Skychief
69 Cal.
Some of you may recall that I've been recuperating from a Valentine's Day retinal detachment surgery (not a good way of evading an expensive supper out, by the way).
Today I saw my surgeon again and had another laser treatment to "shore up" things.
Before this session began, my mind was on turkey hunting and I asked him directly about recoil and my eyes. I feared the worst.
He replied that if it were his eyes, he would not be shooting any moderate to high recoiling guns. He saw the look on my face and added, "at least, not at this time".
I told him a bit about my fondness of shooting and hunting. I also shared with him my fondness of having sight and that I appreciated his opinion on the matter.
No more than pellet or rimfire guns, he said.
So, after hearing this and prepping for it since mid-February, I'm going to sit on the black powder sidelines this Spring. I expect you guys to step it up and share all you can with me (us), as I plan to live vicariously through your hunts.
Plan "B" was to hunt with a smoothbore handgun and wait on a gobbler to get real close. I'm not one to look over my shoulder, and this idea, I've found, would put me outside of the regulations.
Plan "C".......I've borrowed a crossbow from a friend. Am I happy with the choice? Only in regards to it keeping me out with the turkeys this Spring, and in a safe and legal manner. So, please don't disown me brothers, but I'm going sort of "Midieval" where turkeys are concerned in a couple of weeks.
I don't know how the moderators will feel about this thread or maybe a future one picturing a big old gobbler (if I'm lucky), but, hopefully they and you understand that nobody wants to chase a gobbler down with a front-stuffer more than me. Nobody.
I'm hoping you all will make some good white smoke with that magical black powder, leaving plenty of feathers in your wakes!
All the best and be safe, Skychief.
Today I saw my surgeon again and had another laser treatment to "shore up" things.
Before this session began, my mind was on turkey hunting and I asked him directly about recoil and my eyes. I feared the worst.
He replied that if it were his eyes, he would not be shooting any moderate to high recoiling guns. He saw the look on my face and added, "at least, not at this time".
I told him a bit about my fondness of shooting and hunting. I also shared with him my fondness of having sight and that I appreciated his opinion on the matter.
No more than pellet or rimfire guns, he said.
So, after hearing this and prepping for it since mid-February, I'm going to sit on the black powder sidelines this Spring. I expect you guys to step it up and share all you can with me (us), as I plan to live vicariously through your hunts.
Plan "B" was to hunt with a smoothbore handgun and wait on a gobbler to get real close. I'm not one to look over my shoulder, and this idea, I've found, would put me outside of the regulations.
Plan "C".......I've borrowed a crossbow from a friend. Am I happy with the choice? Only in regards to it keeping me out with the turkeys this Spring, and in a safe and legal manner. So, please don't disown me brothers, but I'm going sort of "Midieval" where turkeys are concerned in a couple of weeks.
I don't know how the moderators will feel about this thread or maybe a future one picturing a big old gobbler (if I'm lucky), but, hopefully they and you understand that nobody wants to chase a gobbler down with a front-stuffer more than me. Nobody.
I'm hoping you all will make some good white smoke with that magical black powder, leaving plenty of feathers in your wakes!
All the best and be safe, Skychief.
