If I had it to do over…

[Turkeyman]

While we're having do-overs. I would like all my stamina, reflexes, mental acuity and other faculties from about 45, instead of 67,  then I wouldn't struggle to get to hot gobblers and not make old man judgement mistakes like misjudging range because of these damn cataracts.

"Old man judgement mistakes"       Yep, that pretty well sums up our situation!   

As I age, my mind and my body are constantly having this debate:  My mind is telling me what to do and how to do it,...while my body is telling me,.."Uhhh,...NO!,...we ain't doin' that anymore,... and if you try it, I am going to make you really regret it here in just a little while."

As for the question at hand, I should have filled a couple more tags this spring than I did.  The problem simply comes down to the fact that I don't have the focus or concentration at the moment of truth, as well as the desire, that I had when I was younger.  Hate to admit that,...but facts is facts!   

Pretty much the same here. At 77 with balance issues getting from ridge A to ridge B ain't what it used to be!! However I did correct one thing...intraocular lenses for cataracts.

[Paulmyr]

I wouldn't have tried to spook that hen away from the gobbler I was sure was going to roost in the island of trees in the middle of a clearcut where I last heard him 5 mins earlier. She flew up cackled and pipped while limb hopping 100yds away. It turned out she was the Gobbler! I know now why I didn't hear wings flapping because he took off from the middle of the clear cut and didn't cackle til he hit the the wood line. The pipping clucks really through me off. Sneaky bastard!

[Tom007]

Two "Amateur" setups cost me a Tom. Did not get the shot after calling in back to me 3 times. He came in below me at about 80 yards. I learned a bunch on this one, good news, he's still there and next year he won't be......