Thanks Phil. I'm hoping for the best with my knee. I still have 6 weeks. What bothers me the most is I trained hard all year to keep in shape for the hunt, and now i'm losing that fitness. Even if the knee heals i'm going to be out of shape in 6 weeks. You lose fitness fast when you're old.

I was brought up the same way as you. My dad would knock me out if he found my gun dirty.