Go through your gear and make sure everything is in good working order now. Even if your hunting is “low-impact” you never know when an emergency will call on all of your faculties on the hunt.
Walk around the neighborhood, join a bargain gym for a few months, go hiking on the weekends- do something now to get the heart pumping and the legs moving. If you find that you’ve been rather sedentary as of late, get off your duff and start moving. Toby Keith may have sung, “I ain’t as good as I once was, but I’m as good once as I ever was”, but the cold hard truth is sustained effort needed on a hunt can absolutely wreck the unprepared. Middle age, if you aren’t fighting against it, means your stamina has likely faded, along with your overall strength. Nowadays I look at the prospect of hiking into a hunt and packing out as a daunting task. I used to scoff at the older hunters I would see who practically drove their ATV to the tree stand and right up to their harvest if they were so lucky. Youth can carry you farther than you can imagine when it comes to endurance, but once the youth fades and your arms start getting shorter, even short jaunts afoot can really take it out of you. Time Changes Everything: Get In Shape for the Hunt
Either way, you need to prepare yourself accordingly for whatever your hunt may bring. You’ve got to take care of yourself, too.ĭepending on where exactly you are in this vast nation your hunting scenario might be as simple as sitting on your front porch or as complicated as a multi-day horseback high country excursion. Actually, there’s more to it than just going through your gear. Yes, the time is now to go through your hunting gear and get it sorted out so you will be prepared for a successful season. Fall hunting season is approaching faster than you think. While it may still be summer, don’t be fooled.
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