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At 63 I don't know,
however I've made my request to the guy in charge that I die in the deer stand. I've also instructed my buds to roll me out, let me lay and have the hogs recycle me. Karma. Lord only knows how many of them I've killed and ate. LOL

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Dunno. I'm 71 this year. I have an elk hunt in Colorado this fall and a Coues deer hunt here in the Boot Heel this November (the first one since getting a bum knee replaced last summer). Hoping for at least five more, as that will put my youngest grandson at 16 years of age and he can probably drag my carcass back down the mountain if I croak in the field

Seriously, I am hoping for a few more years, God willing. However, I have already lived 20 years longer than any males on my father's side of the family, going back three generations. I'm just hoping Mom's genes can pull me through.


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I am 67 and hope to hunt for at least another 10 years. I killed my biggest last year in Michigan. I have shot the camp big buck in two of the last three season. It is good to know that something is improving with age, must be my patience and steady at the shot. No more buck fever. However the dragging and skinning is causing more of a workout than I remember when I was younger. I guess that is why we got a few young guys in camp.

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For 30 years past I hunted almost every day of the 4-5 week deer season. No more. 2012 probably killed my last three deer. Just hunted squirrels past year and this.

An old friend has given me permission to hunt and fish his property and it's only 10 miles away so I'll take my .45 Colt along with my .22 while squirrel hunting. If a young doe shows, maybe I'll take the shot.

Actually, chasing squirrels with a .22 has been more fun. I see a lot more squirrels and they're no trouble to carry out.

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I'll turn 62 at the end of this year's season, which will be the 47th season for me. How many more? If the orthopods can fix my hip/back, then hopefully maybe 20 more more-or-less satisfying seasons. If repair attempts fail then maybe a couple more and I'm done.

Screw the Golden Years.


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Not able to answer that, really, we don't know.

but I will say this, my buddies dad is 88 and still goes. and I'll do anything it takes to keep him going as long as he wants to.

Whitetail here are not hard if you just want to shoot one. Sit in a box, and I will build him a bigger warmer one if he wants it any time.... IF I have to sit with him, no biggie. He doesn't have to trail, load, clean etc... on anything anymore.

I only hope that as I age more, that someone will be around to help me if I still have the desire to sit in the woods.


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Originally Posted by rost495
Not able to answer that, really, we don't know.

but I will say this, my buddies dad is 88 and still goes. and I'll do anything it takes to keep him going as long as he wants to.

Whitetail here are not hard if you just want to shoot one. Sit in a box, and I will build him a bigger warmer one if he wants it any time.... IF I have to sit with him, no biggie. He doesn't have to trail, load, clean etc... on anything anymore.

I only hope that as I age more, that someone will be around to help me if I still have the desire to sit in the woods.
That's part of why I had kids and started them hunting and fishing as early in their life as I could stand...

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A couple years back, as I leaned against my truck groaning from a day of still hunting, I saw an old guy coming up out of the woods inching his way along with a walker and his rifle slung over his back. Sort of put my own predicament in perspective.


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As I turned 70 this year, I realize that more seasons are behind me than in front. But I'm still hunting as is a 71 year old buddy that I have hunted with for forty years. I have a son I have hunted with for 33 years, and now I have shared a stand with two of my grand kids on successful hunts. It has been a great run and hopefully it will continue for many more years.


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I'm 63 and have a CO drop camp elk hunt planned for October. I've been blessed health-wise and, based on the way I feel today, I hope to have 6 or 7 more years of elk hunting in the CO Rockies (drop camps or cabin hunts but not backpack hunts). Deer hunts in OK and TX, God willing, hopefully another 10 years or more. I have a passion for hunting and it is the reason I keep a rigid (or my age) exercise routine.


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We'll have a fine fellow in camp this fall at 92.
He is amazing.
I won't come close to that....


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I live in Co and drew buck,bear,cow elk rifle tags and may hunt bull elk with a bow. I'll hunt with wife archery and rifle alone and I like to hunt areas that you either walk or ride in horseback so I walk in and pack out.

At 72 I don't worry too much about the future of my hunting just take one year at a time. About only thing I can answer about the future is didn't draw my first choice buck tag so that means I'll put again next year see if I get drawn for it.


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I don't know. I am 67 now, in pretty good shape, I carry my share of the load to keep deer camp up and running. I haven't reached the stage where I need help for anything. Yet. When I am done with the heavy work and the killing I hope I can still cook and reload.

I suspect I won't know when the last year arrives until it's behind me.

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Originally Posted by rost495

, my buddies dad is 88 and still goes. and I'll do anything it takes to keep him going as long as he wants to.
Sit in a box, and I will build him a bigger warmer one if he wants it any time.... IF I have to sit with him, no biggie. He doesn't have to trail, load, clean etc... on anything anymore.


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I feel the same for a friend of mine, age 72 now.


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I don't dwell or procrastinate on the inevitable just take it one year at a time.Slowing down at 65 is a given but certainly no death sentence. grin


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I'll be 75 this deer season. Hunt alone. Had back surgery in '08 and never came fully back. When I turned 70 I noted energy, drive, and strength declining.
Shot three nice deer last fall and found it really difficult to drag each of them up the hills, home. Been loading some Accubonds into the Roberts AI cases so plans are to hunt again this fall.
How many more seasons? God alone knows but my dad shot his last buck at age 86 and died at 87. May I be so blessed!

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I've treated each deer season as my last for the past 25yrs., when I had my first open-heart by-pass surgery at age 42.

Since then I've had 4 baloons, another open heart by-pass surgery, 7 stents in heart, 1 stent in throat artery, fusion of my spine, knee surgery, hydro-cell surgery (left nut sliced open and have to have it done again). Just this past yr, I've had stent in heart and throat, appendix removed and major heria surgery..couldn't get off blood thinners to have it done and recovery was guaranteed to be long as pain full and was.

I still hunt alone and almost every day in rough steep ridges, bone and pack out the deer I kill over a mile back into Shawnee National forest.

One good thing to come of all the recent surgeries is I've lost 39 lbs and am down to 155 lbs which makes it much easier climbing up and down trees and doing everything else physical.

What drags me down most is all the medications I take especially Clonidine for blood pressure. It makes my legs weak and almost knocks me out immediately. I can't take it and get in a tree or drive. Going to Dr, Tues. to find out what other bp med I can take that does have these side affects.

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It's about priorities...

I'm in better shape now than I was when I was 16...

Like Heston said when you're older you have to work harder to stay in shape...

Start now and by next season you'll be ready....

I'm heading out to the gym right now...

Use it or Lose it!

It's about priorities...


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A couple years back someone gave me a deer cart. What a difference. It does not work well in the woods, but once you get the deer to a logging road or power line, it is really gravy. I think that may have added a couple years to my hunting. I try to hunt uphill from my cart when I can. Some advice: If you buy a cart, and have the money, try to find one with canted wheels. I have seen someone use one in the woods over rocks and logs and it worked well.

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