David.evans 5,323 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Just a thought ! When the the land is to demanding to treak over , or the rifle is to heavy on your shoulder The dogs are to eager to be let loose from the slip lead , or the ferret box is to Cumbersome , do you carry on and enjoy the freedom that the lands gives you from all the trivia of life, and carry on because hunting is in your blood ? Or say to your self , enough is enough ? I think that I would carry on as long as I can shoot strate ( in my case ) and be thankful for the beauty of the country side As I said just a thought ! Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
torchey 1,325 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Then it will be time to get a quad 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Then it will be time to get a quad to many gates to unlock here, would spend more time off it than on it, i just substituted the rifles and shotguns for a camera Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cragman 2,766 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 I hear the old guys and car followers saying as we come off the fell after 6-7 hours following hounds, "I wish I could still get up them hills". I dread the day when I'm in the same position. They'll have to carry me off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Get a lighter gun an older steadier dog a single ferret box with just one ferret find less demanding ground and carry on as normal ........ 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 It comes to us all, slowly but surely. Usually starts off as I need to get a bit fitter, it wasn't as hard last year. Aches and pains that last for weeks not a few days as they used to. It starts a chain of thought that "Is it worth the pain" at first the answer is usually yes, but there comes a point, where for some it becomes physically impossible to walk up them hills as you used to. So then you either adapt or don't go. Time and tide wait for no man, thats for sure. TC 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,878 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 I've heard cocaine and amphetamine helps 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,228 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 I've heard cocaine and amphetamine helps MIXED! Chuck abit of drone in for good measure... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,878 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Lol well you can but after your 90 year old grandad has stopped running around the fells like a red stag in rut, make sure you have a few jellies for the poor bugger pmsl 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Then it will be time to get a quad to many gates to unlock here, would spend more time off it than on it, i just substituted the rifles and shotguns for a camera Oh sh*t !! I thought you were taking pictures while riding the quad , that's why they were a little fuzzy .......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,878 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Then it will be time to get a quad to many gates to unlock here, would spend more time off it than on it, i just substituted the rifles and shotguns for a camera Oh sh*t !! I thought you were taking pictures while riding the quad , that's why they were a little fuzzy .......... Either that or he's been using the previously mentioned medication 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) It comes to us all, slowly but surely. Usually starts off as I need to get a bit fitter, it wasn't as hard last year. Aches and pains that last for weeks not a few days as they used to. It starts a chain of thought that "Is it worth the pain" at first the answer is usually yes, but there comes a point, where for some it becomes physically impossible to walk up them hills as you used to. So then you either adapt or don't go. Time and tide wait for no man, thats for sure. TC Been happening to me over the last decade,...I knew IT was coming,.tried to fight the ageing process,..but was always on a loser. My problem has not been in getting old,.it has been in accepting the fact....Tried all sorts of tricks and treats, but nothing beats chilling out,.facing facts and sensibly learning to adapt.... Accordingly,..I have bred myself, an 'old mans cur'.. She runs around, like a thing possessed,.wild as a fox,...all my old pals say the same thing,.."Phil,.you have lost the fecking plot".... But,.so what,..facts are,...life is too short, to worry what others think of you,... I shall go out, as I came in,...walking slow, keeping low, living the life of a Moucher. Edited October 12, 2014 by Phil Lloyd 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nasher1 258 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 You know your getting old when you switch over to the adult channel theres a bird dressed in a little maids outfit and as she bends over to pretend to do some cleaning you think to yourself " f*ck me we used to have a vacuum cleaner exactly the same as that". 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jack68 628 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Well I only young at 46 but my left knee is giving me soom stick today but just ploded on glad I have a bit of permission it does help.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Having just watched some of country file , a bloke sticking a violin in a stream claiming the water plays it I have no problems .whist the old knee may need replacing at least the head is ticking along ...I must have a few good years left .. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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