Dave, I can honestly say that I probably would have done the same, but did you help the old man or did you just help him qualify ?
I am not the judge in all of this but if the man would be 30 years younger would you have helped him then ? Or if the man would have been disabled ?
I know it is a tough call, but like BowhunterJim said, some people shouldn't be driving. In this I mean to say that bowhunting or hunting in itself isn't a game.
This gentleman has found himself at a point in his life where he should decide for himself that he had a bunch of fine years of hunting behind him.
I there is a point in your life you should call it quits...
I would, my dad did......
I hate to see this old man shoot and hit poorly, not because of the deer he'll wound or make suffer but for himself and how this would make him feel.
I all so hope you didn't make him feel that confident again that he'll try and go bearhunting with his crossbow.
But Dave, I do understand your story. I can only say that I found myself in that position once and that that old man was more deer to me at that time than anything else in the world. My dad then had the guts to tell me he had hadit and that he appreciated my help. I lost my best hikingbuddy and tracker then....
I hope when the time comes and I can no longer draw or aim my bow that I'll gently put it down and try and pass it along to my son or grandson.
Because that is what growing old is all about, sharing your knowledge and passing it down....

Frank