The Retirement Gig
"The Retirement Gig" - When most people think of retirement, they think of golf, fufu drinks and earily bird specials. Not Dave Dye.....nope Dave's idea of retirement was to move to Alaska, study for his pilots licence, work in fish camps and become a brown bear hunting guide. To relax from all his new gig(s), Dave's idea of "taking it easy" is to go musk ox hunting with the longbow. Hunting with an old school tapered GrizzlyStik Alaskan arrow and 52# longbow, Dave is an inspiration to the next generation wondering what to do in the second act.
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