So, how is the retirement gig?

[Hem]

Will you be found one day a week working the bathroom fixture aisle at Home Depot?

Construction guys always joke about the orange vest option.

 

[mtmuley]

Construction guys always joke about the orange vest option.

I'm gonna get a part time gig at Scheels and sell Creedmoors and PRC's with Vortex scopes to everyone. And spiral fluted barrels. And a box of match bullet ammo. Gonna be great. mtmuley

 

[geetar]

I imagine a world where RJ asks for help finding something in Home Depot and they page Buzz over to help.

 

[RealMuddyboots]

Congrats!
Boat launches during the week are empty.
Public land is big deal. Hunt Wed-Thurs and critters are calmed down.
Rifle ranges empty.
The list is endless!!!

The one piece of advice I have is do as many hunts as you can while you have good health. Health issues can appear without notice.

 

[JMG]

Congratulations!! I'm about a year behind you.

 

[cedahm]

Congratulations, Buzz. I'd tell you to enjoy it, but you just will. I'm probably 2-3 years out myself on the heavy lifting work phase, then I'm imagining just working in a fly shop for a few years before I peace out.

Thanks for doing the work most of us all theorize about (at length).

 

[Gr8bawana]

57 years 10 months

Awesome! You're young enough so you've got a lot of years ahead of you for new hunting adventures.

 

[Gellar]

@BuzzH , Congratulations on your retirement and thank you for your public service.

Congrats Buzz. Losing the vast experience of us old guys is a blow to many employers. The FS is losing a lot.
I concur with the others. Stay busy. I doubt you will have a problem with that.

The institutional knowledge lost from our public conservation agencies in the last 20 years is phenomenal. Before his retirement, my previous boss tried to pass as much of it as possible but I still find myself reaching out to him and other retirees because it is just easier to call and ask them rather rummage through a file cabinet because the work they did 30 years ago is not digitalized.

I'm gonna get a part time gig at Scheels and sell Creedmoors and PRC's with Vortex scopes to everyone. And spiral fluted barrels. And a box of match bullet ammo. Gonna be great. mtmuley

When you wear out your Attack pants please consider cutting the legs off of them to wear as shorts to your part time gig. It gets hot in those stores.

 

[Brad]

Well today is my last day with the FS.

A heartfelt congratulations on a fine career Buzz - you have my respect and thanks for your public service. Best Wishes for the future...

 

[ovis2]

Congratulations! I can see the light at the end of my tunnel, so you'll have to keep us all informed of the do's and do not's.