Physically that is, as you age. Are you making any adjustments or just living with the aches and pains and say what the heck? Every time I kneel down to make a set, I need help with my ground hog hammer or some other piece of equipment to get up. I also no longer walk far from the truck or up hills, crawl under fences, and thinking about pre-making many sets next season to eliminate all the work at once.

I put an ice pack on my lower pack when I get home.

Torn meniscus is keeping me from hitting spring beaver.Afraid if I go down,I won't get up.
Tom

I just tough it out. I may buy stock in Aleve though.

here i'm still in the no brain-no pain mode,but i aint gettin any younger.

do think 40 seasons has made it easier by making me smarter about how i work things.

will admit to not making those long walks in as much.

Work smarter not harder. My grandpa is 82. He said as you get older you might slow down but you should be more efficient at your tasks. What might’ve taken ten sloppy knife strokes should be replaced by 2-3 precise strokes of your knife.

I trap closer to the truck.

It's getting more difficult to not stay away every time bobcat prices soar out here !

Don't have the drive to do as much in the shed after the line is done... prices being what they are I'm running about 2/3 as much as I used to, at 64+ w/ 3 back operations. One thing that's changed thru the years is I like setting as much or more than checking.

AJE... did you get your post EXACTLY like you wanted???

Old age sucks! Takes your drive and ambition away and makes everything hurt! Biggest trouble is if I do overdo, I'm a train wreck for a week! I'm gonna try working my back well before season to build up strength and endurance next season. This year starting out, bout killed me, and don't need anymore of that!

It takes a week or more in the fall after setting out the line to limber up now.But after a week or two running traps,all is good.Just have to be a bit more careful not to take chances to get injured as it takes a lot longer to heal up when your over 60.I go a bit slower and more deliberate when going thru the bush and swamps now.And when I jump I make sure of my landing first now.No more jumping blind in the bush.And no more brush busting on the snowmachine,like the younger days,Now I scout ahead on snowshoes first before proceeding into the unknown with the snowmachine.
Like was said work smarter,not faster.

At my age, trapping, like sex, is almost as much fun to think about as to actually participate in. I'm bitter about it.

At nearly 72 I find it much more difficult to wade in the muddy bottom sloughs, so I canoe a lot more and also wait until some freeze over and trap through the ice. Upper body strength is lost even though I go to the gym frequently to maintain some strength. I can also tell it in my hands when setting traps. Not as easy as it used to be. I have pulled down coons by hand for 40 years and I can really tell I don't have the strength and stamina to do several of those a day so I am putting together pulling system for coons and yotes. I also notice I ache and am sore much longer after a long day than I used to be. I find carrying two 6 gallon sap buckets more work and a longer recovery than even 3-5 years ago.

Bryce

I will see 80 In May. I never thought I would say this but I'm just about ready to hang It up.

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

Like said a guy hopes he's little smarter and power through the rest the first 2 weeks are the worse after that I'm to busy to stop and complain about it. Since going to wolf fangs my back gets less of workout pulling just cut the cable and walk away saves me a ton of pain.

Turning 64 next month and still can go pretty good, but compared to Beav. I'm just a kid. I don't think I'll ever quit, time will tell.

Move south, the weather's better!
When I was back up in Nebraska trapping, the weather was so windy and dang cold.... my aches and pains went away cause I couldn't feel my face!

I can start to feel it in my knees now. Getting harder to get back up off the ground after making sets.

I take fish oil and hempseed oil . I think it helps keep my joints lubed up.