The old joke about the dog...
why does he lick himself there????
because he can
today my bro in law and I went out for a paddle looking for a duck,I managed to shoot 1 previously wounded bird and that was it for the day, we were on water by 9 and packed up at 4 in trying conditions...
I paddled around the lagoon 3 times trying to stir up birds for him to shoot,but they just werent playing ball today,nothing wrong with our decoy spread,we had grey teal (protected) sitting among them most of the day.
it struck me when I got home,neither of us is getting any younger,bro in law has fibrominalgia which is really stuffing him up big time,cant hold a job as one days work and stuffed for rest of week...I turned 50 last week....
I really dont want to look back on my life with regret from not doing the things I couldve done while my body was still able....
there are 3-4 older chaps,in 70s who regularly are out hunting and still carrying home carcasses,they are an inspiration for me...if I can still be out there hunting in my 70s I will be a happy man,in the mean time I better get cracking and keep climbing the hills and paddling that kayak while I can.... today I got caught out on open water when wind picked up,spent half n hour 'ferry gluiding" slowly sideways untill got into somewhat safer position before turning and bolting across waves then heading upwind back to safety,my shoulders surely know I had a workout.
hopefully I wont cramp up overnight and can get out of bed tomorrow.