Regrets framed as advice to others...

[deewayne2003]

Regrets framed as advice.....

In all honesty, I've learned more from my travels than I ever learned at a University.

 

[skydiver386]

Get them young and train them right.

Nope, that's her parents job

It's your job to hire the right Private Detective, and sneak a look in her medicine cabinet the first chance you get.

 

[cwpayton]

There are many things in life we cannot control, the good thing about bad decisions is we can learn from them, hopefully, and not repeat. I try and maintain a thankfulness to God for what I have . at 73 Im healthy as far as I know, IVE set foot in Africa and have paid for another trip in advance. Have a quiet place to live and managed to stay out of prison , in spite of having a short fuse. My saying is
" it all worked out" I had planned to join the Marines straight out of high school, already to go ,when I recieved my draft lottery no. was 364 or there abouts, made me rethink the whole thing and waited and went into the USAF. Often regretted that but probably disappointed my dad, but I didnt get killed in Vietnam , so. it all worked out.

 

[dhoover]

I didn't go on my first Safari until I was 59 and am going back in 2 months at 61. This is a great time of life to go to Africa and maybe New Zealand. Trips where My wife can go with me. My days on tough mountain hunts are mostly over now but I don't regret them for one minute. Turning 60 was a huge wake up call. The calendar is calling my name and my days are numbered.

I bought my first deer rifle in 1978 when I was 14. I had to make a decision: scope or no scope. I went with scope which was somewhat controversial with old timers at the gun shop. See thru mounts were a thing then but I decided to go with standard mounts. I've never shot open sights on a rifle since. And I don't regret it.

 

[Scott CWO]

Get them young and train them right.

It all depends on YOUR age at the time and her maturity level. My first was eight years older. I was 17 and she was 25 when we met. My high school friends and ex-girlfriends were very jealous. Pretty cool at the time! We were married a year later when we didn’t want to separate when I went to college. Great girl but emotionally immature. I had to guide her through most decisions, even with her job. Lasted five years until I just couldn’t deal with her crazy anymore but she was a good person. My second wife is just as good-looking but two years younger and completely level-headed. I wouldn’t trade her for anything, even a much younger woman.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

 

[DaleGribble82]

My biggest regret is being with someone that didn't like guns, didn't like shooting, didn't like hunting, didn't like fishing and didn't tell me any of the above until AFTER they had the wedding cake in their mouth.

My greatest joy is having someone that does like guns, shooting, hunting and fishing.

Looking back, I should have conducted interviews for the job, insisted on thorough background investigations and finally a urinalysis test for Psychotropic medications.

Yeah that happened to me once, thank God she left me for another dude after 7 years instead of 17!

 

[Happy Myles]

I am 87 years old. Don’t look back, you are not going that way.

 

[etsonaut]

Regrets framed as advice.....

In all honesty, I've learned more from my travels than I ever learned at a University.

Love this. Same.

 

[Tanks]

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

My favorite song of all time.

 

[csmcclain]

My old man is going for his first time for his 60th this year along with my mom, uncles, and myself (a first time for all of them). I'm struggling to explain to my uncle, a serious hunter, how badly he will want to return, and I had to leave it at, "You'll understand when you get there."

I fully expect his conclusion to be, "Why did it take me 57 years to get here, and when can I come back?"

 

[Andrew NOLA]

Over the course of our lives, we make decisions based on the best information that we have at the time.

Based on where we are today, we may have made those decisions differently then we did

However, Doctor Who did not share the tardis

Or for later generations, Jimmy neutron did not share his time machine invention

I have decided that Good judgment comes from lots of bad judgment

 

[Andrew NOLA]

Over the course of our lives, we make decisions based on the best information that we have at the time.

Based on where we are today, we may have made those decisions differently then we did

However, Doctor Who did not share the tardis

Or for later generations, Jimmy neutron did not share his time machine invention

 

[Rare Breed]

I had a ph tell me once in Mozambique, while hiking in 113 F temps when I inquired to him as to how a 70 year old guy would stand this? His reply:

“You have no idea how many 70 something’s I’ve heard say with total fatigue in their voice how much they wished they would have started their African journey in their 50’s.”

I am thankful I started in my 50’s and am continuing into my mid 60’s still going strong!

 

[Rare Breed]

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Sing it Frank!!!!!

 

[JPbowhunter]

I’ve always been a fan of open sights and do 90% of my hunting with them. I’m still young-ish being mid 30’s so hopefully I’ve got plenty more time left with them.

We don’t have weapon specific seasons here but I choose to hunt with my flintlocks or iron sights on my centrfire’s wherever possible.

Africa is out of the question for me, but if I don’t get back to NZ for a few more diy hunts in the next few years I may regret that.

 

[Newboomer]

I am 87 years old. Don’t look back, you are not going that way.

What's done is done and can't be undone. "Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is out of sight."

 

[Hogpatrol]

Regrets framed as advice? Didn't listen enough to my elders. They' made a lot of the same mistakes.

"The older I get, the smarter my father gets".

 

[TheGrayRider]

“Only two things will we regret on the deathbed, that we are little loved and little travelled.” Mark Twain.

 

[Spartan5]

Africa has been on my mind for years, on my bucket list before 50, and Lord willing will be realized next year at 48. Also taking my dad who will celebrate 72 there on his first trip, along with 2 of my sons who will both be under 30. If we don’t get a single animal, the trip will make memories for us that will last forever. I told my boys even if you can only afford some cull animals, don’t miss the experience with grandpa.

Those experiences available in life may only give the opportunity once, the regret I have is not taking more of them with my grandparents.