103-year-old man goes hunting, shoots elk

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Gordon Blossom is nearly 104 years old, and he’s been hunting for almost a century. (Photo by Rod Blossom.)

THORP, Wash. – Gordon Blossom is not the average hunter.

“I always say I’m growing old. Now I change that. I am old,” Gordon says.

He’s nearly 104 years old, and he’s been hunting for almost a century.

He tells Action News he loves the outdoors.

“I think I was 10 years old when my folks bought me a .22 single shot.”

He says the shells for the gun cost about 15 cents at the time.

“In those days, a dime would get you a pretty good meal,” Gordon says.

His parents made him work for the money.

“I think it was five rabbits that I had to get with each box of shells before they’d give me the 15 cents to get another box.”

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