Thanks everyone for your birthday wishes. I am thankful that I can still hunt, shoot and walk around our great outdoors. Being 85 makes me realize that I am one lucky man to have accomplished and experienced life as I have.
I miss the posts of JimP who is another SENIOR member here and is...
I have several replaceable blade knives and I use them in the field. When I am butchering , I prefer my custom knife that I had made 40 years ago. It fits my hand and holds an edge better.
I use them when ever I work on a gig game animal. I used them more as an aid to skinning. They really work well for splitting and opening the skin.
I have a custom knife I had built about 40 years ago that I had the knife maker add to the blade when I ordered it.
My family has hunted what is now D7 since the late 1940's. The deer hunting was at it's peak in the 50's & 60's. The country has changed a lot since then. The meadows are now full of pines, there ie less forage for the deer and more predators. My Dad satd the change was related to the ban on...
The old days......! The same for me in Colorado, Wyoming Utah & California. I will never hunt California and Utah again and once I use my points for deer and antelope in Wyming, I am done there too. I'll be 85 in 2 weeks and there are less years left for my hunting for sure....but I have...