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<blockquote data-quote="tellico4x4" data-source="post: 5780497" data-attributes="member: 2474"><p>Know that it takes you much more effort than it does the majority of us, but you are a true inspiration. Also from what I've read over the years, you have some good friends that are willing to help & that's a blessing. The older we get the more challenging it becomes, but so does everything else we do. Hunting lifts my spirits more than anything else that I do.</p><p></p><p>Whenever I hear folks talk about quitting I think of Mr Yancy Brannon. He was the father of one of my best friends and a life long Florida outdoorsman. The last 16 years of his life, his wife of 76 years had terrible Alzheimer's which made doing anything away from home a real chore for him besides the associated heartbreak.</p><p></p><p>When he was 94 his son brought him to our club to turkey hunt for 10 days. Four of us did our absolute best to ensure that he had the best possible experience. We cooked huge breakfast each morning after hunt and wonderful dinners at night. All of us offered to guide him but he declined each time. All he wanted us to do was take him to a spot & let him do his own thing. All he had ever hunted his entire life were the flat land & swamps of Florida and he was enthralled with our hills. One night at dinner, he said if he was 20 years younger, he'd get him a pair of Nike tennis shoes and run these TN turkeys down <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" />! Unfortunately the only good opportunity he had to shoot was on a small clover plot one afternoon. He wouldn't take his shot as every time he'd get lined up on a bird, there would be another in the way. He said once if he'd pulled the trigger that he would have killed 3 gobblers!</p><p></p><p>Fast forward to spring the following year. He's now 95 and bought his NR licence the day they went on sale so he could come back to TN and hunt. 3 weeks later they diagnosed him with brain tumor and he died on July 1, three days before his 96 birthday on 4th of July.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, he survived the beach landing at Normandy. He was such a good rifle shot, that his Sargent made him the official "hunter" for their outfit. He spent a lot of his time in France hunting those little deer so they had fresh meat.</p><p></p><p>Have thought about him many times since, especially when at 69 I get to complaining about my aches, pains & problems. I really wished that he'd taken that shot and killed all 3 gobblers. There were plenty of us that would have tagged the other two birds. Legal no, but think it would have been the right thing to do...</p><p></p><p>Brother, if the pleasure that you now get out of hunting is not worth the effort, then maybe it is time to quit. That's a decision that only you can make and I'll be praying for your guidance.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205749[/ATTACH]</p><p>Mr. Brannon 2017 Bullet Hunting Club.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tellico4x4, post: 5780497, member: 2474"] Know that it takes you much more effort than it does the majority of us, but you are a true inspiration. Also from what I've read over the years, you have some good friends that are willing to help & that's a blessing. The older we get the more challenging it becomes, but so does everything else we do. Hunting lifts my spirits more than anything else that I do. Whenever I hear folks talk about quitting I think of Mr Yancy Brannon. He was the father of one of my best friends and a life long Florida outdoorsman. The last 16 years of his life, his wife of 76 years had terrible Alzheimer's which made doing anything away from home a real chore for him besides the associated heartbreak. When he was 94 his son brought him to our club to turkey hunt for 10 days. Four of us did our absolute best to ensure that he had the best possible experience. We cooked huge breakfast each morning after hunt and wonderful dinners at night. All of us offered to guide him but he declined each time. All he wanted us to do was take him to a spot & let him do his own thing. All he had ever hunted his entire life were the flat land & swamps of Florida and he was enthralled with our hills. One night at dinner, he said if he was 20 years younger, he'd get him a pair of Nike tennis shoes and run these TN turkeys down 🤣! Unfortunately the only good opportunity he had to shoot was on a small clover plot one afternoon. He wouldn't take his shot as every time he'd get lined up on a bird, there would be another in the way. He said once if he'd pulled the trigger that he would have killed 3 gobblers! Fast forward to spring the following year. He's now 95 and bought his NR licence the day they went on sale so he could come back to TN and hunt. 3 weeks later they diagnosed him with brain tumor and he died on July 1, three days before his 96 birthday on 4th of July. As an aside, he survived the beach landing at Normandy. He was such a good rifle shot, that his Sargent made him the official "hunter" for their outfit. He spent a lot of his time in France hunting those little deer so they had fresh meat. Have thought about him many times since, especially when at 69 I get to complaining about my aches, pains & problems. I really wished that he'd taken that shot and killed all 3 gobblers. There were plenty of us that would have tagged the other two birds. Legal no, but think it would have been the right thing to do... Brother, if the pleasure that you now get out of hunting is not worth the effort, then maybe it is time to quit. That's a decision that only you can make and I'll be praying for your guidance. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Jerry Jack Winton Jim Mr Brannen BHC Turkey 2017.jpg"]205749[/ATTACH] Mr. Brannon 2017 Bullet Hunting Club. [/QUOTE]
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