Getting Too Old for This...

Been having a lot of mobility/ pain issues lately.
Cancelled my trapping/ fall turkey trip couple weeks back, figured I couldn't handle mountains.


Had second thoughts about deer hunting yesterday evening, but here, Nov 9-14 has always been GOOD to us.
Plus, yesterday morning, saw where our 3D archery deer had been molested the night before.




So headed out at 330.

Had a spike hanging out around 40 yards, had every intention of shooting him.
But never got closer.
430, see buck coming down field edge behind me.
Get twisted around, tried to stop him in an opening.
He took a few more steps, and stopped in brush.
Twisted around some more and let one fly.

Found him 45 minutes later, 150 yds away in a BAD thicket, down across a ravine.

Luckily, one son and wife were home, so we got him out.
Eventually.
Funny thing, fox or coyote was on him THAT quick.

nice buck !!!!!!!!!!

Really nice buck congratulations.

Big bodied ol' boy! You won't go hungry this winter.

Nice buck ! I've had friend show me video on phone where a fisher was feeding on a deer within an hour after he downed it

Dang what a body on a deer. He’d about make two of ours.
Congratulations

That's a fine looking critter you killed Congrats

And thank you for taking out the weirdo buck that molests decoys.
Jim

Beautiful buck- I'm sure the adrenaline made your pain disappear for a needed moment- nicely done!

Nice deer. Congratulations.

Mac

Great Buck

Wow man good work!

What a nice buck! Getting old seems to be working for you, lol! Congrats sir!!

My goodness! What a nice deer! Congrats!

If you wait two hours to retrieve one here, it might be nothing but a skeleton

Nice'un!

[quote=DaveP]Been having a lot of mobility/ pain issues lately.
Cancelled my trapping/ fall turkey trip couple weeks back, figured I couldn't handle mountains.



I hear ya DaveP. When i get a deer i take 2 tylenol before i gut it and begin to drag it out. I feel this helps my body handle the drag better

Nice one, glad ya had some help dragging it.

I took some Advil BEFORE I even went out.

LOL, Plan B was to.part it out where it fell.
Did that with a moose on a DIY hunt.

Still, they were lifesavers.
I'm having a r REAL hard time dealing with infirmities, was bulletproof first 50+ years

An hour into.revovery I was wishing I'd shot the spike, lol.
Son says, Better to to squirrels Old Timer.

Dave P,

I feel your pain. I returned from my deer club several days early to get some rest Every bone in my body hurts, even as I try to sleep. I am 76 now. Dragging, skinning, climbing, etc. are hard on my disabled body. Thank goodness for my small ATV which is 32 years old. It probably hurts as well.

Great buck and great effort to go hunting!

Same here, most everything hurts. Just finished taking my morning medicine. I have the mind of a 30 year old and the body of a 90 year old, but am only 61 years old.

I hear ya!

I use to hunt the side of a mountain here because other hunters were smart enough they didn't want to drag from there but that's where the Deer went, so I did too, lol.
In W. Virginia, a couple of us would walk back a gated road several miles to hunt, and drag them out. Then we finally did get smart enough to buy a cart when they came out, so all we had to do was drag to it. Trouble was, we'd just hunt further away from the road then.

Now it keeps me busy dragging just my own butt uphill.

Very nice deer, well done ! I will never get a chance on a deer like that, being I have to hunt from the porch

Good job Dave.

Nice deer, way to go!!

About 20 years ago, my wife shot a BIG buck.
Took it to the checking station ( back when we had to).

Amish were rolling in with wagons full.

Old Man Esch walks up to her and says,
" Young lady, where does one kill a deer like that?"

She said, "About 40 yards from the kitchen!"

" What time you want me there for supper tomorrow?"

Old guy was funny.

I'm in the same boat. I used to wait for a nice buck. Now I try to shoot any deer I can on opening weekend because that's when I have help. I get older quicker every year. LOL

It seems as though the bow hunting season (3 months long here) has surpassed the rifle season.

You also have the youth and disabled in September.

Do all bow hunter shave to dress up and camo their face like a sniper? Deer can't tell color.

When rifle hunting, we wear camo.orange so someone doesn't mistake us for a deer.

When Nov.15th. comes its entirely not like it was 30-40 years ago. Hardly a gun shot.



I have often thought we need to switch around some dates for all to enjoy.

When September comes up for the youth hunt, they should get to enjoy it like I did when I was 14. Nov. 15th. when its cold.

Then when Rifle season would normally come up in Nov., the seniors could hunt in September when its warmer. We're seniors and get cold easier.

No one looses a season, but the younger generation gets the experience of what us older hunters went through.

It would set the mood for what REAL DEER HUNTERS of old had to deal with.

Great buck! Congratulations!!