Remembering.

[wire]

I recently got into muzzleloading hunting.The main reason was last season while i was out loading my trailer with atv tree stand and all the other modern equipment that is suppose to make me a better hunter.And at that moment I remembered my youth with my father and grandfather waking up to the smell of egg sandwiches and hot cocoa and going hunting with nothing more than a bucket to sit on.And all the great times we had when things were simpler.Needless to say I wont be useing all that stuff anymore. I want to return to the days of egg sandwhiches and cocoa when hunting was fun. :thanks:

 

[Tim Richards]

I have similar memories, waking up in the morning to put on long johns and red/black plaid wool jacket and pants and hat (still have them, by the way). Mother and Grandmother always had sandwiches ready for us to take, fried egg sometimes with bacon on homemade bread and BBQ made of venison roast also on homemade bread. I was given my own Thermos with hot chocolate made from scratch. Eventually I was old enough I was even given Great-Grandfather's 30-30 Winchester to bring along! Great memories.

 

[Davecoughlin]

I continue to wonder why my father could shoot all those deer while standing next to a tree and smoking a cigarette?

Jester

 

[Black Hand]

I continue to wonder why my father could shoot all those deer while standing next to a tree and smoking a cigarette?

Jester

I get a great kick out of all the supplies you can/have to buy now-a-days to be a "successful" hunter. I wish I was smart enough to get into the racket of selling pee to people and them believing that it was a "magic potion". The scent control breath sprays crack me up too, "apply 2-3 sprays every 15 minutes.....". For crying out loud, thats' all you'd be doing!!!!!

Lets' get back to the basics like woodsmanship!!!

Just my personal opinion/rant,
Black Hand

 

[joliver]

Jester,

And why do so many modern hunters wear camo when they drive to a stand in a truck then sit in the stand completely hidden from the deer?

Jerry Oliver ::

 

[Bob Riegl]

It's very simple---it's called "Marketing"---that's why you "need" all those little gee-gaws to go "hunting." I never wore camo---not even in the service---and quite frankly I don't own any camo clothing. My "tree stand" was/is a 2-1/2' x 1-1/2' piece of 3/4" ply wood---with a couple of holes in each end for the ropes and the ends cut-out to a half round to jam in between the uprights of the vee in the tree. Or better---it was set of climbing irons and a safety rope---we climbed up the tree and set the safety rope and stayed there for 3-4 hours at a stretch---complete with long bow---leg quiver and a rope to bring up my lunch and thermos half the way down the tree. Gun hunting was somewhat different, but nontheless without all the current day paraphenalia. Your fanny pack [WWII Gas Mask bag] (possibles bag) carried other things you might need for the day, plus a compass & whistle. We went light, came home with deer, had a good time in the outdoors---oh yeah and we slept damned good those nights. :hatsoff: