My fellow db hunters,
Closing in on 68 I don't have a serious issue with the cold. I've purchased the gear to get the job done.
What I find I can't purchase anymore is ENERGY!
In our advancing years we've all said it before...when we were in our younger years, how did I have the time to do it all. Work, family, home ownership, AND hunt. Now I'm retired, kids have moved on, and I turn over many risky homeowner chores to others. (I do not enjoy the feeling of vertigo when on an extension ladder these days.)
I saw it with my dad, my friend's dads and other people my age. They just lose the desire or energy to do what came so easy to do when they were younger. Some of us have lost hunting partners who made it easier to visit the marsh and head out into the elements. For some of us it may be our bodies just aren't in the same condition as when we were younger.
Duck hunting requires a lot of physical work. One guy once was amazed at all the waterfowl gear I had and just shook his head. He'd comment he just had to grab his bow and climb his treestand for his passion.
My joy comes now from seeing my kids carrying on the water-fowling tradition. Sometimes with me, sometimes without me. More often than not it's.... I just don't have the energy.
Maybe I should try "5 Hour Energy". LOL.
Steve
