Don't think of it as throwing in the towel, think of it as retirement. Comes a point in life when it's time to slow down a bit. That's the way I look at it. By the time I spend 8 hrs sitting in an office all day and every joint in my body aching, then coming home to all the chores of cutting wood, keeping up two vehicles, house repairs, property management, and many others, I don't have time nor the energy to hunt. All of the money I saved over the years from doing most everything myself, I have no problem buying a side of beef every so often. Let the kids kill em all.