This year I will not be hunting at all and no fishing either. The last time this had happened with me was in 1984.
I transferred jobs in 1983 and got some local blacktail hunting done and that was it that year....nothing.
In 1984, my wife and I had saved up vacation and took a month off of work and I drove to Alaska to fish a week in Valdez with friends of ours. Then down to Kenai where my mom & step-dad were at his oldest sons place. Fished on Kenai one day.....nothing but "reds" but had a good time.
I made a point that I would not "stay home" from that point forward, I would go hunting somewhere and did.
Well this year I will not be hunting at all. Have two planned trips this year, one is down to Las Vegas in August for a Army reunion of buddies from Vietnam and then in Nov. flying back to Saigon, VN for a 2 week visit after coming home from there in late 1972.....been 44 years since I left there.
I have bought points again this year in 3 states and will continue in 2017 on another Out of State hunt. Have scheduled with DR. for this Dec for a left knee partial replacement of that knee. So after the early part of 2017 will be getting that joint exercised and be ready for fall of 2017 and hunting season at the ripe old age of 75. Days are getting shorter for my hunting activity but need to do it to keep sane....or maybe insane which ever one feels the best. Have a great hunting season fellas, and good luck to all of you.
Brian
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I transferred jobs in 1983 and got some local blacktail hunting done and that was it that year....nothing.
In 1984, my wife and I had saved up vacation and took a month off of work and I drove to Alaska to fish a week in Valdez with friends of ours. Then down to Kenai where my mom & step-dad were at his oldest sons place. Fished on Kenai one day.....nothing but "reds" but had a good time.
I made a point that I would not "stay home" from that point forward, I would go hunting somewhere and did.
Well this year I will not be hunting at all. Have two planned trips this year, one is down to Las Vegas in August for a Army reunion of buddies from Vietnam and then in Nov. flying back to Saigon, VN for a 2 week visit after coming home from there in late 1972.....been 44 years since I left there.
I have bought points again this year in 3 states and will continue in 2017 on another Out of State hunt. Have scheduled with DR. for this Dec for a left knee partial replacement of that knee. So after the early part of 2017 will be getting that joint exercised and be ready for fall of 2017 and hunting season at the ripe old age of 75. Days are getting shorter for my hunting activity but need to do it to keep sane....or maybe insane which ever one feels the best. Have a great hunting season fellas, and good luck to all of you.
Brian
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