Originally Posted by smokepole
LOL, I never said I was an authority blackie, but I do know what I don't know, unlike you.

And seriously, "advanced age??" I guess if you've got nothing else, go with what you think is a personal insult. I don't take it that way. My age is what it is, just like yours. I'll be backpack hunting this fall for animals that are four times as big as your eastern whitetails, in the Rocky Mountains up around timberline. If you think you can keep up, come on out.
I would have loved to hunt out there but time and money was always short. That's what happens when you have 6 kids to raise, go through divorce, lose two homes and try to make a living in a rural area. On the other hand with over 200 deer, untold thousands of varmints, turkeys, small game, upland birds and waterfowl to my credit over the past 45 years, I'm not really wet behind the ears either.