Old Farters

[rdoggsilva]

Been hunting for 47 years now. First bow kill in 1969. Plan to keep doing it until to old to get out, at 63 still a young buck.

[GRINCH]

I feel better now I'm only 57,been hunting since I was old enough to follow my Dad,only been bowhunting for a few years and am always excited,can't wait for the season to open.

[Hopewell Tom]

Man, it's so good to hear from so many who still "feel the fire" around the hunt. I'm 61 in a few weeks, been hunting deer for 37 years, small game since... Only with the bow for the last 2 years though. I can't believe how little interest I have in firearms now. I also can't believe how many guys I talk to who don't hunt anymore. Like Barry Wensel said in one of his books, I guess they weren't hunters to begin with.
On the fart topic, I seem to have reached the point where I don't trust them anymore...

[sweet old bill]

49 season for me started at twenty and have not missed a season since then. Now at 69 years young still enjoy the time in the woods. I let the doe pass with fawn's, but will take a barren doe and of course a good buck. I also take a blunt in the quiver for whatever pass by and or the way back to the house to checkout the bow....

[southpawshooter]

Been hunting deer with a bow since I was 10 - that was 39 years ago.  Amazing all that time and not once getting tired of it.  Still get the sleepless nights before opening day (and before each hunt, LOL).  I guess when that stops happening it will be time to quit.  At this point I can pretty much guarantee that won't happen.

[Dave Paradowski]

I started playing with bows when I was about 16-17 years old. I'll be 70 in feb. I started out with recurves and bought a fair amount of Bears, a couple of Wings and a few other makes. When the compounds came out, I bought those. Around 1991 I bought a Robertson Stykbow. I currently have around have ten recurves and longbows, and one compound. I enjoy them all.
DaveP

[M. J. Brundage]

I started shooting recurves with my father when I was 7, back in 1967.  Bowhunting for me started at 12 (the legal age back then) in 1972.  This Saturday, October 1st, marks my 39th opening day.  I am probably more excited to start this season than any in recent memory because I have two young daughters (ages 11 and 7) who cannot wait to sit in a blind with Dad!

[Duker]

Cant say as I feel like a teenager,but at age 69,was able to get out yesterday (no deer)had a great time,will be out again later today (GOD willing)  

[JimB]

I'm almost 62,started bowhunting in 1964 or 65 when I was too young for my parents to let me carry a high powered rifle.There were no bowhunters in the family and actually,my dad and grandad and uncles had never hunted deer.When they were coming up,there were few to none.I guess my parents felt it was harmless for me to head into the mountains with that toy.I think a few people were shocked when I drug in the first deer.All my hunting then was from the ground and all trial and error.I didn't kill a lot of deer in those early years but had some of the most exciting hunts of my life.I still am amazed how close I got,stalking hard hunted Eastern whitetails,feeding or in their beds,often to never even get off a shot.That was the perseverance of youth because I sure didn't know much about deer.Those early years ruined me.I haven't been able to shake that fever.

[Bill Sant]

Golly,  I feel like a pup at only 60.  Still got the fire in the belly. (must be growing as the belly has expanded).  Got my first bow when I was four and was fletching arrows in dads shop by the time I was 7.  Shot my first mulie when I was 11.  I definitely hunt differently than I used too.  I like to say smarter and slower, and it has payed off in a number of ways.  And with all the seasons coming and going this one is one for the books.  5 caribou and last week a moose.  Still have time to chase the grizz that I've been playing with at the cabin.  Life is good and God willing it will continue for a little bit.  I just need a young set of legs to hunt with, these moose are heavy.....

[Bill Sant]

Golly,  I feel like a pup at only 60.  Still got the fire in the belly. (must be growing as the belly has expanded).  Got my first bow when I was four and was fletching arrows in dads shop by the time I was 7.  Shot my first mulie when I was 11.  I definitely hunt differently than I used too.  I like to say smarter and slower, and it has payed off in a number of ways.  And with all the seasons coming and going this one is one for the books.  5 caribou and last week a moose.  Still have time to chase the grizz that I've been playing with at the cabin.  Life is good and God willing it will continue for a little bit.  I just need a young set of legs to hunt with, these moose are heavy.....

[Bill Sant]

Stupid computor!!!sorry

[mnbwhtr]

47th year for me.

[durp]

just a pup with only 45 seasons in the rear view mirror...will be doing the same till my creator says no more.

[BAK]

My 43rd year in the bow.  I laughed when we drove by an old general store where my mom and I used to buy our supplies and now I see it's a museum.  I watch the history channel for Vietnam Era Military programs to see if I'm in one.   Ain't a day goes by I don't look at some young buff studd and think how nice it would be to have that physique, then I remember how terribly stupid I was at that age and I don't feel so bad.

[lablover]

This will be my 47th year enjoying nature past the window of a bow. My uncle started me at nine miss him alot but he's still hunting with me every year in my heart.

[Danny Rowan]

Been hunting and shooting the trad bow for 46 years, started in 1965, will be 61 in Nov and hope to have many more years doing what I love, Good Lord willing.

[Gray Buffalo]

I’ll be 70 in March of 2012 and I got my first longbow at age 9. Hunted rabbits for the first ten years because there were no deer around close. Went and spent some time in uncle Sam’s Navy and after words I started deer hunting. Been at it since. At this age I enjoy the process more then the kill. The need to be in the deer woods still has a grip on me.