It's pretty sad. But I probably haven't done this in almost 20 years Keep in mind, I'm not a hunter.

 

Today I started climbing the trees on my property. When I went up the second tree, I knew I was going to have to shoot something just to make it official. So I brought up the M16, suppressed, but I only fired a burst for the record.

 

I got a lot of really huge trees. I'll start on the rest of them tomorrow.

 

I loved climbing trees as a kid. And it seems as natural today as it did back then.

Remember as we get older we don't bounce, I don't bounce and it hurts more than I remember when I was younger.

 

Harry

Remember as we get older we don't bounce, I don't bounce and it hurts more than I remember when I was younger.

 

Harry

 

Oh, yeah, no doubt.

 

But, correspondingly, it seems my goals have changed with age. Instead of "I can make that one-inch branch get me to 40 feet," I have "I don't see anything above this split of branches that would be comfortable to sit on."

 

 

Plus, there's two dead people I knew that suffered a sudden stop at the end of a fall. So, I'm down with that. I have grat respect for gravity. Further, I knew a guy that got kicked out of a tree once and he broke his leg when he landed. Badly. Visibly badly. I kinda felt bad about it. Like how shooting deer stuck in ice is poaching.

At first, I was worried that you were admitting to having a suppressed M16. Then, I realized you live in a free state.

 

I agree, tree climbing is one of the most liberating feelings, especially if you can get hold of a tall one and even moreso if you can get to spot where you can see far off in the distance. I haven't climbed a tree in about 14 years, but the memory of the feeling hasn't faded.

 

Glad you had some fun this weekend!

At first, I was worried that you were admitting to having a suppressed M16. Then, I realized you live in a free state.

 

I agree, tree climbing is one of the most liberating feelings, especially if you can get hold of a tall one and even moreso if you can get to spot where you can see far off in the distance. I haven't climbed a tree in about 14 years, but the memory of the feeling hasn't faded.

 

Glad you had some fun this weekend!

 

I was shooting a suppressed M16, but to clarify, I was shooting suppressed .22s out of it At mah woodpile.

 

I climbed a new tree today but didn't go as high as the tree offered. I think I'm going to climb all of them next weekend. I have less than a couple dozen that are climbable. I got black and blue marks and I've been reacquainted with a few muscles I forgot about. Treadmill and pushups do wonders for cholesterol, but leave the body a little short-changed it seems.