Just one well-placed shot

[Walaw717]

That was a great show. I remember when one of the celebrity hunters was Capt. Kirk going after African Buffalo with a recurve bow. As Spock would say, Fascinating!

I missed that one.

 

[deerstalkert]

in the early fifties many of us that were starting out with our first guns started with either Red Rider BB guns, or single shot 22's.
my first was a RR but graduated to a Winchester 22 single shot in 58.
my maintaining ownership of that gun was the never-ending war on cottontails and jack rabbits in my mother's garden.
she bought a box of shells for every 10 rabbits i shot.
each rabbit was dispatched with a blessing even though they were pests. that teaching has stayed with me all my life.
many folks are exuberant about "harvesting" an animal. and i have no problem with that. but the adolescent display many of the show's display, day after day, week after week, animal after animal, like it is their first, has turned me off from watching any hunting shows.
i write this to show that this way of starting out hunting was not just an Appalachian experience.

 

[Walaw717]

in the early fifties many of us that were starting out with our first guns started with either Red Rider BB guns, or single shot 22's.
my first was a RR but graduated to a Winchester 22 single shot in 58.
my maintaining ownership of that gun was the never-ending war on cottontails and jack rabbits in my mother's garden.
she bought a box of shells for every 10 rabbits i shot.
each rabbit was dispatched with a blessing even though they were pests. that teaching has stayed with me all my life.
many folks are exuberant about "harvesting" an animal. and i have no problem with that. but the adolescent display many of the show's display, day after day, week after week, animal after animal, like it is their first, has turned me off from watching any hunting shows.
i write this to show that this way of starting out hunting was not just an Appalachian experience.

Thanks, good to know. This is one of my favorite quotes that I use to ground me, even when I eat store-bought food.

“The greatest peril of life lies in the fact that human food consists entirely of souls. All the creatures that we to kill and eat, all those that we have to strike down and destroy to make clothes for ourselves, have souls, souls that do not perish with the body and which must therefore be pacified lest they revenge themselves on us for taking away their bodies”

― Knud Rasmussen

 

[Walaw717]

Please don’t delete the thread. I agree with your thoughts and observations completely from Fathers, Grandfathers, real sterling gentlemen like Curt Gowdy and others in the past that spoke simply quietly and kindly with dignity and class.
I often think of my dad, now long gone, his ability to think and do just about anything he set his mind to. He was taught from his dad to make the one shot count and always told my brother and I that if you can’t get it in one well placed shot you don’t deserve it.
I agree that almost all hunting shows seem to be about the about the “dudes” and their adolescent antics than the experience of the hunt, the woods, fields, and the reverence of nature.
Just ignore those troubled souls that either do not get the point or need to argue their misunderstood position. This forum needs more folks like you!
A hearty belated welcome from a kindred spirit in Minnesota that values memories and decency of the past.

You hit the mark. Gowdy etc all never had adolescent antics.
Most tv and movies are marketed now to the adolescent mind, and that more about mindset than age.

I was a volunteer firefighter for a while and a more adolescent bunch of old farts would be hard to find.

I am glad I was raised by men who were grown ups.

 

[Nazgul58]

Wanted to blood the Kibler Colonial I built this deer season. Passed on 3 does and a small buck, didn't need any venison. Don't feel bad about it either. Just nice mornings and evenings in my woods.

Don

 

[Walaw717]

Wanted to blood the Kibler Colonial I built this deer season. Passed on 3 does, and a small buck didn't need any venison. Please don't feel bad about it either—just lovely mornings and evenings in my woods.

Don

No point in shooting stuff to shoot it dead. I was taught you shoot it you eat it. Watched my cousin eat a dozens crows he shot just the the killing . Grandfatehr made him clean them , cook them and eat them. After that I knew not to just shoot stuff for "fun."

 

[flashpoint]

For my family and a lot of others around here it was more of an economic issue. They simply did not have a lot of money to buy several guns and the old single shots were inexpensive but well built and versatile. My father used “punkin balls” for deer and shot shells for everything else. I guess that’s why I now like my Fusil de Chasse so much. It’s an all around gun like those old shotguns were.

It’s kinda funny I guess if you stop and think about it. My ancestors lived in the area of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia all the way back to colonial times and no doubt some of them probably hunted with a Fusil also. Now, I can’t verify it and have no documentation of it, just speculation on my part.

Yup! I remember those "punkin balls" also that my dad used to shoot.

 

[Penske]

Too much horn porn if you ask me. There was a great book about all this called Blood Sport. Can't remember who wrote it. But talks about all of the above discussion.

 

[Marrowback]

Well done

 

[Walaw717]

Too much horn porn if you ask me. There was a great book about all this called Blood Sport. Can't remember who wrote it. But talks about all of the above discussion.

Interesting call comment. Can you expand your thoughts

 

[moose23]

Been reading and enjoying this thread, and just realized, between myself, my two sons, and my father, we took 7 deer this year. All 7 were taken with one well placed shot. It actually never even dawned on me that even happened until I was reading this thread. I can’t recall ever having a season like that. And I participated in 6 of those 7 successful hunts. Great times, great memories shared with my dad (71 years old) and my sons (16 and 14). My dad taught me, and now I’m teaching my sons…take your time, wait for the right moment, breath, one shot.

 

[Walaw717]

Been reading and enjoying this thread, and just realized, between myself, my two sons, and my father, we took 7 deer this year. All 7 were taken with one well placed shot. It actually never even dawned on me that even happened until I was reading this thread. I can’t recall ever having a season like that. And I participated in 6 of those 7 successful hunts. Great times, great memories shared with my dad (71 years old) and my sons (16 and 14). My dad taught me, and now I’m teaching my sons…take your time, wait for the right moment, breath, one shot.

I am happy this seems to have brought out good memories for so many.

 

[Sixgun_Symphony]

I also think about Sunday’s spent watching The American Sportsman with Curt Gowdy and the charm and sophistication he and his guests displayed. I have attempted to watch newer hunting and fishing programs and generally find myself turned off by the lack of sophistication and the mossy oak gimmick-filled hunting conversations and quasi redneck delivery. Gowdy and crew made the shows about the hunt or the fishing, the new shows are about the host and his gimmicks. The old American Sportsman had a feel like a movie we all love to love, Jeremiah Johnson, some talk but more about visuals and telling a story through actions and a soft narration about the land and the “game.”

Consider producing your own hunting videos and post them on YouTube.

 

[Walaw717]

Consider producing your own hunting videos and post them on YouTube.

Sadly I do not have the money behind me nor the personal presence of my Gowdy.. not sure if your being serious or sarcastic.

 

[Colonial Boy]

Interesting thread and it reminded me of something either Charles Askin or Julian Hatcher said, to the effect that basic marksmanship for recruits ought to be taught with flintlock rifles.
I hunt regularly with a flintlock 20 gauge in close country and a Ruger No1 in .220 Swift in open country, for foxes and feral cats,

 

[Penske]

Yes it refers to the killing of an animal with out reverence for the animal. Without thanking the animal for being allowed to takes its life to nourish your family. The high fives after killing the animal are sacrilegious to the animal. To celebrate the killing act and not the animal. I was always taught to give thanks and to place the last green in it's mouth prior to gutting it out. This shows respect to the animal and provides some level of forgiveness for taking it's life.

 

[Walaw717]

Yes it refers to the killing of an animal with out reverence for the animal. Without thanking the animal for being allowed to takes its life to nourish your family. The high fives after killing the animal are sacrilegious to the animal. To celebrate the killing act and not the animal. I was always taught to give thanks and to place the last green in it's mouth prior to gutting it out. This shows respect to the animal and provides some level of forgiveness for taking it's life.

Good man

 

[user 48702]

Walaw717:

Hello, and Welcome Aboard! I've enjoyed the thread, brings back great memories. I enjoy watching hunting videos produced by capandball.com. This gent from Hungary always gives reverence to the game after the hunt. Here is a good video of him hunting Fallow Deer in Hungary.

 

[Walaw717]

Walaw717:

Hello, and Welcome Aboard! I've enjoyed the thread, brings back great memories. I enjoy watching hunting videos produced by capandball.com. This gent from Hungary always gives reverence to the game after the hunt. Here is a good video of him hunting Fallow Deer in Hungary.

Thanks, this is impressive

 

[user 48702]

Your welcome, glad you liked it. You need to check out some of his other videos, he has tons on his channel. This is one of my favorites, "18th Century Trekking and Hunting", quite long and not much shooting, but his stories and the scenery are just outstanding, especially his setting camp.