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Offline buffermop

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hunting with copd
« on: April 02, 2011, 07:40:07 AM »
Any one hunt with copd? How do you manage? I need oxygen 24/7. Not a good outlook for me.
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2011, 08:20:48 AM »
hunt birds in game preserve on golf cart. as we get older we have to figure out ways to do things in a better way. you'll do fine. a little vodka and oj don't hurt now and then.
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2011, 08:42:22 AM »
fatercat.....I can see about having a coctail or two, but hunting in a preserve? $$$$$ More than I can afford!!
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 01:42:20 PM »
ask the owner if you can watch on the side lines. seeing a dog work is better than getting your shoulder sore anyway.
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2011, 06:39:52 AM »
My father still hunts with copd we just take out and put him in ground blind .WE give him a radio so can check on him from time to time and he is 78. take him out on a 4 wheeler.
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2011, 12:57:12 AM »
you guys that or taking your father out with copd god bless you thats amazing.
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2011, 07:09:06 PM »
i hunt with copd. i push myself harder than i should sometimes i just have to set till i can go on
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2011, 01:51:48 PM »
I'm looking into an ATV, I'm fortunate enough that I can still work and am not on oxygen as of yet. It is hard on me to walk up hills, and the thought of dragging a deer out when I'm a half mile or better in the woods is not a pleasant thought. It would take me along time to get one out, even with help. It is the main reason I stooped hunting, I am getting back into it though. I did hunt last year as my son got back into hunting, I didn't want him out there alone. So I bought a rifle and went out with him, I walked out to a couple spots I used to hunt and just sat. I had no real intention of taking a shot, just being in the woods was great though. Walking on reasonably flat terrain is not that hard on me, it just takes me a little longer than most due to taking breaks along the way. 
 
I hope the ATV will make a difference, and it might help you. I really hope you find a way to make it work and enjoy the hunt.
 
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2011, 01:23:06 PM »
I don't have COPD, just my lungs are full of blood clots.  Kinda like COPD as I need 4 liters of oxygen 24/7 but I get the added benefit that it wears out the right side of my heart. :P    I still hunt some, just don't walk as far and have to have some one drag a deer for me if I get lucky.  Since I hunt in hill country I pick spots were I can leave the truck on high ground and get picked up on lower ground, no up hill walking.  Also, I got the medical supply to give me oxygen bottles I can refill (iFill system) and I can put 2 of them in a frame backpack and spend a whole day in the woods if I minimize my walking.  I then can refill my bottles in the cabin at night and ready for another days hunt.  Also been losing a bunch of weight and that helps a lot.  Main things is you need good friends willing to help out.   
 
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2012, 03:58:15 PM »
I have severe COPD and exercise induced asthma but luckily so far I've stayed off oxygen. I also have severe heart trouble. I just learned to pace myself. I don't get in a hurry and if I get short of breath I simply stop till I feel better. I also quit dragging deer and rely more on my son and the use of an ATV. Like my ole Granny use to say, " Where there's a will...there's a way!"  :) I also exercise regularly to build up my stamina. Some days a little, some days a lot. I let my body, and my lungs, guide me.
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Re: hunting with copd
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2012, 03:55:42 PM »
Also have COPD, not on O2, but carry it with me in vest.  The small bottle with control that gives you O2 only when you take breath.  Do have a concentrator at home but so far not needed.  Just go slow and take a break when I feel winded, so far have carried the O2 for naught, but there if I ever need it.
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