Snap!Crackle!Pop! It Stinks getting old.......

[BEN]

All right, before I hear all the "Your still a young whipper-snapper" remarks  :rolleyes:  I AM only 34------BUT, having 2 surgeries on the same knee---I think it's at least 20 yrs. older than it should be    

A-N-D she's OUT OF HERE!!!!
Surgical repairs and cold--NOT a good combo, apparently!

Then the peanut gallery shows up--3 squirrels start running around and I figure if I have to give up the turkeys and loose the deer, I ain't messing around skinning a tree-rat    

Time for supper and coffee!
 

[lpcjon2]

That sucks! I am surprised  that the glare from the walker didn't scare her or the crinkling of the depends...LOL          

I feel your pain ,but I had to crack on ya.

[Craig Schoneberg]

I hear what you're saying - but I'll be 62 in September - so I AM old!  The 'pop, pop, pop' is the sound I get from my elbows and shoulder when I start to draw . . .

[LKH]

Watch one of the shows with the guys who aren't mobile out hunting.

As we get older, things get tougher and finally impossible.  Don't be in a hurry to get there.

[ron w]

Pop'n elbows, knuckles, knees and sometimes my neck, welcome to my world, it's hell to get old and your not there yet!! Just keep plugging along and enjoy as long you as you can tought it out.....

[John3]

Two seasons ago I hunted with a compound bowhunter in Kansas who STOOD in his treestand all day. We were hunting the rut from dark to dark. Over eleven hours each day never leaving our stands.

He told me he can't risk sitting because he is afraid the deer will hear his knees pop when he stands to shoot his bow... LOL

After being amazed at this all I could say to him is that I would practice shooting from the treestand seat...

[owlbait]

Just had surgeries 11 and 12 on Jan.7th. One was a second time on my left knee. But the great news was, I got permission to shoot bows at K-Zoo. This last season was tough because I needed the surgeries to get back to where I could get around without so much trouble. Looking forward to better times this year. Don't worry, be happy, those pops will muffle with time.

[BEN]

Originally posted by lpcjon2:
That sucks! I am surprised  that the glare from the walker didn't scare her ...

Bet you didn't know that those Limbsations from "Onestringer" can camo a walker pretty darn good!!!      

[lpcjon2]

Your still young until you have a bed side commode in the blind and an o2 bottle instead of a camel back...LOL  

[Jeff Strubberg]

It Stinks getting old.......

Beats the alternative!

[Doc Nock]

Snap! Crackle! Pop! and it ain't rice Krispies in my house either...

Arty Ritis is my constant companion.

Like Jeff said, beats a dirt nap!

[Mike Bolin]

Heck, I have to draw my bow every 15 minutes or so while on stand just to make sure my bow shoulder is "settled in". It probably isn't as loud as it seems to me, what with my shoulder close proximity to my ear......then again my hearing ain't as good as it once was! Mike

[bowmofo]

this may be my problem also! But my hearing isn't as good as it once was!   :rolleyes:

[Mudd]

Getting old ain't for sissy's!!..lol

You gotta be tough if your going to get old....

even tougher if your gonna be stupid and get older too!
God bless,Mudd

[NDTerminator]

Hey, I'm 53, a 2nd degree black belt in Jujitsu,and last night taught the first defensive tactics class of my 25th year as an instructor.

A good number of my baby cops were'nt even born when I started in LE. I cant even guess how many officers I've certified or how many classes I've taught over the years.  When I was promoted to Deputy Chief last year and came off the road, we sat down and tried to figure out how many physical arrests I've made.  Department consensus was in the neighborhood of 600...

I was so sore after class that I couldn't sleep laying down last night.  Slept sitting up like a parakeet on the couch.  When I got up both knees were swollen to the point I couldn't see my knee caps.  It was an Aleve day at the LEC today. And there is no way in hell I would ever let my baby cops so much as see me wince...

So what did I do when I got home tonight?  Fed the barn critters & my labs, then drug my sore behind downstairs and shot a couple dozen arrows with my Volcano...     :D

[wingnut]

Dang your 34!!  I've got socks older then you.  LOL

I've had 6 knee surgeries, a rebuilt ankle, foot surgery and that's just the lower body.

I make those same noises but that's getting out of bed.

Give it 25 yrs or so and see how it goes.

LOL

Mike

[Bill Carlsen]

My left knee does the same thing. It is so loud that I set my tree stands so that the most probable shots i can do sitting down. If I am lucky and I can see or hear a deer coming a ways off I can get to my feet without alarming them. On some of my bigger stands I can sit so that I can keep my left knee a bit straighter and if i can do this I have no problem.  If my knee is more than 90 degrees  It sounds like a brach breaking.

[wollelybugger]

I used to watch my father in the morning heading for the john making nosies like grunting, farting, sighs, and creaking all at one time. Now I am duplicating my fathers noises with a few new ones of my own.

[BEN]

Originally posted by wingnut:
Dang your 34!!  I've got socks older then you.  LOL...........Mike

I just KNEW one of these remarks was coming!!    

I'm glad I'm not the only one with noise-making problems! One good thing: I've got a major repaired shoulder due to motorcycle accident that is good enough for a 62# bow and doesn't make any noise---yet! Actually think it's stronger than original......

These noises get any louder though----maybe I should invent a new product: "The Joint Muffler"--a wool wrap (for warmth) with a NRPP rating of about 20 decibels for cold days and Trad-hunters who just NEED to be quiet!! LOL!

[Gerry]

At least it ain't gas; I hear you but my problem is after sitting for an hour I can't get up fast - 2 back surgeries and loss of nerve function is a real kill joy.

Try flexing them every few minutes to keep them lubricated.