turtlshell
PMA Member
Well, it won't be hard for me to wait until the rut to hunt this year. I had to have hernia surgery last Tuesday (Sept 22nd). I'm on restricted lifting (15lb max) until Nov 1st.
I have a whole new appreciation for women going through c-sections...as it's basically what they did to me. I have a 3" by 5" mesh pad holding my guts in now.
I'm only 29, and the last year has been hell on my body. I had a cartilage tear (meniscus) in my right knee April 08...scope surgery fixed that, I blew my ham string playing softball this summer (july) and now the hernia deal...plus a few smaller tweaks here and there. If this is what getting older is all about, I'm not looking forward to what's next. Each time something different happens, all I can think about is that Toby Keith song "as good as I once was". With that in my mind, I hope I can use the following line to that song ("but I'm as good once, as I always was") when I'm at full draw on a Booner.
I'm headed home on Oct 23rd for my dad's b-day and to be treated to the Jason Aldean concert in Cedar Rapids by my girlfriend. If I can pull my bow back by then I will try to get a hunt or two in. I have Nov 4th- 15th off for hunting this year, hope it all works. It's going to be a looooong October for me.
Just needed to play my violin for a bit...I'll be better when the time's right.:way:
Best of luck to everyone who's hitting the stand tomorrow and this coming weekend. Be safe and shoot straight.
I have a whole new appreciation for women going through c-sections...as it's basically what they did to me. I have a 3" by 5" mesh pad holding my guts in now.
I'm only 29, and the last year has been hell on my body. I had a cartilage tear (meniscus) in my right knee April 08...scope surgery fixed that, I blew my ham string playing softball this summer (july) and now the hernia deal...plus a few smaller tweaks here and there. If this is what getting older is all about, I'm not looking forward to what's next. Each time something different happens, all I can think about is that Toby Keith song "as good as I once was". With that in my mind, I hope I can use the following line to that song ("but I'm as good once, as I always was") when I'm at full draw on a Booner.
I'm headed home on Oct 23rd for my dad's b-day and to be treated to the Jason Aldean concert in Cedar Rapids by my girlfriend. If I can pull my bow back by then I will try to get a hunt or two in. I have Nov 4th- 15th off for hunting this year, hope it all works. It's going to be a looooong October for me.
Just needed to play my violin for a bit...I'll be better when the time's right.:way:
Best of luck to everyone who's hitting the stand tomorrow and this coming weekend. Be safe and shoot straight.
