Getting OLD

[ozarkmountainman]

Called several spots for 'yote Tuesday evening. No luck until I got right behind my house, when FOUR dogs came running in. The closest was about 25 yards , the furthest, maybe 45... I had the 12 gauge, stoked with BB's, three-inch. How many did I get, you ask?

Zero. And they NEVER saw or smelled me. It was just one of those deals when one zigged while I zagged, the next one was behind a tree, while the other two just vanished. They started howling about five minutes later in the next holler. Cool.

In my younger days I'd of had three dogs floppin' and all the while tryin' to reload for the fourth. Getting old sucks.

But it was still pretty cool...

Dale

[krank]

the older I get the better I was.......I dont think age was the reason you came up empty handed. You just got a moment of 'yote fever.

[ozarkmountainman]

Nope, calm as a cucumber. Bona-fide predator, in the mode. Everything just went south at the last moment. PLUS the fact that at my advancing age I am more patient. Ten years ago the first dog would have bit it 40 yards out, and then the lead would have been flyin'.

One advantage to the age thing- ten years ago (hell, TWO years ago, pre-stroke) I'd have blown up at missing the chance at those puppies, and probably not told on myself on a public forum. Tuesday I just started chuckling. I still am.

Dale