My wife tells me I'm retired, but I still have a few head of cattle and have gotten into building and shooting 1911s.

Current big project is a 10 acre horse pasture we have, and getting it ready to build a house on it.

Right now it's cutting down and clearing undesirable trees and brush, doing some basic landscaping and roughing in a driveway. Just today I hauled in a load of pipe for an entryway and gate. Site for the house and shop will get leveled off this winter. Then bring in the utilities, etc.

Got to stay busy! Lol!

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Originally posted by Pondoro:
Thor...a pointing finger...you must use safety glasses and protective clothes when handling a chainsaw.

Living in Africa is no excuse..

I can't find it in Zambia.

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Thor, how often do you need to sharpen blades, ripping wood that size?

It varies a lot. Depends on how dirty the wood is and how many cracks with soil are inside.

On a Mahogany log like this I will sharpen it 3-4 times to do the whole log. With a 48 inch guide bar this is quite time consuming.

My big time passion is long range shooting rock shooting; I shoot from 800 yards and beyond at least once per week. Monday I missed the wind - hit 8 inches left at 800 (once I saw that, it was easy to correct but not a true test). When I miss the first shot, I go out again the same week - yesterday I came within an inch of my 3 inch circle with two different Lapuas. Shot at 1190 as well (TOF is so long I can recover and still see the bullet splash).

I normally spend one weekend morning reloading what I shot the week prior, typically after a run, a jump in the pool, then two cups of coffee while reading Barrons.

I also run and ride my bike, bird hunt, shoot other than LR, fish a bit (AZ isn't the greatest for that, but Mexico is close by and dirt cheap), and like Mike, I love my work - it is like a real life game of Monopoly.

I own a restaurant, bluegrass Pizza and Pub.

I've also been restoring and modernizing a 1908 Victorian for the last 2 years.

Both of which have killed hunting for me. That said, I'll be spending dec 1-6 with Roanoke river outfitters.

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Originally posted by Thor Kirchner:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pondoro:
Thor...a pointing finger...you must use safety glasses and protective clothes when handling a chainsaw.

Living in Africa is no excuse..

I can't find it in Zambia.[/QUOTE

I'll send you some kit. If you have kids they need you operational.

Fly fishing, gardening and my Llewelyn setters.

I will say a chainsaw is one of the most awesome tools out there.

I borrowed a friend's chainsaw after hurricane Matthew in 2016 and used it for the first time. It was better than shooting any gun.

I went and bought one the same day and started chopping some fallen trees. I got carried away and started chopping some non fallen trees.

I then realized I had the chainsaw above my head cutting a thick limb. If I slipped or fell or lose control - the chainsaw would tear thru my right shoulder. I shut of the chainsaw and have never used it again.

I did start buying some nice Swedish axes.

Chainsaws are cool - I just too stupid and clumsy to use one.

Mike

I saw a photo from the morgue with a guy on the slab and a chainsaw on his chest. You could see how it kicked back and caught him in the side of the neck. That put paid to me screwing with chain saws.

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Originally posted by Thor Kirchner:

quote:

Originally posted by Pondoro:
Thor...a pointing finger...you must use safety glasses and protective clothes when handling a chainsaw.

Living in Africa is no excuse..

I can't find it in Zambia.

Will send you some..

Triathlon training and racing.

Weight lifting.

Bicycle racing.

Surf fishing.

Wine tours.

The Hermann Park golf course is only two blocks away and sometimes I walk over and hit golf balls at the driving range.

Well, of course there's my day job, which involves dealing with the more shit-headed segment of the race but which finances my life.

I'm president of my school board, which has been cutting further and further into my outdoors time, so that will soon have to come to an end.

I fish year-round, but enjoy hard water more than open water. Then there's the garden. Lots of reading; usually a couple books at a time. Sing in my church's choir.

And spend as much time with my family as possible, often while doing some of the above.

I also contribute a column to our local paper every six weeks or so.

I am very much looking forward to retirement so I can spend more of my waking hours on non-work activities.

reload and take care of a good portion of the coyote population down in Baja.

WORK! And train martial arts

90% of the time - missing the grandkids. The other 10% I wonder when their parents are coming to pick them up.

Also picked the trumpet back up a little over a year ago. It takes a lot of practice to sound decent.

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Catching slab crappie!!

Those are damn good Crappie!!!!

Working with cattle and buffalo and filling deer feeders, working on blinds and stands, taking care of the birds and livestock Lora and I have here at home and getting old.

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Originally posted by ledvm:
I work 4 12 hour days at my veterinary hospital. Take Thursdays off and the wife and I fish Texoma in the warm months. In the cold months, I work in my gun shop and reloading room on Thursdays or shoot. Saturday and Sunday I dedicate to my 8 year old boy. We do whatever he wants to do outside. We either fish more, hunt squirrels, deer, turkey, dove, quail, practice baseball, shoot, bird-watch etc...anything he wants to do outside. In between all that...I maintain my small ranch, grade roads, farm a bit, cut a bit of wood etc. And in between all of that I workout and run/walk to stay in shape.

I'm an old retired guy. A family man. Grandchildren are my focus. I always have a gun project on the go, sometimes keeping a project with my 8 year old grandson on the front burner. (Currently, it's a racey little 30-30 single shot for his first hunt in Africa next year. He now hand loads 30-30 with me. 100 grain CEB Raptors. I use several presses and he has taken over the bullet seating.)

I read and research a lot. Mostly non fiction, technical, historical, political. I read the leading minds of our time.
We travel some and will visit the Mayan ruins/temple after Christmas.
I write a bit too.

Offshore fishing, fly-fishing, upland bird hunting and pickleball.

Me I'm still working everyday in the hunt booking business. Recreationally I'm experiencing the urban adventure here in Las Vegas with a little shooting and reloading in the mix. Of course there's always a trip in the works. We're talking about Europe, Australia and Sadie tells me we both are going back to Newfoundland next time. Of course Africa is still lurking out there also.

Mark

Government employee. I spend my free time trying to keep my government job for another 4 years.

With a job in IT that takes a lot, a son that`s 17 months with more energy than nuclear power plant and starting a company as a side gig. My days are too full. I use most of the spare time planning 17 different safaris in Africa Next year I finally get more time for hunting, fishing and braais

At my age, any hunting I do involves a lot of sitting (ugh!) so much of my non-hunting time is spent helping other hunters write their memoirs. I'm also content just watching the aspens and saguaros grow at our cabin and home.

Bill Quimby

Wow, did this thread make me think!
I retired almost 13 years ago. At 62 now I substitute teach at times for a variety, walk 2 hours a day, ride the exercise bike, light weight workout daily, read (a lot), watch the news, write a bit, reload, shoot, and clean my doubles (weekly), watch on old movie (1930s-60s) every day or two, set up old Lionel trains of my youth, and enjoy a good bowel movement! (Notice, at my age, there was nothing about women in my post?!).
Cheers all.
Cal
PS. Forgot to add cut lots of firewood and keep the wood stove going August through late May.

Gee are we suppose to be doing something other than hunt?
I guess I better cancel the next 6 hunts to find something else to do.

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and enjoy a good bowel movement

Please lord take me before I'm old...

Work at making a living, church work.

Flower arranging.

Fairgame: Most male flower arrangers are also gerbil ranchers, not PH's

Fly fishing.

*CRUISING THE WORLD
*PURSUING BIG KING SALMON WA,BC,OR,AK
*SPORT FLYING
*KICK BACK IN KONA
* OH, WHEN WE ARE HOME I AM STILL BROKERING BIG YACHTS!!

CHEERS,

Bud Meadows, I wish there was a "like" button on AR. That was funny.

I've been retired for 10 years now, so my day probably sounds a lot like the other retired guys who have already posted on this thread.

I too read AR everyday. I've heard that belly laughing is good for your health, so I would like to thank Cal, Andrew and BudMeadows today for improving my longevity.

Walking. Biking. Hiking in Colorado. Reading. Weight lifting (light). Dog training (upland). Teaching TKD. Planning the next hunts. House/lawn maintenance. Life is good.

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Originally posted by Bud Meadows:
Fairgame: Most male flower arrangers are also gerbil ranchers, not PH's

Bull gerbils only however....

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Originally posted by dogcat:

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Originally posted by Bud Meadows:
Fairgame: Most male flower arrangers are also gerbil ranchers, not PH's

Bull gerbils only however....

After 35 years in the industrial/residential painting trade, I'm pretty much retired from that. Have a few long time customers that I still do work for. Mostly now I repair/maintain portable and stand-by generators. It keeps me active and outside most days.

John,

You better be taking on some more jobs to feed that addiction you've just acquired. There is no cure just treatment and the treatment is spendy.

Mark

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
John,

You better be taking on some more jobs to feed that addiction you've just acquired. There is no cure just treatment and the treatment is spendy.

Mark

Mark,
You are correct. Neither Dawn nor I have any plans to stop working. It keeps us up and moving and for me outside most every day year round. I like my job so why stop, besides I like to hunt and yes the two go hand in hand. We will never be rich but we live within our means. Oh yeah, no kids so that helps a lot.
I really want that Nyala in Mozambique....There's a few more years work right there.

I work to hunt. Retirement is totally out of the question due to my addiction. But my practice is my second love. Couldn't dream of giving it up any more than hunting.