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Offline Ron LaClair

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LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« on: October 29, 2020, 05:10:56 PM »
 LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER:... by Ron LaClair

The years went by and before I knew it
My youth was gone, I lived right through it
My youthful shine and unwrinkled skin
would never be my look again

Color has gone from my hair
as white and gray took over there
I walk a little bent no longer tall
a cane helps me so I won't fall


gone are those days of yesteryear
when legs carried me like a running deer
My eyes could see for a mile or more
muscles never tired, they never got sore

physical strength of those early years
is waning, now replaced by fears
Fear of losing what once was me
Fear of not being what I use to be

I don't believe that all is lost
Old Father time has taken his cost
those lines and wrinkles on my skin
are maps of battles fought hard to win

My body is old and wearing out
but my mind is clear and my heart is stout
The woods and streams still call to me
My spirit will answer the call to be free

The love of the woods still dwells in me
as long as there's breath that's how it will be
when time here is over and the Lord calls me home
I hope he's got room for an old hunter to roam




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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2020, 05:31:37 PM »
 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapper: :clapper:
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2020, 05:31:49 PM »
 :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: :thumbsup:
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2020, 06:18:03 PM »
Well said
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2020, 06:39:38 PM »
That touched my heart, and brought tears to my eyes, Ron...

I retired this year, Age is creeping up on me, I've seen too many birthdays...
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I only shoot WOOD arrows... My kid makes them, fast as I can break them!

There is a fine line between Hunting, & Sitting there looking Stupid...

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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2020, 06:53:29 PM »
Thank you, Ron. You the man.
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2020, 07:24:58 PM »
Well said!  Thanks for putting it into words :clapper:
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2020, 08:09:46 PM »
Dang Ron for some reason after reading your recent posts I seem to get a little something in the corner of my eye.

Great poem! You truly are an inspiration.
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2020, 08:10:53 PM »
Woodchucker,
I feel the same way except I've been retired for 8 years now. Still busy forging knives and hunting hogs in SC & GA...tippit
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2020, 08:18:02 PM »
Amen!
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2020, 08:29:28 PM »
Great poem!
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2020, 09:13:37 PM »
Amen :notworthy:
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2020, 10:23:22 PM »
Never would I believe, that a simple thing like "age" could change things so much...

The only hunting I do these days, is over the cabin. At the base of the mountain we hunted as kids.
That's fine with me! I like to walk, and there's miles to roam!! I stillhunt the woodroads, see quite a few deer and even shoot at some too. Every time up there, is like reliving my youth...

Except.... Back in the day, before 4-wheelers and sideXsides, we walked. Us boys would hit the top of the mountain 2 sometimes 3 times a day!! I tend to shun the ride these days, preferring to walk. I haven't "walked" to the top in many years. I got up there 3 years ago, but cheated and got a ride most of the way up, LMAO! It was good to be up there again though! What keeps me from trying to walk to the top, Is that I don't think I would have enough time?
The old mountain is STEEP!! I would have to be up top by noon, to insure enough daylight to get back down. A miss step coming down, and a fall, could be a disaster!! So, I hunt low, but my mind and my heart are up top.

My hips and knees hurt, and I'm always out of wind. I'm getting old... But my heart and spirit are young!!! The mountain is calling, and I must go!!! Someday, I'll be too old to climb the mountain. Then, one day I'll be gone...

But, the mountain will be my final resting place. My boys will carry my ashes to the top, and spread them amongst the laurel where the Big Bucks bed.... Seems like my kinda place. :archer:

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I only shoot WOOD arrows... My kid makes them, fast as I can break them!

There is a fine line between Hunting, & Sitting there looking Stupid...

May The Great Spirit Guide Your Arrows..... Happy Hunting!!!

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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2020, 10:37:22 PM »
Wow that was excellent  :clapper:
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2020, 11:09:56 PM »
Chuck, use an ATV to get to the top of the mountain and bring you back down. You can walk around and hunt while you're up their.

I have to use my side X side to get me to the woods and back to the cabin, can't walk too good with this big boot on my leg

We do what we gotta do to do what we gotta do

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When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2020, 11:17:18 PM »
I "cheat" more than I let on, Ron!!

But I think you know where I'm coming from.... :thumbsup:
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I only shoot WOOD arrows... My kid makes them, fast as I can break them!

There is a fine line between Hunting, & Sitting there looking Stupid...

May The Great Spirit Guide Your Arrows..... Happy Hunting!!!

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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2020, 09:44:04 AM »
When you're physically not able to do and go where you want to go, a cane, a walking stick or an ATV is not cheating if it gets you to where you can hunt.



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We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2020, 10:11:29 AM »
Excellent, Thanks Ron
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2020, 05:05:13 PM »
Another good one Ron. :clapper:
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Re: LIFE OF AN OLD HUNTER
« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2020, 05:22:58 PM »
Sir,
Will be 74 shortly and I understand what you so eloquently stated, I thank the Lord I can still be out in nature, count our blessings....
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