"If I just had my old eyes back. Can't pick out a single bird in the gathering dusk as quickly as I used to."

You are not alone in that camp by any stretch. However, its beats not being here. On top of that, I can't hear them flush any longer, but do remember what it sounds like.

Glad that you had such a fun start. Perhaps give some thot to writing that down + a bit about the gun and inserting it in the hollow of the butt stock?