My Pheasant Hunting Farewell

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Dakotazeb

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Dear Fellow UPH Members, after a few short hunts this fall I have come to the realization that I just can't do it anymore. My old age, AFib and Type 2 diatebes have finally caught up with me. Don't feel sorry for me as I've been hunting pheasants (and other birds, small game and big game) for 69 years. I've probably shot more pheasants in my lifetime than many hunters even see. And don't suggest I become a poster. I don't need to shoot anymore pheasants. If I can't walk the fields with my dog then I'm done. And speaking of my dog, Bree. She is almost ten and having some issues with her rear end this year so it's probably time she gets retired also. I'll continue to lurk around the UPH site and offer my advice and/or opinion where I see fit. If you recall, I was the one putting together the Geezer Hunt in December. Well, I won't be there so I'll get together with jonnyB and see if he wants to ram rod the hunt.
 
Dakotazeb said:
Dear Fellow UPH Members, after a few short hunts this fall I have come to the realization that I just can't do it anymore. My old age, AFib and Type 2 diatebes have finally caught up with me. Don't feel sorry for me as I've been hunting pheasants (and other birds, small game and big game) for 69 years. I've probably shot more pheasants in my lifetime than many hunters even see. And don't suggest I become a poster. I don't need to shoot anymore pheasants. If I can't walk the fields with my dog then I'm done. And speaking of my dog, Bree. She is almost ten and having some issues with her rear end this year so it's probably time she gets retired also. I'll continue to lurk around the UPH site and offer my advice and/or opinion where I see fit. If you recall, I was the one putting together the Geezer Hunt in December. Well, I won't be there so I'll get together with jonnyB and see if he wants to ram rod the hunt.
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I think my dad retired from hunting at around age 72. He just couldn't make the 1200 mile drive anymore, so he just stopped. My dad did not shoot one single pheasant the last 10 years he hunted, he got to the point where he couldn't hit the side of a barn.
 
Dakotazeb said:
Dear Fellow UPH Members, after a few short hunts this fall I have come to the realization that I just can't do it anymore. My old age, AFib and Type 2 diatebes have finally caught up with me. Don't feel sorry for me as I've been hunting pheasants (and other birds, small game and big game) for 69 years. I've probably shot more pheasants in my lifetime than many hunters even see. And don't suggest I become a poster. I don't need to shoot anymore pheasants. If I can't walk the fields with my dog then I'm done. And speaking of my dog, Bree. She is almost ten and having some issues with her rear end this year so it's probably time she gets retired also. I'll continue to lurk around the UPH site and offer my advice and/or opinion where I see fit. If you recall, I was the one putting together the Geezer Hunt in December. Well, I won't be there so I'll get together with jonnyB and see if he wants to ram rod the hunt.
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Farewell sir. Congrats on 69 years of hunting, the stories you could tell!
 
No new chapters. Just continue to enjoy retirement, play some golf, ride bike, exercise, watch grandkids ball games and spend winters in Arizona.
BTW, got my first shotgun in 1956 at age 10. A Savage model 220 single shot .410. Still have it in my gun case.
 
With 82 coming up inch a few months I’ve starting to realize I’m not a kid anymore. The 1200 mile drive out here is getting harder and a mile or so of busting CRP leaves the legs ready for a break. But a few hours in the fields with the dogs, the rush of a flush and occasional success with a bird keep me trying.

I feel for you Zeb. Best wishes for success in whatever you do going forward.
 
My Grandfather had to hang it up due to his inability to walk over uneven terrain a few years before he died. We tried to persuade him to post and he wasn't having it.

He was still able to deer hunt a couple years from a ground blind after he stopped bird hunting.
 
Zeb, many, many years ago the gentleman that introduced me to pheasant hunting also introduced me to elk hunting in the Rockies. I still remember him saying that I should go as often as I could because eventually the day would come when I couldn't do the mountains anymore.

Seems like you have done that. You've lived a good life in the field. Best wishes to you now that "that day" has come.

Please do continue to visit and post. You're a good one to have on the board.
 
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