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Us old gray beard bow hunters

Started by Box Call 68, August 27, 2018, 07:50:24 PM

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Box Call 68

No getting around it,hit 68 this year,the old beard doesn't offer much contrast anymore.pretty much white on white.thank goodness for carbo mask while bow hunting.I'll still wet down the hair and slick it back heading to Kroger's.ya never know when a doe might cross your path.yep,the gray is there to stay.

onemississipp

You have my respect, Sir! Can't wait to hit 68.


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STICKBENDER98

I have a few more years to go to make it to 68, but my beard has been white for longer than I wish to admit, I just turned 50 on the 21st this month.  I prefer to look at it as snow camo for the late season.   :thumbsup:
Too many bows to list, and so many more I want to try!  Keep the wind in your face, and your broadheads sharp.

M60gunner

No beard, no hair on head. What's there has been white for a long time now. Will be 73 on Wednesday. Glad to be above ground but a little depressed about not being able to hunt or shoot all day like when I was younger.

Sam McMichael

No beard, but fortunately not a whole lot of grey hair on top. The reason for no beard is that it, however, is white. That's one reason I use a face mask. I'll be 69 in October.
Sam

hitman

I'm 66 and plenty of gray. Been bowhunting 60 years, grew up in my amazing dad's footsteps. Still miss him every day. He was such a whitetail guru, it was unbelievable how much he knew before all the experts came up with the tricks of the trade.
Black Widow PSAX RH 58" 47#@28
Samick Sage 62" 40#@28"
PSA Kingfisher RH 45#@28
Treadway longbow RH 60" 46#at 28"
W.Va. Bowhunters Association life member
Pope and Young associate member
Mississippi Traditional Bowhunters life member

ron w

66 here and been gray for a long time....no big deal!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

pavan

My white beard camouflages my white glassed bow.  Neither of those seems to bother deer, however, my shiny head scares the crap out of them.

Roy from Pa


huntryx

Well, I can't claim a gray beard (thank goodness) but at 72, my hair has been mostly white for a while--genetics and age. Gotta wear a hat hunting, but no hardship there......

tippit

72 with white beard & gray top what's left of it.  Still riding my bike & horse, shooting/hunting 40# bows, fly fishing, and swinging my hammers in the forge.
TGMM Family of the Bow
VP of Consumption MK,LLC

lablover

#11
 At 62 still got a little color left on my head but very little. The beard be white. But I've got a little ways to go to 68.
Bowhunting is a passion, not an obsession. Its just hard for my wife to tell the difference sometimes.

76Aggie

I just turned 64.  My hair has been white for some time so I grew a beard.  At least that still has some color in it but it is fading fast. :saywhat:

1/4 away

69. Have salt and pepper top and mostly salt beard. Don't care about the color cuz at least it's hair  :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.

Burly

At 55 I feel like a pup in the grey beard group lol.  The beard is almost all white but the hair is salt n pepper.

Ken Taylor

At 65 my hair is also grey (and thinner)... my problem is my brain still thinks I'm 35 so I'm constantly injuring muscles or joints doing things that even young guys would strain doing - I really have to smarten up!

Good thing that I have absolutely no problems associated with shooting my bows... touch wood, LOL!

And sometimes I wish I lived in whitetail country, those moose keep getting harder to handle every year... and another problem - I still like BIG bears!
May your next adventure lighten your heart, test your spirit, and nourish your soul.

David Mitchell

#16
What a bunch of young guys (and gal) here. :jumper: I will turn 75 in a couple of months (I can't believe I typed that) and my head reminds me of heaven--there'll be no parting there! 
The years accumulate on old friendships like tree rings, during which time a kind of unspoken care and loyalty accrue between men.

SELFBOW19953

67 come December.  I get asked a lot if I play Santa.  Every year I have young children say "Hi Santa" to me.  I don't have quite enough girth for Santa, but have plenty of white hair and beard.
SELFBOW19953
USAF Retired (1971-1991)
"Somehow, I feel that arrows made of wood are more in keeping with the spirit of old-time archery and require more of the archer himself than a more modern arrow."  Howard Hill from "Hunting The Hard Way"

Butch Speer

Pink head on top, everything else is white so it fits in with my beard. Couldn't care less. Gets covered with a hat and mask anywho.  1950 was a good year Dan!
God Bless

Butch the Yard Gnome

67 Bear Kodiak Hunter 58" 48@28
73 Bear Grizzly 58" 47@ 28
74 Bear Kodiak Hunter 45@28
Shakespeare Necedah 58" 45@28

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.
- Erastus Wiman

YosemiteSam

From one of my favorite authors:

"When the beard is black, you can accept the reasoning but ignore the conclusions.
When the beard is grey, you can accept both the reasoning and the conclusions.
When the beard is white, forget the reasoning but mind the conclusion."

-- N.N. Taleb
"A good hunter...that's somebody the animals COME to."
"Every animal knows way more than you do." -- by a Koyukon hunter, as quoted by R. Nelson.

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