days this year which are grueling compared to deer hunting.

67 here....I backpacked in 4 miles and spent 8 days hunting elk solo in the rockies 5 and 6 miles in.

I passed 11 elk with my recurve some spikes in as close as 6y [I have never shot a spike] ...and a nice branch antlered bull at 50y. I ended up hiking out and got my compound shooting one the very next day. Then I had to pack him out for 2 days straight.

A buddy helped with a little of the packing but it was 2 long days of over 25 miles meat packing getting him out.

I'm a strong backpacker and train for it but it was a solid week recovery....not like when I was a younger man.

When I can. My spouse's health, more than my own, is a limiting factor

Mostly hunt out of ladder stands just because that is what is setup on the property I hunt. Sometimes use a climber or saddle on public. At 72 I still love being out there, but I’m much more picky about what I shoot.

MP

Thanks for posting some pictures fellas. I like seeing them. Photographs bring back some fond and wonderful memories of past bow hunts that were successful or were not successful.

Paul, Nice moose.

My buddy Tom and I bowhunting elk in Colorado. Me with my Bear Kodiak Takedown recurve and maple arrows, and Tom with his compound and carbon arrows. And we got along great. "LOL"

My elk hunting grounds in Colorado. Great memories.

77 in February. Still using my LW hang on and sticks for archery. Pop up blind for firearm with a Mr. Buddy heater when needed.

At 71 I'm still enjoy the hunt as much as ever. Still hunting exclusively out of tree stands...although it is getting harder to hang those stands. Harvested a fork horn buck this past fall. Still like to hold out for a nice mature buck but due to circumstances beyond my control had limited time in the woods this fall so the first set of antlers down my runway went home with me. Hope to get out tomorrow morning to try to fill an antlerless tag and take down the remaining tree stands still up.

I’m 67 right after the turn of the new year. I can’t say I’ve slowed down much at all. My health issues for the moment haven’t had any impact on my physical being. I hunt almost everyday in some regard or the other

I am 75 and I still get out in the woods and fields and get after it. Cold weather bothers me more than it used to. What can I say, I like wild game meat.

I thought I was old but after reading the posts maybe 64 isn’t old. I’m going out to eat tomorrow and I’m going to order off of the kids menu

I turned 68 last June, and I still get out there some, but nothing like I use to.

Got this gal 2yrs ago I was 70yrs old shot with a 357mag at 20yrds with my youngest granddaughter

I will be 70 on March 25.

Frank, always luv your photos and the Bear TD's.

Shick

Coming 73 in a couple months. Still shooting every day but not hunting as hard as I used to. One deer a year is all my wife and I eat.

Thanks, Shick. I do like my Bear Takedowns. :)

These two are my favorites. Both 1980s factory camo Bear Kodiak Takedowns (greenstripes).

Turned 67 last August. I still hunt quite a bit. All kinds of hunting, Local hunting that is. So far, physically, I am in pretty good shape. I have a saddle but I hunt mostly ground and ladder stands, for deer.

Sadly, I have not bow hunted a lot this year. I had one buck jump the string on me, at least I think he did, he was quick! But I made up for it during straight wall and modern gun season. I have one tag left, hoping to still fill it with my longbow.

I went shopping for a motorcycle, (trail bike), today. I have been wanting something for single track, to go some places that are difficult (spooky) for my quad or side by side. I am thankful that I can still ride a trail bike. I hope I still have 10 or 15 years left at least, that I can do stuff like that. Time will tell, I guess. I am thinking one of my Bear takedowns, might be the ticket for taking along on a trail bike.

70 yrs, still hunting pretty much as hard as ever. Since retiring I do pass on days when weather is nasty. 4 years ago began using a saddle and have gotten rid of all my stands. Have become a Florida "snowbird " and enjoy chasing pigs with the longbow while down here.

65 and still at it - though I tend to sit in a ladder stand more than still-hunt, and I'm favoring bows of around 50 to 53# draw.

"You don't stop hunting when you get old.

You get old when you stop hunting."

Thanks for posting guys. I am glad so many of us older guys still get out there.

I'm one of the younger guys here at 65,I work hard at staying in shape all year long. This past season I hunted with an 11 year old, a 21 year old, two 30 year olds,and a 36 year old. I'm proud to say that none of them could keep up with me on our elk hunt this year.

I'm 70 will be back at it once my wife is better.Still use lock on treestand & do more ground hunting.

72 and still hunt.Still use tree stands.

Doc said, “ I noticed there seems to be more older guy’s on here” I think that is why I like it here so much.

Still farming, still hunting at 84. Will quit, when the Good Lord says, You better come on up here, before you hurt yourself!!!

Turned 73 in August. Still hunt pretty much, but arthritis and cold weather make it tougher. Killed a buck and a doe in the warmer weather at beginning of the season and another doe with the rifle. I hunt out of hang ons and use screw in steps and it's getting tougher to place them, but I enjoy venison too much to quit.

72 and hunting, but admittedly not as much as I used to.....and I hunt on the ground now, either sneaking and stopping a lot for sits, or just sitting in brush on a folding stool over scrapes.

75 and try to get out every day of the season, though this year an emergency kidney surgery slowed me up some. I don't recommend it.

Im 80 and still hunt with my buddies every chance i get. Im slow but I get where I'm going.

Forgot to mention I will be 78 in February.

Will be 70 in a few months. I have hunted a large section of woods owned by a coal company, 2 miles by 2 miles, my whole life. They sold out to another mining company and posted the whole mountain now. So now its a whole new area to learn. My buddy and I had a few ladder stands out on the old property but now I am just hunting totally from the ground. I have been seeing deer and several bears so I think that by next season I will have allot more knowledge on where to go. I gave up using climbers three years ago. I just got tired carrying them in and out, but now I'm not using the ladder stands either. I still hunt whenever I can even if the temperature drops down to single digits, but, now my buddy and I don't go out alone. Neither of us want to drag a deer that far by ourselves if we got one.

Turned 73 this year. I’ve probably spent more hours on stand this year then any other year. I hunt mostly from hang on stands with stick ladders. I moved 3 stands into a different location close by. I also put up 3 new stands and built 4 brush blinds. With everything I’ve been through in the last 10 or 12 years, I don’t take tomorrow for granted. Going to keep at it as long as I can.

Yep. I’m 74 and still hanging stands and hunting pretty hard. This fall I’ve logged 37 “sits” hunting whitetail.

66 here and soon to be 67. Like above poster I'm going to order kids meal after reading this thread. Good for you OL timers.

Smart man Candyman! It's a good thing when a person knows there limitations and adjusts accordingly. I've been hunting from the ground for a lot of years now. My back said no more trees.....and I listened.

I hunted this past Thursday in that howling wind.....blowing hard out of the west made it perfect to hunt a deep ravine about a 1/2 mile above my place. The deer head there under those conditions and I was optimistic to say the least.

It had been two seasons since I did this ravine, had some knee work done and took a break for a bit. Long story short, I was about 3/4 up the ravine when I came upon a house/cabin that was not there two seasons ago.

Two choices, either back track (that's boring) or climb the side of the ravine to get to the first bench. I chose the latter.....and I could have used a ladder in the beginning. Very steep incline and thank God for strong saplings, as they were the only way I was able to pull myself up out of there. It's steep.

Got to the top and still hunted out across it before dropping down and heading towards home, only to realize I had lost my hat(was wearing a bill cap over a beanie} when I went to pull the bill down when the sun was in my eyes.

Guess what I did the next day?

Good Shooting->->->->Craig

Scoop, yourI attitude, outlook, and values are spot on…..thank you brother.

Mostly chasing Speed Goats these days……76 and counting……Mindful

Scoop and Beendare, I think similarly and hope I can still execute at your ages. (I'm 60)

Hunt from a saddle totally now because I've caught the Vertigo and have no confidence standing on a platform to shoot a bow.

Will eventually start using ground blinds.

73 and hunt from the ground, two fake hips put an end to trees. have about 30 sits this year and have passed numerous does w/fawns and smaller bucks. Now with 1 month to go I maybe shouldn't have passed deer but no regrets. Only shot was on a running yote but cut hair off his chest. Still a good season so far and the fat lady hasn't sung yet.

I'm only 52 so you fellas getting after it are an inspiration.

I tell my wife all the time that I want to be like Nemophilist when I grow up.

Thanks Craig. We got snow here but not as much as you. Love hunting in the snow.

Folks as as lot of you know I lost my wife a couple months ago and I am dealing with it. I am thinking about moving back to my home town, The Village of Allegany in south western NY.

I am 78 and can't trudge through this jungle of vines and swamp anymore, I am looking forward to go where the forests are clear in the winter, it never gets clear here. I am having heart surgery in May and if all goes well, I will sell and move back up north.

I have been here for 66 years and hunted from the ground only, I have been charged at by wild boars, alligators and water moccasins, yes those suckers will come after you. Also raccoons and possums. I have been bloodied by wild blackberry and had five in thornes right through my leg from cactuses yes we have cactus.

Hunting up north will be a treat.

I’m 62 now. I’m still hunting. But sometimes I take a break to get other stuff done or shoot my bows.

I'm 80. In 2023 I hunted almost every day of the season that I could. This year (2024) I've developed some more heart problems. I wasn't supposed to hunt at all this year, but I had a hard time accepting it. I did sneak in 2 mornings and two afternoon/evenings between Oct. 1st and now (Dec.) That's a huge difference for a guy who normally hunts every day. Old age sucks! The last morning I hunted I took my blood pressure before I left home. It was 120/80 (good). I walked in about a half mile slowly. I got in the ladder stand before light. My intention was to hunt until noon. About 10AM I started to get lightheaded, so I headed out. What should have been a half-hour walk out took me 2.5 hours. I barely made it home. I was weak, dizzy and gasping for air (yes.. I know... I'm stupid). As soon as I got home, I took my B/P again. It had gone from 120/80 in the AM down to 73/49 (very low). What that means is my heart isn't pumping enough blood/oxygen to the brain, and if you don't slow down, you will pass out. I'm just relaying this because I felt absolutely fine when I left in the morning. I just bit off more than I should have. I have heart surgery scheduled for Dec. 16th. They are putting in a new pacemaker with two ventricle leads. Multiple cardiologists have told me I should feel like a new man afterwards. Also, I cannot shoot a bow for a month to six weeks after the implant. If I do, I'll risk pulling the leads out and will need another surgery to fix it... and any additional surgeries will very likely increase chances for infection. I'm not at all scared but I am very anxious to feel like a "new man." I still mainly bowhunt out of ladders. But I'm no longer comfortable with my feet elevated more than about 12 feet high. I don't care for anything higher because of senior balance issues anymore. We, as hunters need to know our equilibrium changes as we age. If you don't believe me, try walking that DUI straight- line/ heel to toe test. Went I was younger I could walk down a 6" fallen tree without faltering. Nowadays I can't walk a straight line as good as a drunk. I was still pretty good physically until I was about 78. Then I noticed multiple problems. Mostly knees and hips. Last year I had to make the decision whether to hunt mornings OR evenings because I didn't have enough energy to do both. I adapted. I slowed down; I walked with a walking stick which helped greatly for any up or downhill slopes. On the negative side, I seemed a lot colder. I'm sure that was because of the meds/ blood- thinners. I find myself colder now at 25 degrees above than I used to be at 25 below zero when living in Montana. I'm also a full-blown diabetic who takes three insulin shots every day. The only good thing I found out about diabetes and hunters was because of neuropathy I never get cold feet anymore. Well, they actually probably do get cold, but because my feet are numb, I don't feel it. Ha. On a serious note, I've always thought we should hunt for as long as we can. Hunting is good for us, both physically and mentally. Read that sentence again. BUT we need to be aware our bodies change big time as we age. And we need to listen to the docs, use common sense and take it a little slower. I'm still very convinced that having to slow down in my senior years has actually made me a better hunter. It enables us to THINK about what we are seeing when we can pick up the details we'd normally miss at a faster pace. Keep your priorities straight, use common sense, listen to the doctors, slow down and enjoy the whitetails, one of God's greatest gifts to mankind! Merry Christmas to all. BW

Thanks for the update Barry. Best of luck to you. The medical demons don’t know who they are dealing. You and yours take care and enjoy the holidays. And Andrea says hello and sends her love. I think she still wants to marry one of the two redneck my liberal daughter and I had so much fun with those weeks in Africa. —Mark in Idaho

I’m only 68. I had 3 cervical vertebra replaced in Jan. I still have neck pain from bending over doing dentistry for over 40 years. As a result my balance is terrible. I use ladder stands exclusively now. I still lose my balance. I have a couple arrhythmias that don’t help. I keep going but it is harder. I don’t get up much over 10 feet. My buddies laugh at me. But I hide my stands well and still kill deer. I agree with Barry. You have to keep going. Hang in there Barry. Listen to the Docs. God Bless. Doc

Define old right? 68 here w/ a lot less motivation than I used to have. Yeah I've killed a couple of deer already this year and as long as there is meat in the freezer I'm good. Have shot 44# for the last 15 yr (30" draw makes it somewhat more than that). Ladder stands only here, but I did hang a stand on a hunt up north this year. Wearing a harness for the first time. The old body is wearing out so I don't push it much, but I still do, still go. I'm a hunting archer. Its what I do.

Barry is right. Whitetail deer are indeed a blessing from God. I too have balance issues caused by age and a stroke about six years ago so I haven’t hunted from a treestand in three years but I still go hunting. I hunt as much as I can because I know the ability to go hunting can vanish in an instant. Barry I’m praying you’re procedure goes well and you can be back out there “hunting the hard way.”

I'm 75, still working full time and hunt every chance I get, which is most days I am not working. I have been bowhunting every season now for over 50 years but will skip a bowhunt if the opportunity for a duck or dove hunt presents. I like my rifles and will hunt with them on the evening before I have to work the following morning. I have gone from climbing trees with gaffs to hang stands to stick ladders with hang on to climbers and, more lately, ladder stands. I am transitioning now to hunting primarily from the ground, not because I feel unsafe up a tree, but because the old does on my place pick me out up a bare hard wood tree from a mile away. I find I like the ground hunting and killed a nice doe at 12 yards a couple of weeks ago. I have been thinking lately about what I need to do with all the stick ladders, climbers, hang on stands, ladders, gaffs, etc., that I have. My children and grandchildren, sadly, rarely hunt. One day I might pull the trigger and give them all away to a deserving young hunter. I've told my wife that if I come up missing from an evening hunt, don't come looking. Give the critters a chance to scatter me around in the woods. I doubt she will comply. My hat is off to the rest of you contemporary ol' farts.

I'm 70 with both knees replaced, half the Achilles tendon gone in my right leg and bow shoulder issues but I still love getting out and hunting.

I'm only 65 but my lungs are shot (copd). I can still carry a pack a ways but it's work and I stop often...not a bad thing when hunting.

The thing is for me is that the hunting I have access to stinks. I forced myself to go out yesterday to a local WMA that's shot to pieces. Due to wind and other hunters I went to an area that I haven't scouted this year only to find a tree stand.

I then sat for about 3 hours listening to shooting from their shooting range. As usual I didn't see any deer. In fact in three hours I only saw one squirrel. I got cold and VERY bored.

I could have sat in my own back yard and had squirrels to entertain me. No deer this time of year but plenty of squirrels.

Back in November my son and I spent a week in the national forest. For the second year in a row there were lots of hunters and we had to hunt areas that I've never been in. Not that easy to find deer in those hills and that steep country is a bit much for me these days. Oh the crowds weren't nice people to be around either. On two different nights somebody very near was blasting away about midnight. It sounded like a war...somebody just burning lots of ammo with large caliber automatics. I don't need that.

So yes, I don't have the wind I used to but my "give a darn" is running out too.

If I don't manage to put together an affordable and physically realistic plan to get near a deer next year I think I'm done.

A couple of years ago I bought an XOP vanish evolution stand (that I haven't used yet) and their stand transport system with the intention of being more mobile.

The stand on the transport system with my old lone wolf sticks and a small pack with harness and stuff comes to about 30 pounds.

Well I can carry that a ways but certainly not miles and certainly NOT up and down the southern Indiana Hills. Once I take it down I'm not going anyplace but home or back to camp. LOL not so mobile for me. It's more like an anchor system.

I would think it would be a good idea for every hunter to learn to hunt from ground zero. Even if you are young, strong, and healthy, take the time for a season to learn the "ground game".

You may not have the view that you desire, and the deer sightings may not be as frequent, but it is a valuable skill to learn.

If your body allows you to hunt into your latter years, you more than likely will find yourself choosing to keep your feet on the ground at that point and then you will have somewhat of an idea of what you are doing. Just my opinion, but I think it would be worthwhile.

Good Shooting->->->->Craig

All I can say is Barry X 2. I met him at E.T.A.R. and when he came to Pittsburgh. Always good to talk to. It is nice to know He can still share words of wisdom. Young hunters take note !

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