Agreed, I’ve paid attention to my family members over the years that became inactive as they got older and it’s very difficult to get back up once they stop. Most if not all never get back up and active again. The ones that lived longer or are still alive are the active ones. I vowed too that’ll never happen to me. When I can’t hike the mountains anymore it’s time to go out to pasture…haha
Bill you are a animal????
Look at the avatar again. He could still be real fatNot As Big As Your Avatar?
Damn Big Stiffy!
You Just Disappointed All of Us!
It doesn't take all that much to alter the trajectory of health to the detriment of being able to hunt deep or hard..
Enjoy the adventures while you still can !! The hills/canyons do get steeper each year. I’m 74 & my Wife is sure I’m nuts !!! I’m very careful still in my hikes & hunting - take no chances. Never thought it would get so hard so fast. YOLO
Congrats on the bull. Let's see him!
In my 50’s I could still keep up with my sons. In my early sixties my knees started causing problems. Then I had a horse wreck that left me a broken collarbone and ribs. I was riding where I should have been leading because of the knee pain. Had the knee replacement surgery, and haven’t been able to do near as much since. I have had to be more selective in choosing my adventures. I still killed animals in three states last year, and have tagged along on hunts in four states this year. Just got back from a son’s Arizona elk hunt. At 70 the spirit’s willing but the flesh is week. Hopefully the passion never dies.
Love all these stories, keep them coming.
Only Tom Brady beat time- Super Tom. But in the end , Father Time will win. Guaranteed! !
Pete, does Mrs Pete keep throwing out of the house? LolI spent 38 nights in on the ground last year at 58 and another 12 nights so far this year in my 60th year. Like others have said, you just need to stay after it. When you go 3 months a year on the couch, it just gets exponentially tougher to keep jamming
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I will admit it gets harder to find the motivation as the years go on, but there's nothing like finding elk back in there to keep you smiling !!!
Cheers, Pete
Hey ICM hope that kidney stone comes out before surgery you will piss like a cow on a flat rock for months. Have they everything else first? Had one a couple of years ago and man that is some kind of pain...the worst. Hope you get better and keep at it, the mind will tell you yes but the body says no LOL just don't listen to it
Them stone suck. Had five over the last 30 years. One where I was peeing blood on a backpack hunt in the high wyominv mtns. That one came out in surgery.
i love it. "eh im just pissin blood, wheres that buck!!" man after my own heart. once had a tooth pulled on my way to pack in. bleeding out my mouth for 3 days up there , perforated sinus cavity and trying to keep the Copenhagen out of it. its a wonder why our wives dont understand us...
Good luck on the Sheep hunt wiffy! I'm sure you and your Pop will do well. He's a stud for sure!
Haha don't jinx me!
Not quite 72
Pretty simple, I put in for seasons and units that don't require a lot of points and last year I shared points with a friend of mine. I drew a dedicated this year. So I'm garrenteed to hunt the next two years.
Looking forward to it ?
In 1998 I had what was supposed to be the last surgery on my ankle. Doc assured me before scheduling it that, while I might be sore, I would be able to hunt. They took a chunk of my hip and used k-wire to drill into one of my ankle bones and use the chunk to take the place of dead bone on my talus. Avascular necrosis......means no more blood flow to a bone...was the problem. So, doc does his thing and I was still in a walking boot come hunting season. I got a cow and darn near had a bear.
I've been hunting ever since I can remember but I recently just started backpacking/backpack hunting the last 3 years a little more seriously. I saw you started at 41 which gives me some comfort. I feel like I got started a little late on the whole Backcountry hunting, but sometimes you're just not ready to do that until you're a little older I think.
Bryon, you rent horses or do you have horses or do you know somebody with horses? I have got packgoats now. Because I don't have the land time or money for horses. Maybe when I start getting older I'll get horses, I guess we will see.
Are you able to spend a few nights in the Backcountry still?
How long do the cortizone last?
I have no problem in the back country even thou these days I hate sleeping on the ground for more than 3 days before my body screams "at least put me in a cot"
I chose ankle replacement over fusion because I liked the idea of more movement.
"You're my boy, Blue!"Man, some of you old guys have really abused your whole body.
If my skinny a$$ had a new set of lungs, I'd still be climbing mountains. It just wouldn't be as fast as I used to do it.
Let's get it on!!!
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Yes, very steady, strong and stable.
I had cortizone(steroids of some kind) shots in my back and it didn’t help any. I am going to get some more shots that are different. More of a pain block. I have two bulging disks in my back but Doc said they aren’t bad enough to operate on yet, which means they will continue to get worse.
Yes sir, it worked for me for almost 2.5 months the first time and a little less the next time.
Pretty impressive, nice work. Hope I am at it as long as you are!
My knee’s so bad I can barely kick the beer cans out without stopping.
