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What are your short and long term goals? hunting, life, anything you can work towards.

I am going to lose 100 pounds by the time I retire, real weight, no divorce please. I have gotten to 52 pounds since May 1st. The next 50 will be a bit harder, but I have 5 years to do it. I like my odds, even though I was a fat kid and grew into a fat man, I need to be healthy for my family. Z

What has helped with the weight lose? I too would like to shed some extra pounds.

I've been retired for a few years now so that milestone has been reached successfully for both me and my wife.  My personal simple goal is (for both of us) to stay healthy for as many more years as I can so I can continue my active outdoor lifestyle as long as I can. Of course, there are also family and friends that take up my life outside of my outdoor interests, as well.

Hunting, fishing, and associated activities around them have always been key components in my life, and fortunately, those pursuits in the amounts that satisfy me are relatively inexpensive pastimes.  I am also fortunate to have several great friends of similar age (early 70's) and interests with which to share my outdoor passions.  We plan outings on a regular basis, both in the short and long term, so there is always something to look forward to either "right around the corner" or looking further into years ahead. 

Like many others here, my main passion is spring gobbler hunting and I always looking ahead at what next year might bring.  Planning those adventures with friends goes a long way towards keeping this old guy going. 

Goals, I'm in the same relative age group with gobblenut and goal number one is to wake up in good enough health to do a few things I enjoy.

Goal number two is to remember I am in that age group and although my mind still tells me I can do all those things just like when I was younger is not a realistic paradigm.

Goal number three is to convince the Mrs. ( I mean boss ) she is always the boss and that on the days I want to go fishing or hunting that she is actually granting me permission out of her extreme kindness of her heart and that it was actually her idea.

Goal number four is to hunt with some more of the legends of "Old Gobbler Forum". I think I already done this, but I'm taking their word for their legendary status.

I want to hunt the South West part of the U.S., the only part I have not hunted (other than Hawaii). The boss has already gave permission, we just gotta make it happen. Of course she's coming along to supervise. I just talked to my niece about Utah a couple weeks ago, (unnamed forum legend,  you ready for a Utah hunt? )

I'm with the others with being retired. Just enjoying life with the wife and both of us having good health to do things we have always wanted to do...

Hopefully i will still have a few more years to chase these gobblers and do a little more deer hunting.

After i retired i stopped having goals ... LOL.


I also enjoy my turkey calls and chatting with like minded people who enjoy turkey hunting..  OG and Friends ....

Quote from: Greg Massey on August 21, 2023, 04:40:02 PM
I'm with the others with being retired. Just enjoying life with the wife and both of us having good health to do things we have always wanted to do...

Hopefully i will still have a few more years to chase these gobblers and do a little more deer hunting.

After i retired i stopped having goals ... LOL.


I also enjoy my turkey calls and chatting with like minded people who enjoy turkey hunting..  OG and Friends ....

Amen Greg, right here with you on this. I think I speak for most, maintaining our health is number one goal, everything else will follow suit......Congrats to Z on the weight loss!

I guess that because I'm up against so many deadlines and goals set by others on the job that I don't really set any personal goals outside of work. That's really something that I need to work on because goals are what push us to improve and succeed. I guess the one that really needs attention and I keep pushing back is quitting smoking.

My goal is to have fun, and to help as many kids as I can to have fun also.   And my final goal is when I die, I'd like people to say, you know for a smart azz , he was a pretty good ole dude who always helped in any way he could.   

Short term, at least three gobblers per season.
Longer term, I need to get in better shape before spring to make all that walking easier.
Even longer term, find out if there is turkey hunting in heaven. :cross2:

Recently retired, here.

Goals ??

Lose some weight.
Hunt spring gobblers to the limit of my budget.
Not get abducted in Mexico this coming March.
More tree time with my bow for whitetails.
Complete some long-standing projects at the house.
Buy another turkey call.
Get my younger son into the turkey woods.
Enjoy what's left of my time here with my family.
Buy another turkey call.

My goals are pretty simple. Be in the best shape I can be. Be the best son to my mother, the best father to my kids, and the best husband to my wife. Keep working hard and pushing myself. And also to laugh and have fun. With the group of guys I get to work around, I am lucky in that sense. We bust on each other pretty hard, and it makes the day go better. Oh... and be that extremely good-looking, master hunter who slips through the woods like smoke, and next thing you know, there is a critter missing. I may look like Elmer Fudd on crack in reality. But it's my story and I will tell it how I want.

Happy may be a GOAT, but I think he nailed it, Z

My goals are simple.
Be kind and respectful to people I meet.
Practice random acts of kindness to strangers i.e.buy their meal at a restaurant etc.
Help my neighbors.
Laugh at myself.
Be more understanding and accepting of others.
Learn to use a trumpet turkey call.
Get and eat healthier.

I'm pushing 70, but have worked out for many years so I can continue to pull hills and mountains in search of gobblers.

My goal is to be jellyheading gobblers even longer than Tom Kelly and Fox Haas. That's a serious goal!

I am having surgery on my foot on the 1st so the first goal is to recover well from that and get through physical therapy. I really would like to walk without having to do constant balance checks all the time.

I need to have both my knees replaced I've got a call to get that done in June right after turkey season ends, problem is I'm going to have to stay in the hospital because I live on the second floor so a  goal is not to have one of the nurses murder me, I'm not exactly the easiest patient in the world.

The following June I want to have the right knee done same goals as the first one.

I want to get to be a better outdoorsman than I am, I want to learn more about the wildlife around me while I'm hunting as well as the Flora and everything that's in the woods.

I'd also like to become a better photographer than I currently am.

I'd Like to be a better boyfriend than I am, be a better Master to my dog.

I'd like to be worthy of Christ who died for me but I know I never will be.

Life goals I want to see mountains before I die, maybe take a Merriam's* in them and photograph both.

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When I was 12 years old my father called up 3 beautiful longbeards to 25 yards, they danced, strutted, gobbled, spit and drummed right in front of me for what seemed like hours.. I was so enamored by the experience and fearful of them seeing my movement I froze and let them walk out of sight without ever touching the trigger of that single shot 20ga.

My goal is to never lose my ability to find that feeling in the spring woods. 

My goal is to be a good Stewart of what I've been blessed with .

Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.

Quote from: nativeks on August 23, 2023, 05:41:51 PM
Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.

Good goals to have and it appears you are on the right path. Sorry to hear about your wife but let's hope there are some new advances in treatments  and one of the new meds help or cure. God bless!

Nativeks, My heart sunk when I read your post. I struggle to imagine such a scenario at a young age. I helped care for my  mother through terminal illness and you will need some help. Please allow people to help instead of burning yourself out. You have set some lofty goals and I admire your resolve. I will pray for your strength, wisdom and prosperity. There is no greater force in all creation than Love and all your goals are rooted in love. Be blessed

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Quote from: nativeks on August 23, 2023, 05:41:51 PM
Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.

Good goals to have and it appears you are on the right path. Sorry to hear about your wife but let's hope there are some new advances in treatments  and one of the new meds help or cure. God bless!

X2 ... My friend and lots of prayers for your wife and family

I'd love to lose about 30 lbs.

Life in general, I'm satisfied with staying the course.

So far as hunting I plan on practicing with my duck and turkey calls so I can be proficient as possible.

A goal I've struggled with is being satisfied with having "enough" turkey calls.


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Quote from: nativeks on August 23, 2023, 05:41:51 PM
Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.

So sorry to read this natives. Prayers sent, and I hope the best for you and your wife and children. Hopefully you guys have a wonderful and long life together

Quote from: nativeks on August 23, 2023, 05:41:51 PM
Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.


I'm heart broken to read this.  While we all have our own opinions about hunting on this forum, I truly believe that most on here have good intentions and big hearts!  And at the end of the day we're all just one big disfunctional family!  And I think that it's safe to say that we're all pulling for your wife and family!! 

Prayers to you and your family nativeks,  :jesus-cross:

Your family is in our prayers Nativeks. You are a good man and I wish you all the best. Love your family and work for them. You are an inspiration to us all brother. Z :jesus-cross:

Quote from: nativeks on August 23, 2023, 05:41:51 PM
Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.

Sorry to hear that man, prayer for you and her.

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Quote from: nativeks on August 23, 2023, 05:41:51 PM
Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.

Please know that you and your family are in my prayers

My main goal is just to work and hunt... Work to get to be well and to get to yours ages and be well and hunt because it just sets my hearth on fire and I love it.

Thanks guys.

We will be in Indianapolis at the University of Indiana Alzheimers Research center in about a month. If anybody has restaurant recommendations let me know.

Just a few of the many I have, are to deadlift 400 pounds, bench press 200 pounds and squat 300 pounds. Widen my turkey hunting opportunities and increase knowledge and skills for turkey hunting. Hunt with friends and family more than I hunt by myself, which, I have always hunted by myself and enjoyed it immensely and to be a little more outgoing and easygoing.

So far, I'm at 200 pounds deadlift, 150 at bench press and 170 at squat. I have acquired a property that is about 500 acres that butts up to thousands of acres of national forest and timber company land and have 2 more properties in the works and I will be taking my grandson out with me every chance I get and have made plans to be hunting with old buddies more often than not. Well on my way to fulfilling those goals.

Quote from: Dougas on August 26, 2023, 10:10:32 PM
Just a few of the many I have, are to deadlift 400 pounds, bench press 200 pounds and squat 300 pounds. Widen my turkey hunting opportunities and increase knowledge and skills for turkey hunting. Hunt with friends and family more than I hunt by myself, which, I have always hunted by myself and enjoyed it immensely and to be a little more outgoing and easygoing.

So far, I'm at 200 pounds deadlift, 150 at bench press and 170 at squat. I have acquired a property that is about 500 acres that butts up to thousands of acres of national forest and timber company land and have 2 more properties in the works and I will be taking my grandson out with me every chance I get and have made plans to be hunting with old buddies more often than not. Well on my way to fulfilling those goals.

Get it man!  I miss powerlifting...


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Quote from: Dougas on August 26, 2023, 10:10:32 PM
Just a few of the many I have, are to deadlift 400 pounds, bench press 200 pounds and squat 300 pounds. Widen my turkey hunting opportunities and increase knowledge and skills for turkey hunting. Hunt with friends and family more than I hunt by myself, which, I have always hunted by myself and enjoyed it immensely and to be a little more outgoing and easygoing.

So far, I'm at 200 pounds deadlift, 150 at bench press and 170 at squat. I have acquired a property that is about 500 acres that butts up to thousands of acres of national forest and timber company land and have 2 more properties in the works and I will be taking my grandson out with me every chance I get and have made plans to be hunting with old buddies more often than not. Well on my way to fulfilling those goals.

Not trying to hijack the thread, but if you want to see some funny videos google "Anatoly powerlifter videos"

Get after it, man! My oldest boy is into powerlifting. He is built for it. Me, I am just cranking the weights and cardio to stay in good shape. My max bench is his warm-up.

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Quote from: Dougas on August 26, 2023, 10:10:32 PM
Just a few of the many I have, are to deadlift 400 pounds, bench press 200 pounds and squat 300 pounds. Widen my turkey hunting opportunities and increase knowledge and skills for turkey hunting. Hunt with friends and family more than I hunt by myself, which, I have always hunted by myself and enjoyed it immensely and to be a little more outgoing and easygoing.

So far, I'm at 200 pounds deadlift, 150 at bench press and 170 at squat. I have acquired a property that is about 500 acres that butts up to thousands of acres of national forest and timber company land and have 2 more properties in the works and I will be taking my grandson out with me every chance I get and have made plans to be hunting with old buddies more often than not. Well on my way to fulfilling those goals.

Get it man!  I miss powerlifting...


I stared lifting when I was 57. I got into powerlifting when I turned 58 when I my grandson started competing in powerlifting. I just turned 59 and my goal is to improve in progression while keeping my joints safe and in the end, just be strong when I am in my eighties. It sure has made hunting more enjoyable. I might walk 2 to 5 miles behind locked timber company gates into an area for turkeys and deer. Walking, lifting and aerobic exercise is a very good goal to improve the overall enjoyment of life in general and hunting specifically.


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Quote from: Dougas on August 26, 2023, 10:10:32 PM
Just a few of the many I have, are to deadlift 400 pounds, bench press 200 pounds and squat 300 pounds. Widen my turkey hunting opportunities and increase knowledge and skills for turkey hunting. Hunt with friends and family more than I hunt by myself, which, I have always hunted by myself and enjoyed it immensely and to be a little more outgoing and easygoing.

So far, I'm at 200 pounds deadlift, 150 at bench press and 170 at squat. I have acquired a property that is about 500 acres that butts up to thousands of acres of national forest and timber company land and have 2 more properties in the works and I will be taking my grandson out with me every chance I get and have made plans to be hunting with old buddies more often than not. Well on my way to fulfilling those goals.

My max bench was 365 one time but I was seeing dots by the time I got it to the top, sure was glad I had two people spotting me. Always be sure to have a spotter.

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I lifted weights from the time I was 19 to the time I was 23 previously. I did bench press competitions and my best competition bench press 305 at 132 pounds body weight. After all these years, muscles do have a memory. I picked it up pretty easily.

Quote from: Dougas on August 28, 2023, 07:58:10 PM
I lifted weights from the time I was 19 to the time I was 23 previously. I did bench press competitions and my best competition bench press 305 at 132 pounds body weight. After all these years, muscles do have a memory. I picked it up pretty easily.

My muscles have memory too. They remember that I don't use them as often as I should and remind me of the fact every time I do!

I do well to lift 200 lbs of dead weight out of bed, off the couch to go to the bathroom or to the dinner table. I try to be in good enough shape to turkey hunt and work around the place and gardens....after that I ain't lifting no dumb bell (I just walk around him ).

My power lifting, is rising 6 pounds + or  - shotgun on a spring gobbler ... LOl...

I agree with egshell , just good to lift myself in everyday life ...lol....

Quote from: nativeks on August 23, 2023, 05:41:51 PM
Pay off the house- Should be done in the next 45 days.
Get a new/newer tender for our VFD-Next 5 years
Fully fund kids college- Off to a good start. I have 5 and 8 years respectively till they are in college. I want them to have no student debt.
My wife has early onset alzheimer's at age 38 so I will be taking care of her and getting her to drug trials until she passes. We have about 8 years and the last few won't be good unless some of these trial meds work really well.

Prayers for strength and healing for you and your family my OG brother. I hope the treatment goes well  :cross2:
 

Mark off 1 goal. As of 1015 today our house is paid for. We are 100% debt free.

Congrats bro, big step to retirement. Z