Dad's last deer hunt

[T.R.]

My Dad and I enjoyed many hunts over the years that passed all too quickly. When I was a young man, Dad hunted with his 300 Savage levergun but when he got older he bought a H&R single shot (featherweight) rifle in .243 and mounted a Simmons 44 MAG scope. This is a deadly outfit for deer sized animals. This photo shows Dad overlooking a young doe that he dropped with one shot shooting Power Point ammo. But Dad developed a fatal heart condition a few months after this hunt which led to his death.

 

[Choctaw]

That is a great photograph of your dad. Thank you very much for posting about him.

The H&R rifles make very nice walking around guns. I'm a fan.

 

[red rick]

It's nice that you still have those nice memories and pictures of the good times with your dad . I know how you feel , I just lost my dad ( my hero ) in December . I am not a very emotional person , but I find myself ( like right now , having sad movements that bring tears to my eyes , out of the blue ) . I was over his house today cutting the grass on his John Deere mower . I miss him a lot .

 

[Armored farmer]

That is a great picture, and great memories.
All of our days are numbered.

I hope you can carry that .243 deer hunting someday.

 

[entropy]

Great picture, a great memory for you. The best times I spent with my Dad were in the woods and at the loading bench. Now whenever I see him, we still at least get to the range.I'm in WI, he's in South Texas, and neither of us will fly, so every couple years is about it.

 

[BigBore44]

If you have his rifle, you need to take your first deer every year with it. It will be a distant second place to hunting with him. But this way, part of him is still there.

My grandfather (who was my SuperMan) didn't own any rifles. He was bird hunter. And gave that up many years before I came along. But he had several pocket knives. And his old 3 blade Camillus is in my pocket every time I go hunting. Every time I harvest an animal, I reach in my pocket, grab his old knife, and it's like he's right there with me. Damn, I hate these threads. I can't think about that man without tearing up....But I know how blessed I was to be his grandson. And how lucky those of us with loving families really are.

Yes. You definitely need to take that rifle to the woods. You'll be glad you did.

 

[entropy]

If you have his rifle, you need to take your first deer every year with it. It will be a distant second place to hunting with him. But this way, part of him is still there.

My grandfather (who was my SuperMan) didn't own any rifles. He was bird hunter. And gave that up many years before I came along. But he had several pocket knives. And his old 3 blade Camillus is in my pocket every time I go hunting. Every time I harvest an animal, I reach in my pocket, grab his old knife, and it's like he's right there with me. Damn, I hate these threads. I can't think about that man without tearing up....But I know how blessed I was to be his grandson. And how lucky those of us with loving families really are.

Yes. You definitely need to take that rifle to the woods. You'll be glad you did.

My Grandfather only hunted pheasant. I have cherished memories of hunting a friend of the family's farm with him when I was about 12. I have his old H&R 16 ga. pheasant gun that will go to my older son someday. I made sure that boy (he's 23 now) had at least one pheasant hunt with my Dad so he'd have such memories. And you're right now my eyes are a little misty, too....

 

[CPLofMARINES]

God bless you; yes, the years do pass too quickly.
Beautiful photo; thank you for sharing.

 

[22250Rem]

Armored Farmer nailed it...... You've got to carry that in the deer woods and hopefully drop a deer with it and thus carry on the tradition. I've got a couple guns like that which I refer to as "heirloom guns". Get a deer with it and it will be a happy day that you'll always remember. We're all just temporaries in this world so take good care of that gun and someday someone else younger than you can also add to the history of that particular gun.