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I don't think this is appropriate for "Misfires".

I am planning to retire this Fall (age 73); just me and my Drahthaar. Unfortunately, I am not as fit as I was a few years ago. Got to get out of the PRNJ. i still want to hunt with my dog (Blitzen) and my favorite guns. Any thoughts about the best destination?

Come to Canada.

Montana

It's warm here, taxes low, housing cheap, lots of ducks, dove.
Clay shooting is common, everyone has a gun. The food is outstanding. NO snow, lots of heat, education is poor to fair but the gov is trying to end tenure. This would make a big improvement. My taxes on a 2300 sq ft house are 750/ year

bill

King,

Can I bring my guns (several dozen)?

Brian, Cold? Certianly beautiful!

Bill, Hot, humid; though my daughter lives in Bay St. Louis, Miss.










bill,

One of the small towns in the Southern Flint Hills of Kansas is hard to beat. The people are friendly and access to large parcels of hunting land is generally available to "locals". Great quail and Prairie Chicken hunting and only an hour or so drive to good pheasant hunting. Fall is spectacular out on the prairie and winters are usually fairly mild with the worst of the cold over by mid February. Housing in the more rural areas is quite affordable. Oh yeah the ranch ponds are never fished and are full of bass and catfish plus we are over run with Turkey and Deer but don't tell anybody.

NW Kansas! Some of the guys on this BBS can attest to the fine bird hunting, and the great people.Homes can be had at a reasonable price...(I'll sell you mine) Lots of room, lots of birds, lots of ground to hunt....See post Double Guns on the Kansas Prairie or something...Chuck H, help me out here....if you want a lot more data email me...kribscw@gmail.com I am in Mexico for a while.....

Take my advice DO NOT retire, you will begin to wonder how you found time to work.
Of course you could retire here to the UK for decent gameshooting, high taxes, and awfully wet weather (normally) but we have had a very dry period for two years and now already face months of drought.

Claybird,
Don't get caught up in the "grass is greener" syndrome. There are no better woods and streams than home waters. If something else is motivating your desire to leave, it will travel with you wherever you go. Good luck on your decision. Gil

claybird: of all the above, including mine, the caution of greener pastures should come first in your assessment of reality, the why of your thoughts of moving on. It's just you and your dog and a personal issue of perhaps not being able to get around as before. You've a double-barrel problem: abrupt change as a result of retirement and the more significant struggle of making the best of your declining years.

I'm still in the wage economy at 80 and will work till I drop as a freelancer so I'm fortunate there. Declining years you must be brave. It means drawing heavily on inner resources: curiosity, enthusiasm, books, a wide range of interests. Family and community support are dividends. Changing locales ordinarily won't do it if you're carting around old emotions or grievances. Life at the end aren't golden years.

A good example is a discussion this week with my wife about how to get more juice out of a flying carpet to local hunting and fishing spots and camp. This lion has become a kitten, great arms and legs now sticks. Our friends are young and old. Using lessons of bush flying on floats as bait, I'll have no trouble attracting young women and men to do the heavy work; their presence always makes me feel younger again.

PM me if you think I may help. As for the guns, no problem bringing them into Canada. Overall, from 10 years on this board, comparing US and Canadian protocols around guns and hunting, I believe our system---notwithstanding the long-gun registry blip which will be gone this month---is simpler without all your state-to-state encumbrances. As for enforcement, I've never met a game warden or conservation officer anywhere in Canada. On the street and in their homes, yes, but never on streams or in the woods.