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Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... SamOlson #8771245 04/11/14
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,337 K kawi OP Campfire Regular
OP kawi Campfire Regular K Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,337	Good point but how come the old codger is in the bottom of a coulee? If not to standout.

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Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... kawi #8771401 04/12/14
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43,822 Hi-Line SamOlson Campfire 'Bwana
SamOlson Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43,822 Hi-Line	I'll ask him next time I'm down there.

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... SamOlson #8771469 04/12/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,807 outside the burgh B battue Campfire Ranger
battue Campfire Ranger B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,807 outside the burgh	Old for most is more a problem of the mind than the body. Of course it is going to hurt. Accept it. You may not go as far as you once did. Nor as fast or often, but you go. When you stop going, then you're old. Last edited by battue; 04/12/14. laissez les bons temps rouler

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... battue #8771535 04/12/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,807 outside the burgh B battue Campfire Ranger
battue Campfire Ranger B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,807 outside the burgh	Ted didn't get old until last year when he didn't show at either 91 or 92. Can't remember him at least not getting a Doe for years. There were hills he couldn't climb, but he was on the hill somewhere. laissez les bons temps rouler

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... eyeball #8771894 04/12/14
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Originally Posted by eyeball Yea, that's what it was. We used shorts unless we were going to the river bottom where there were deer, in which case we got the high powered longs. I remember the day my uncle (4 years older than me) turned me on to long rifles!!! Wow! I never knew they existed!!! Longs were a treat! Shorts were always available! Or as some of the old folks here called em "shoats". LOL! Like the little pig! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

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Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... kawi #8772613 04/12/14
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 179 F fjlee Campfire Member
fjlee Campfire Member F Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 179	You're an old hunter if you insist that your hunting camp _NOT_ be within cell phone range. FjLee Denver CO

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... fjlee #8773063 04/12/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,828 East Haddam, CT gmsemel Campfire Tracker
gmsemel Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,828 East Haddam, CT	I must be old, since I never take a cell phone with me in the woods, and when I fell deer hunting last season, thought it was just a sprain only after dark did I figure it was broken, and its still aches some. "Any idiot can face a crisis,it's the day-to-day living that wears you out." Anton Chekhov

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... Ray #8773148 04/12/14
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,606 Martinsville, VA rlott Campfire Regular
rlott Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,606 Martinsville, VA	Originally Posted by Ray Originally Posted by kawi If you seek a strait power rifle scope.grin But you are even older if while hunting: -You have to get-up at night every two hours to pee But you stay warm because the wood stove stays stoked.

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... rlott #8773209 04/12/14
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,902 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,902 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	......the horse you take to elk camp is more than half-broke.....

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... huntsman22 #8773285 04/12/14
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,193 T_Inman Campfire Ranger
T_Inman Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,193	The horse I elk hunt off of is less than half broke, but he's old as hell. Perfect. I'm 34 and am slowly changing all my scopes over to Leupy 6X42s, 6X36s, 4X whatever or 2.5X20s. I am convinced variables change their POI with power change or I hold the rifle slightly different. I hit on high school chick though. That keeps me young.

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Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... SamOlson #8773386 04/12/14
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,760 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger
WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,760 Wyoming	Sam. You are right.. One of my neighbors replied when I ask if he got a deer, and if it was a nice one: He said, "yes but my idea of nice has changed over the years.. Now it is nice if it fat and close the road." Molon Labe

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... WyoCoyoteHunter #8774623 04/13/14
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,798 Indiana M maddog Campfire Tracker
maddog Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,798 Indiana	Ya know yer an old hunter, when you'd rather go squirrel hunting than deer hunting, cause they're easier to pack out by yourself. Ask me how I know, mad that decision a couple of times last season! maddog

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... maddog #8774856 04/13/14
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 7,988 Oregon Sheister Campfire Outfitter
Sheister Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 7,988 Oregon	Man, some of you guys are OLD regardless of your age. When I don't feel like going up the mountains and seeing what is on the other side of the next ridge, then I'll feel old. And I've used variables for all of my rifles since I started hunting in the 60's and plan to keep using them until I give it up. Never missed a shot due to a problem with the variable scope, but a lot of guys want to blame it on something..... At only 61, I've got a long ways to go before I start feeling old- regardless of the Cholesterol, Blood pressure, Thyroid, medications and aspirin I have to take along..... A lot of the young bucks in camp still have a tough time keeping up with me and I intend to keep it that way for a while longer if I can. To add to the OP's title- You're old if you can remember buying a tag and being able to hunt the whole state with it! And seasons were 3 weeks to a month long.... Bob Never underestimate your ability to overestimate your ability.

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... Sheister #8774964 04/13/14
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,067 Colorado Springs, CO, USA S saddlesore Campfire Ranger
saddlesore Campfire Ranger S Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 19,067 Colorado Springs, CO, USA	Originally Posted by Sheister Man, some of you guys are OLD regardless of your age. When I don't feel like going up the mountains and seeing what is on the other side of the next ridge, then I'll feel old. And I've used variables for all of my rifles since I started hunting in the 60's and plan to keep using them until I give it up. Never missed a shot due to a problem with the variable scope, but a lot of guys want to blame it on something..... At only 61, I've got a long ways to go before I start feeling old- regardless of the Cholesterol, Blood pressure, Thyroid, medications and aspirin I have to take along..... A lot of the young bucks in camp still have a tough time keeping up with me and I intend to keep it that way for a while longer if I can. To add to the OP's title- You're old if you can remember buying a tag and being able to hunt the whole state with it! And seasons were 3 weeks to a month long.... Bob Wait ten more years and come back with your reply. Age has away of changing perspectives. If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... saddlesore #8775882 04/13/14
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 337 S st8tman Campfire Member
st8tman Campfire Member S Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 337	If your first "commercial" treestand was a Baker.....with NO climbing aid....you just had to "bear-hug" the tree to climb. Hey and the first ones were just that....a treeSTAND, cause you had no where to sit. I remember using an old baseball uniform stretchy belt as my safety belt. Boy oh Boy what a dumbazz I was. Somehow these are still some of the best days of my life!

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... kaywoodie #8775965 04/13/14
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856 E eyeball Campfire 'Bwana
eyeball Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856	Originally Posted by kaywoodie Originally Posted by eyeball Yea, that's what it was. We used shorts unless we were going to the river bottom where there were deer, in which case we got the high powered longs. I remember the day my uncle (4 years older than me) turned me on to long rifles!!! Wow! I never knew they existed!!! Longs were a treat! Shorts were always available! Or as some of the old folks here called em "shoats". LOL! Like the little pig! Ha, probably been more fatted hogs killed in the barnyard with a short between the eyes than anything else. I wonder if that's why.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants. If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... eyeball #8775990 04/13/14
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 18,300 Mobile J jimmyp Campfire Ranger
jimmyp Campfire Ranger J Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 18,300 Mobile	you have killed dove and ducks with cardboard paper shotgun shells.

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... carp #8776038 04/13/14
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,572 docdb Campfire Regular
docdb Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,572	If you have a Browning Auto-5 bought from Pfiefer-Blass (precursor to Dillard's) in Little Rock

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... docdb #8776050 04/13/14
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,572 docdb Campfire Regular
docdb Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,572	If you've ever killed anything with a Bear Kodiak Magnum...........

Re: You Are An Old Hunter If.... jimmyp #8776072 04/13/14
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	..... you think that 500 yards is still a "long" shot. -You remember when Colorado and Saskatchewan had two buck limits. -You bought your Colorado mule deer license when you got there. -You remember when "BC" stood for "Bonded Core". The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

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