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Good for your Dad, congratulations.

So great to see.

I wish my Dad could still get around. He would have loved to have been with me- and vice versa.

Dad got me into deer hunting when I was just a kid, but in retrospect I think that I got to go to deer camp because I was very proficient at doing the dishes. Hunting with his old lodge buddies, it seemed to me that I got to be on the driving end of a lot of the deer drives. Great early memories. As I got older I would find dad and other guys in camp good places to post. Then dad and mom went to Arizona for the winters and I hunted other places. One year dad, then in his 80's said that he'd like to borrow a rifle and try hunting again with another old guy. I loaned him my 7mm RM and darned if he didn't shoot a nice ten pointer off his old stand! I'm not sure who was more surprised, me, dad or the deer. I sure miss that old guy.

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Hey Rick, nice one there of your dad. Cherish the memories with him long as you can....all things come to an end. Lost my only younger brother last year and we hunted together for years...miss him some kinda bad. I am 76 and still still hunting...thank my Lord every day to do the things I love. Getting ready for turkey season now. So your Dad still in good health I hope?

Fantastic!

Winnie70,

My dad is in pretty good health, thanks. He drove up to pa for a visit this weekend. Headed back to NC this morning. He had a bout with COVID over Christmas but weathered it fine. I’m hoping to get down there to turkey hunt and then he’s planning to be back here to chase gobblers again too, Lord willing.

Definitely appreciate every hunt with him. We’ve been blessed to enjoy a lot and look forward to many more.

I - We had to come to the realization - this season - that Dad's hunting days are now past. Friggin hard to accept but he is 86, on dialysis, now with a cracked bone in his back.....

For some year he kept saying he thought he had to hang it up but I kept finding ways to get him out there. When he could no longer view reticles without them become squiggly we bought him a red dot. When his shoulder could no longer take recoil I was out there with him and an AR.

My best friend is my newer hunting buddy and we share a lease. He is now 64 I think and walks a bit of a gimp. I know the lease we have won't last forever. and we are rather spoiled having it to ourselves.

All this SHOULD last forever- but it don't.

So congrats and your posting proves you understand this.

Fantastic, good for him....he looks like he keeps himself in good shape and that certainly a plus.

Dad's are special hunting partners, congratulations on the deer. Hopefully we'll get another hunting season in this year.

By the Love and Blessing of God I am still able to go at 71. Have a cow elk hunt scheduled December in NM.

Cool pics guys 👍. My dad long passed but would love to be shooting some deer when I'm their age..