I got my latest issue of TBM last week and like always enjoyed it, all of it.
Getting just a tad long in the tooth myself, Gene's article hit close to home. Just wanted to say it was nicely written. You fellas who are a bit younger take note and enjoy each day in the woods as if it might be the last. Wonderful article Gene.
wish my issue would hurry up and get here!!!
no doubt... a great article kinda hits close to home...
It was a great story, Pat were you the model for the pencil drawing......lol!
The issue was great. Genes article was close to home. The older I get the slower I move and that has ment more meat in the freezer.
Joe at age 57.
Best part of the article was talking about how when he was young he stood up on stand until he got tired. Now, he sits down until his butt gets tired and he needs to stand up to loosen up. Man, I can relate to that. HA!
Soon after I hit 40, I had to replace the seats on all of my Screaming Eagle stands with the "large" seat!
a friend of mine once told me "he was getting so old what he use to do all night now takes him all night to do!"
I need to subscribe to that magazine. My dad use to get It and loved It.
Live in Il, have not seen my issue yet. Wonder why they are so slow to reach our area?
Not here in my part of Missouri yet...
I loved Gene's article as well.
JDS3 I got mine in Mo. more than a week ago?
Ron
Maybe my mail lady is taking her time in reading it first... LOL
I'm sure it will show sometime.
JDS III
Very warm and well written indeed; really hit home for me at 45 years old.
Hope to have more articles in the future by Mr. Wensel!
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I really liked the article, but I've got a little while before I get there :D .
I just handed my dad the magazine opened to that article and said
"Read it....you can relate huh?"
:biglaugh:
Bakes
I'm another old phart, and this article says a lot of what I feel. I still love to hunt elk, but God help me if I kill one and have to pack it out like I did years ago. Whitetails and turkeys are much lighter, and almost as much fun to hunt. My days of putting in for sheep tags are over; those mountains just keep getting steeper and taller.
I ain't quite that "eld" yet, but I'm getting there. :D Thoroughly enjoyed Gene's piece, can't think of any article or video the Wensel boys have done that I didn't. Love how they can deliver any message imaginable touched with a bit of humor.
y & large I enjoy the magazine, but...
On the other hand, David Peterson's closing piece bit of criticizing everybody & everything who doesn't subscribe to his beliefs of "Trad" or who,(God forbid) uses any modern device in the pursuit of game, is getting old.
That elitist bit is what keeps many from even trying Trad. The guy is like Brother Theodore (The Existential Stand Up Comic) with a longbow...
Every article Gene writes is great. I'm 30, so I can't completely relate, but still enjoyed the article. I also really liked the article "Trail Camera Connection" that appeared in the recent P.B.S. magazine.
I hope Gene never gets to that" if it doesn't hurt , it doesn't work"stage.I,ll be 59 the 25th of this month but still feel 25.Still hanging on for "deer" life while climbing -hanging stands!John Benetti
I am 26 and loved the article. As with Jon I can't completely relate but I look foward to not caring what others think about me and speaking my mind with more frequency. I would love to have the ability to have "senior moments". Oh...what was that dear? LOL!
I can relate to what Gene has written about. If you are young buck save this article and look it over some day when you hit the 60 + year period and his thoughts will resonate very heavily with you as they did me. I hunt by myself, I hunt longer and I cherish every moment in the stand or the blind. If I find myself drifting away from those thoughts I pull back even harder to soak up what is around me. I love walking out of the woods after a morning on the stand smiling and at peace. Hell I am smiling when I walk in when it is dark. The feelings of frustration that so many comment upon just don't appear anymore; and that is worth its weight in gold. tom massaro
Thank you for all the positive comments. I think I've received about as many emails and comments on this article than any I've ever written. No doubt many of you can relate to it. It fascinates me to no end that the drive is still so strong even though I'm low on gas. I sat in a tree for four hours yesterday afternoon with wind chill factors hovering around zero. No complaints except for the wind. Concerning the 1944 hospital bill of $80.50 for two babies.... you have to remember it was higher than normal, due to the extra labor costs involved by the necessity of calling in a circumcision team....
I bet that was the toughest 4 lbs you ever tried to lose.LOL. great article. Don
I'm told it was an exhaustive effort on the part of the team.
I'll be 70 come May. My gun hunting friends can't figure out how I get so many rabbits with my bow. I told them when they reach my age they'll find out. They cover twice the area I do but get less game.
Gene, I'm surprised you carry that burden so well, I have had to come up with creative ways to strap it down myself, but you and Barry must have to really come up with some good ones to "Conceal Carry"........
Will miss you at the expo this year,