As we Mature we don't quit doing any thing,We do it different. I.ll start with this info. I have found here lately It hurts to bend over and get your feet in the stirrups of my climber, I have been using the bow-gun holder with the little hook to pull up the stirrups slide my feet in NO Pain

A good deer cart and/or a 4-wheeler are worth their weight in gold!

Quit using that "death trap", and put up some ladder stands Dale!!! As I get older, I am getting pretty partial to ground blinds. I'll ONLY use a climber if I have to make a switch to an area quick!

Having a strong teenage son that loves the outdoors/hunting and he having some good strong buddies is making deer drags much more enjoyable now! LOL but seriously it is nice that he can help his old dad with those long and tough drags when needed! But like 76 mentioned a good 4- wheeler and deer cart are worth their weight in gold too.

I'm done with trees

Got the strong son and now an up and coming grandson, I might be set!

LOL...I drove 20 miles home to get my 4 wheeler and 20 miles back to woods to drag my buck out. It would have been about a 1/4 mile drag for me and hunt buddy but we opted to go get 4 wheeler. Guess we get smarter as we age.

when I was young, I never dreamed of needing a 4 wheeler to get a deer out, now, can't imagine not having one sooner and will never do without one again.

Always enjoy helping my buddies bring a good one out of the woods.....Guess I'm just a drag Queen.....

Just went a threw up. Zeb - bad word picture

Dont forget the Geritol .....

Of course I will shoot a good buck any time, but I have some restrictions on when I shoot does.

They cannot be heading or pointing downhill.
They cannot be walking in the opposite direction of my truck.
It can't be within 20 minutes of dark.

I find that my harvests are much more enjoyable when the deer are decent enough to meet these requirements.

One word... sharpie

Yaz I picked up 4 at walmart 2 days ago for 40 each But I have spent a lot of time in my API bowhunter thousands of hours with out a doubt hate to give it up

I dragged this one a total of 5 yards to the edge of the woods Feels like cheating, almost.

I know I have come home from Wyoming on several occasions without a deer. Simply due to the fact I wasn't going to drag one up and out of a canyon. I just let them pass. It would have to have been a REALLY good deer for me to shoot one down in there!!!

I shot a dink in one of those canyons. Last day of season... never again.. two locals found me and helped me get it out... never ever ever again..

you really hate draggin don`t you..lol

I found I wasn't as young as I thought with the last buck I shot. The hunt was only about 20 min. but it took me about hour or more to drag it 400 yds. through the thick woods.
I gave up using my climber when me knees & hips started screaming in pain last time I used it. I sold it & bought a small ladder stand.

Yea, especially when it your wife's deer!!!!!

thats why she didn`t shoot any at the park hunt this time..lol

Because I wasn't there to drag it for her!!!!!

Yaz you still using that Remington ML. Mine is ready to go for Sat.

Parrot Head,

The Remington is gone. I haven't hunted with it for 4 or 5 years. It was just sitting in the safe. A guy I work with is just starting into deer hunting. I traded it to him last week for a pistol. I'll stick with my long bow for late season. Good Luck!

You guys are making this 44 year old feel Young. Either I'm in exceptional shape or I'm working entirely too hard at this stuff.

Strut it hits you all at once, Less than 7 years ago I was Going out west as a wild land firefighter with the USFWS staying in a tent and fighting fire all day and some times the hoot owl shift 12 to 14 hours a day for 14 to 20 days at a time would that be possible now ? forget it. so enjoy it while you can and play it to the Max

I hear ya... Just not ready to give up my man-card

I've packed many caribou across mountainous tundra. Those caribou make our deer seem small. I had my knee surgically repaired this spring. I tore parts of it slipping on the wet tundra while coming down a mountain. Maybe I'm a slow learner but I shoot first and figure out how to get them back second. I plan to use that approach as long as the good Lord lets me.

The age of 50 seems to be magical. I'm sure it's different for everyone, but after 50 the body starts fighting against you. There are places that I don't duck hunt anymore because its just too dang much at 60 years old. And, I don't break ice anymore. I could go on with examples. At this age, I think first and set up and shoot second.

As they say...its not the age, its the miles.

Done that one!!!! Lucky we only had about 1/2 mostly down hill to the boat! That stuff is like walking on a sponge that grabs your feet. It doesn't matter where you are at, in the bottoms, on top of a hill, or on the side of a hill.

My deer cart goes in the truck starting October 1st and doesn't come out until season ends. There are some things that a hunter can't do without and some form of transport is one of them. To me a cart is like a broadhead on an arrow. you got to have one.

Over the last 20yrs I've redesigned and rebuilt my carts as I've seen where improvement can be made. I've now got a cart that has lasted me 15yrs and probably will until I quit. I wouldn't give it up for anything. It's hauled a ton of deer that's for sure between me, friends and family.