You need to PM Coyote Hunter. He just had his done. In one day, out the next. Hardly any pain with frontal replacement method.

My wife had both her hips replaced. There are a few restrictions initially but most go away pretty fast. Certainly nothing to keep you from hunting.

I don't know if I would be thinking about packing heavy loads of elk meat though. Things like that probably didn't help your own hips to begin with.

I have had 40 pound weight restriction since 2007 due to major back surgery and I have not missed an elk season because of it.


Last edited by saddlesore; 04/10/15.

If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles