75 in September: I no longer carry a full carcase out, but bone out the meat and take most of it. Still get a few back twinges from carrying a monster red hind (skinned) out of the Hopuruahine many...
Liked On: 27-06-2021, 06:05 PM
three weeks off 72 and still doing what I did when I was 40
Liked On: 27-06-2021, 06:04 PM
Turned 65 6 months ago and yes I do feel the pains at times. Try to keep at it, hunting, possuming bit of fishing. Knees hurt at times worse than other times as does the back and of late my right...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 10:27 PM
At the bottom end of the scale. Body started falling to bits at 40. Recoveing from a ruptered disk at L3 at the moment so have lost a lot of muscle and fitness and I am slowly clawing it back. At...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 10:22 PM
Will be 70 in a few months - 63 years of NZ hunting and in earlier times comp shooting. VERY busy with shooting in last 15 years. Little quieter this year with declining varmint numbers in Cantab,...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 04:24 PM
Get lots a video and pictures..... "Then" when your older and stuck in bed.... you can play them and watch how good you used too be. Share with any grandlings and mates you went out with.... Salt in...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 04:23 PM
As you get a little slower you learn to savour the experiences that you can occaisionally enjoy outdoors. Like not gulping down great whiskey, just really enjoy sipping.
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 04:22 PM
I am 64 and still go hunting whenever work and weather allows but agree with Tahrs earlier comments that your fitness doesn't last long , and is a constant battle to keep it up. There is a term for...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 04:22 PM
Wallaby's are the perfect game animal for us old blokes. Plenty of targets and dont have to carry them.
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 04:19 PM
73 soon. Still loving it. Get out most weeks. Have to do some work-arounds to accomodate the old bod but can still do most things in moderation. You get used to enduring a bit of pain and...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 04:16 PM
When you hit the 70"s bits seem to come undone which didn't happen in the 60's. Could hunt 5-6 day's a week then, not now.
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 11:27 AM
Sixty eight now and to my surprise I out walked a much younger man around the hills on Thursday. That says more about how unfit he was than anything else though.
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 11:25 AM
Moving toward 76. Next trip is planned for October. All local areas are poisoned though so I enjoy experimenting with loads and rifles at the range along with hunting wildfowl. My dog is great...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 11:25 AM
I’m 70. Got my last stag down south during Easter. Luckily we could drive right to him as I’ve had spinal fusion and the back hates heavy loads. Interestingly my hunting mate asked me how I felt...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 11:24 AM
Well done gentlemen. I have a mate 78yrs young. His lungs are not what they used to be from asbestos dust. He still comes out (private block) and glasses from the 4x4... and then watches the hunter...
Liked On: 26-06-2021, 11:24 AM