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How many more years of deer hunting do you have left?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mescalero" data-source="post: 5539995" data-attributes="member: 21439"><p>We've all been thinking about this. I have too. Just turned 61. I've hunted since I was 12 or 13, took some time off in the 1990s, and then got back into it. Started hunting deer late 90s/early 2000s. </p><p></p><p>I hunt public land and most of the time use my climber stand. It causes me no trouble. As the season starts coming to a close, I do get tired of it. Not because it's difficult to pack in, set up or climb, but I start getting tired of dealing with all of that. By late December, I'm usually hunting from the ground in a chair. This season, I actually saw as many deer from the ground as I did from the climber stand. And that got me thinking again about how long I'll be able to continue to hunt deer. I still am a regular at the gym, walk 10,000 or more steps everyday, drink a lot of water, eat as well as I can, weigh less today than I did as a college athlete. My exercise regime and diet are primarily so I'm here for my kids as long as possible and so I can hunt for as long as possible. Currently, I do not have any major or minor medical problems. I know that will change today, tomorrow or 10 or more years from now. When I can't use the climber stand anymore, I'll hunt exclusively from the ground. I'll hunt until I can't walk in anymore carrying a gun or bow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mescalero, post: 5539995, member: 21439"] We've all been thinking about this. I have too. Just turned 61. I've hunted since I was 12 or 13, took some time off in the 1990s, and then got back into it. Started hunting deer late 90s/early 2000s. I hunt public land and most of the time use my climber stand. It causes me no trouble. As the season starts coming to a close, I do get tired of it. Not because it's difficult to pack in, set up or climb, but I start getting tired of dealing with all of that. By late December, I'm usually hunting from the ground in a chair. This season, I actually saw as many deer from the ground as I did from the climber stand. And that got me thinking again about how long I'll be able to continue to hunt deer. I still am a regular at the gym, walk 10,000 or more steps everyday, drink a lot of water, eat as well as I can, weigh less today than I did as a college athlete. My exercise regime and diet are primarily so I'm here for my kids as long as possible and so I can hunt for as long as possible. Currently, I do not have any major or minor medical problems. I know that will change today, tomorrow or 10 or more years from now. When I can't use the climber stand anymore, I'll hunt exclusively from the ground. I'll hunt until I can't walk in anymore carrying a gun or bow. [/QUOTE]
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