Marc Garneau (the astronaut) said that the reason retirement for many people is a huge disappointment is that they simply don't have an exit strategy for their working life. For me step one, semi-retirement, was the past year of only working in the shop 3 or 4 days a week. I am now moving on to step two. Effective August 16, 2023 I will not be accepting any new work. I will be taking the following year to finish off what I have in my freezers to be completely retired by my 70th birthday. I have truly enjoyed working for and visiting with you, my customers and friends, and hope you are able to keep harvesting great trophies and are able to find someone to preserve them for you.