First hunt with my new thin blood - Page 2

TARNATION !!! · 11-14-2010, 09:23 PM

Thanks King. Having lived in married bliss for 40 years (well if I don't forget the next anniversary), we are pretty much an extension of each other. I did try to convert her to a hunter in our youth but to no avail, even after finding her a nice little .22/410. She enjoys eating but doesn't like dwelling on how the protein came to be in serving sizes on the plate. The dip in the creek was no surprise to her, she just shrugs that stuff off.

Here's a salute to your father. Hope some of the boys he trained took out a few over there. For those who may not know BCATP was the British Commonwealth Air Training Program and very active in Canada during WWII. Still can encounter some of the air combat shooting ranges and bombing targets on the prairies. Not a place to look for roosters, although they do frequent one of those locations I know - but then so does 70 year old unexploded ordinance

Alligator · 11-15-2010, 03:54 PM

Jack: I take it from the warfarin statement you must have had a little problem with the old "ticker"? I had an aortic dissection Memorial day weekend and am lucky to be alive! Things like that really wake you up to the enjoyment of life while you can. Money and work are necessary evils but aren't as important as taking one of the old doubles afield and enjoying God's creation in the company of loved ones. I went with my son, grandson, and four or their friends [all 45 years old and down] to Calvin Humberg's neck of the woods for the Kansas opener last weekend and had a blast even though most of the time I blocked and let the young bucks walk. The old man can still hit a rooster even if he can't walk the CRP grass. Glad you are at it!!!! Lee.

TARNATION !!! · 11-15-2010, 04:20 PM

Lee: Blood clot lodged in a lung. Caught before it got out of there where is could have caused a lot more grief. As it was, I spent a week in hospital to get the old bod back into fightin' form - well a walk with the dogs and "easy" habitat for roosters, which will likely happen again one day this week when the weather cooperates.
Cheers,
Jack

todd allen · 11-17-2010, 02:43 AM

Thanks for sharing the memories.

David Hamilton · 11-20-2010, 01:58 PM

I had a hell of a time with Warfarin. Couldn't keep it even. Either not therapeutic or at the edge of bleeding through my pores. There are some alternates and a new drug not yet on the market. Fortunately I am past that phase of atrial fib, at least for the present and can get by with aspirin. I will be shooting Pheasants next Saturday but, alas, released birds including pigeons. Better than nothing and about all we can expect in this part of the country. I need some of those GameBore #7s in 2 1/2" for my DH with 32" barrels and 2 5/8" chambers. David

TARNATION !!! · 11-20-2010, 03:35 PM

David: Still working on stabilizing level. Since leaving the confines of a cozy hospital bed with 3 square meals a day plus an evening snack and heavy doses of W and another unpronounceable injection to the belly, my levels have dropped to almost the same as any Joe on the street. So each week, after a blood test, the doc wonders what the hell I do and increases the W dose. If he doesn't know, I sure don't (well I do know what I do but not why my body is practically rejecting this drug). All that said, I'm a fatalist. What will be, will be. Que sera, sera. Predestined (not totally sure on that). So whenever my time runs out, it is on with the next adventure or........... Until then I hope to exercise the dogs, myself and a few old shotguns until my own fitness level won't allow. Gotta keep moving and stop taking icy dips in the creek.
Cheers,
Jack