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I posted last week about a missing 84 year old hunter. His body was found yesterday. He apparently hunted further away from his vehicle than originally thought possible and then couldn't get back or got lost. He apparently died of exposure. Full story in the JH News and guide. http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/...34fe4de-77a3-5ca4-9905-0fc373878d0c.html
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That's too bad. I hate to hear things like that.
I don't really have a use for a GPS in this open country but last year I bought one anyway. As people get older, sometimes the memory and/or confusion makes it easier to get mixed up and a GPS can be a lifesaver. If this guy got lost and didn't have other problems, a GPS might have got him home safely.
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It is sad, but I would imagine that there are other 84-year-olds who would view it as an acceptable end.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
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This seems a better end than dying in a Nurse Home a couple of years on down the road
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Bummer. I hate to hear that.
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From the article: Rietmann, an experienced hunter who had gone on solo trips in that area before, had been carrying only a sandwich, water bottle and rifle. The pack he normally carried in the backcountry had been left at home, and he had no cold weather gear along with him. There's a lesson there for all of us.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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Well, perhaps the end was planned. We have a lot of folks who climb Mt Washington one last time and lay down at the summit for a very long nap.
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
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This seems a better end than dying in a Nurse Home a couple of years on down the road Amen, lot to be said for dying by doing what you love. RIP Old Hunter.
Paul
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Well, perhaps the end was planned. We have a lot of folks who climb Mt Washington one last time and lay down at the summit for a very long nap. you just never know
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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This seems a better end than dying in a Nurse Home a couple of years on down the road +1 -Ken
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Certainly my thoughts.... I don't know how my end will turn out.. but I do know it won't be in no nursing home bed...
must run in the family.. my 84 year old mom told me she'd much rather have someone kill her than put her in a nursing home...and she's rather insistent on it...
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My dad died of pancreatic cancer at 76,
at his home, surrounded by family. It was a brutal death.
I'll guarantee that he would have rather gone out the way this guy did.
Set me against a tree, let me look at the mountains, and let me breathe my last breath. That's a happy ending.
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Good for the old man. Went out like he wanted.
Godspeed.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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My dad was 90 when we had to put him in a home for dementia. Of course he didn't know what was going on. The rest of us sure did, though.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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My dad was 90 when we had to put him in a home for dementia. Of course he didn't know what was going on. The rest of us sure did, though. on a lighter note: the nice thing about having Dementia or Alzheimers.... ya get to meet new people every day... 
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My diploma is a DD214
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Sad news for the family. A reminder to all to be prepared, even on those short hikes.
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To quote LVMike....."beats dying in bed with a tube in your dick".
RIP old timer.
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It is sad for the family whom searched for him for the last many days.
On the other hand, if Momma predeceases me............
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