I'm 65, and to me it's still worth the dog farts, the vet bills, the cold and rain, the mud, the beaver chewed punji sticks, the 10 hour drives, the hours of scouting duck holes, the reloading bismuth, the cantankerous outboard motors, the greasy breakfasts, the floating your hat when you step in a gator hole ......all that and more. 'Cause when my grandson texts me and says "Papa, can we hunt ducks Saturday?", or "Papa, are we going back to Arkansas while I'm out of school for Christmas?", all that other trivial stuff is forgotten. When you still have trouble getting to sleep on the night before the season comes in, those things ain't burdens.
As Jeremiah Johnson replied when Griz asked him "Were it worth the trouble?" ................ said Jeremiah ...."Ah, what trouble?"
SRH
