Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How old is "really" old . . . 70?

Four months and I'll be 80 but I can still do this:

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And this:

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I turned 70 in October and I don't really feel old other than some unsteadiness on my feet which started a couple of years ago. I worked with my Physical Therapist to help with this and also started working out in the gym 3x a week. Balance issue is improved but I don't think it will ever be like when I was younger, just have to be more careful now I use a hiking stick when walking on uneven ground.

76 here. It takes me all day to do once what I use to do all day. I drove 150 miles to pheasant hunt today, hunted 6 hours and drove back home. Tired now. Didn't shoot one bird but saw some nice bucks.I am still elk hunting every year,DYI and still shoe m own two mules 3-4 times a year.Of course I can only do 2 feet a day

Attitude is everything, when combined w/ a little luck. My growler did 4.3 miles today and ascended 540 feet. She completed PT for her 4th knee surgery in 2 years on the 18th of Oct. We are doing advanced therapy w/ a month in Jackson, Wy. Life is good if you don't weaken.


mike r

73 and counting- - - - - - just bought a few pieces of equipment for the machine shop I'm about to open, and I travel around a thousand miles a week evaluating automotive warranty claims after retiring from 30+ years as an auto mechanics instructor. One of these days I'll figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I was the only one at my 55-year high school class reunion riding a Harley!
Jerry

What is your "hint" VG?

If your 76 and still shoeing your own, thumbs up buddy, even one foot a day.
Farriery is one of the toughest jobs around , I love the business but it tough on a man's body. I won't completely ever quit either.

Just don't get too old to cut the mustard:



Geno

I'm not old yet, but when I get to the point where I won't go camping without a cot, I'll know I'm getting close!

Myself, if I am too old to rope steers....then I will be old.

See my tag line.
"The foundation for old age is good memories"

I think attitude has a lot to do with it, that and do not sit still, keep moving.

Beautiful pictures.. Im 80 and still flying

My Model 70 is 68. We still shoot.

Preach it Brother.

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I too have a few problems that I didn’t used to have. As has been said, I’m not as steady on my feet as I once was, and I am now stiff after sitting for a while. I still deer hunt, but no longer climb into a ladder stand. For some reason, I seem to prefer a blind that’s pretty close to ground level. I don’t really like rifles that recoil very much, and I download my 44 Magnum handguns a bit. I’m sure that my malady is the advent of “old age” creeping in........but I’m only 75.

I'll be 73 next month, I just bought t a new motorcycle for hunting coyotes out here on the desert. I can still do everything I did at 21, it just hurts more and takes longer.

you are mostly right but ,how stupid were you as a kid , injuries come back to haunt us as we age at 73 , cronic back pain new knees 2 heart attacks. new teeth, hearing aids, cancer 4 times , now mabey 5 ,
right now hauling a 7 lb saw around limming blowdown trees , bucking stumps off and cutting to lenght i feel about 85,but i can spend 8 hours in an excavator 5 days a week or drive my gravel truck and pup 7 hours a day and only feel 74. Some days I am only 45 others 100

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