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A good mixed bag on a public land small game hunt in 2008.
My Boykin was 2 yrs. old then. She's now 14 yrs. old.
My Boykin was 2 yrs. old then. She's now 14 yrs. old.
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The best recurve that I have owned was in the late 60's. It was a Ben Pearson Mercury Hunter. It had 2 capsules of mercury implanted in the riser. I think that it was 800 grains of mercury. The smoothest bow that I have ever owned.
Gonna show my age.....
Here are the oldest pictures I have...tho i THINK my dad still has a picture of my Blackbuck, back in highschool.
Flop Hat of Dooms first appearance.
Sheep are archery, from relatively recently...2016 i THINK, I was still shooting my Titan Recurve.
The goats from 2010 or 11, largest horns on any ive gotten 29.5 tip to tip 27.5 - 28 on the fighting edge. He had a tiny body, his horns were nearly as wide as he was long.
Biggest turkeys we ever shot....last real hurrah on the turkeys as well. We havent been back to that part of kapapala ranch since then.
Here are the oldest pictures I have...tho i THINK my dad still has a picture of my Blackbuck, back in highschool.
Flop Hat of Dooms first appearance.
Sheep are archery, from relatively recently...2016 i THINK, I was still shooting my Titan Recurve.
The goats from 2010 or 11, largest horns on any ive gotten 29.5 tip to tip 27.5 - 28 on the fighting edge. He had a tiny body, his horns were nearly as wide as he was long.
Biggest turkeys we ever shot....last real hurrah on the turkeys as well. We havent been back to that part of kapapala ranch since then.
entropy
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Mine, a year later:
And my '70 Mustang.
My older son's second pheasant hunt:
About 2013.
Him a couple years later, with my Dad:
About 2016.
My younger son's first pheasant hunt:
Winter, 2018. Holding his brother's 870.
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And my '70 Mustang.
Congrats on your 1st buck.
Sorry, but that model Mustang was the worst-looking one.
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Until they came out with the Mustang II......
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69 and 70 mustangs are my favorite years! Different stokes for different folks!
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I'm reminded that it used to be commonplace to haul a deer home on the hood of your vehicle. I noticed a pic or two here. When I attended hunter ed, the game wardens were against it because 1) the heat from the engine isn't good when meat is supposed to be cooling down, and 2) some people are sensitive to the sight of a dead deer and we don't want to tick off the antis.
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Who says we don't? I would go out of my way to tick them off.
It isn't the anti's we need to worry about. The vast majority of people don't hunt and don't have strong feelings either way. Displaying a dead animal in an unflattering way may well turn someone who is neutral on the topic into an anti. There are better ways to get your game home.
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The pickup bed, the trunk, pretty much the back of any vehicle pictured here... the heat off the engine wouldn't be a factor. A lawnmower trailer... tie the load down, maybe cover with a tarp depending on distance, population, demographics, weather and other conditions.
Yeah, dealing with antis and dealing with neutrals is two different matters.
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Guys were getting off track here. This thread is for posting old hunting pics.
This is my granddad in 1964. Biggest 5 point bull I've ever seen. He killed it on Doctor's Peak, north of Gunnison CO
And, just to set everybody straight, the pic of the two deer above on the 1935 Ford; my dad would never transport deer like that. I presume they took the deer out of granddad's pickup and put them on the fenders for the photo.
And, just to set everybody straight, the pic of the two deer above on the 1935 Ford; my dad would never transport deer like that. I presume they took the deer out of granddad's pickup and put them on the fenders for the photo.
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It's so small that I can't see it. Maybe try posting it as a full-size photo?
Yeah, I know. The only place I could find it was in "my attachments". Apparently it's on my old PC, which is stored away.
Here's a link to the original thread, from 2005, post #21: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...-miles-from-where-i-live.169815/#post-2108104
Some pics from a hunting trip to the Cohutta Wilderness in North Central GA from 1981. This is the largest hunting area in GA. The terrain is steep, rugged and with elevations over 4000' which is pretty high for GA. At the time there was a good population of large whitetails, hogs, and enough bear to hunt. Today the deer numbers are down, but there are still some big ones back in those mountains. But this is one of the better places in GA for bear. This area borders to TN and NC on the north, you have to be careful not to cross state lines depending on where you hunt.
Base camp in the popup. There is a 2nd Jeep with a utility trailer in the back.
There is always that one guy who goofs off while everyone else is setting up camp. This is a friend, his green Jeep in the previous photo. The buck buggy he is sitting on was used by several others who camped near us.
Me in the fore ground trying unsuccessfully to grow a beard at 23. My 17 year old brother behind me. I still own and use the Coleman lantern
It was a LOOONG walk to the area we were hunting. My brother and one other in our group couldn't hunt the entire week and after they left Ricky and I decided to just rough it closer to where we hunted. We carried a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, our sleeping bags and the ponchos. Stayed here 2 nights to cut down on walking.
More pics, next post
Base camp in the popup. There is a 2nd Jeep with a utility trailer in the back.
There is always that one guy who goofs off while everyone else is setting up camp. This is a friend, his green Jeep in the previous photo. The buck buggy he is sitting on was used by several others who camped near us.
Me in the fore ground trying unsuccessfully to grow a beard at 23. My 17 year old brother behind me. I still own and use the Coleman lantern
It was a LOOONG walk to the area we were hunting. My brother and one other in our group couldn't hunt the entire week and after they left Ricky and I decided to just rough it closer to where we hunted. We carried a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, our sleeping bags and the ponchos. Stayed here 2 nights to cut down on walking.
More pics, next post
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Even with the small pic, the rack still looks pretty big. (Edited: yeah, I looked at the link and that's big.)
No arguement from me... it was more a comment on how things have changed.
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I want to see what these guys were shooting. I have a thing for grandpa's rifles. I started a collection many years ago and have some good ones from New England where I lived at the time. I don't hunt new guns.
Well, in my granddad's case above, he used a Winchester Model 70 in .270 Win., that he bought in the 1940s.
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I was bored today so I scanned some old prints into the computer.
1970s- My 1st compound bow (Browning Explorer 4 wheeler with a whopping 35% let-off) and a Baker climbing stand.
My 1st Bear, Washington 1978
A decent Nyala in Zululand 1982.
Kudu in Namibia 1982.
Charity Deer Hunt 1979.
1970s- My 1st compound bow (Browning Explorer 4 wheeler with a whopping 35% let-off) and a Baker climbing stand.
My 1st Bear, Washington 1978
A decent Nyala in Zululand 1982.
Kudu in Namibia 1982.
Charity Deer Hunt 1979.
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