Hunting pictures

troutstalker · Dec 1, 2023

Mtnsaremyhome said:
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What a way to finish out the season, last day buck! I stumbled into a doe last year, but really wanted something different as the population here is still recovering from EHD and passed on a few. Still hunting is such an art and I have a long way to go - I blew so many opportunities and saw lots of tails. I'm oftly tired of getting up at 4:50am and getting out before work, but thankful I have the option. This buck means the world to me, its the culmination of whole lot of tenacity and hard work in the last year as a new-to-hunting-later-in-life individual. Cheers to all and thanks for the photos in this thread!

Congratulations! It sounds like you have put in the work and it has paid off.

Uptonogood · Dec 1, 2023

Mtnsaremyhome said:
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What a way to finish out the season, last day buck! I stumbled into a doe last year, but really wanted something different as the population here is still recovering from EHD and passed on a few. Still hunting is such an art and I have a long way to go - I blew so many opportunities and saw lots of tails. I'm oftly tired of getting up at 4:50am and getting out before work, but thankful I have the option. This buck means the world to me, its the culmination of whole lot of tenacity and hard work in the last year as a new-to-hunting-later-in-life individual. Cheers to all and thanks for the photos in this thread!

Beautiful whitetail!

Draketake · Dec 1, 2023

@Mtnsaremyhome,

Hearty congrats. Working for it makes it worth so much more.

Merry Christmas.

Bob

Bob Rankin · Dec 8, 2023

I was able to get away this morning to do a little duck hunting. I still can’t shoot worth a shit but it’s slowly improving. Had a fun morning!

Scott Salzer · Dec 8, 2023

Wigeon, goldeneye on the right?

Nice mixed bag!

Bob Rankin · Dec 8, 2023

Scott Salzer said:
Wigeon, goldeneye on the right?

Nice mixed bag!

Pintail and a Golden eye.

Scott Salzer · Dec 8, 2023

Hen pin, aah.

Russell · Dec 8, 2023

My mothers father and family grew up on San Juan Island. My great grandfather worked at the bank in Friday harbor and one of the historical houses in Friday harbor he built. He was also into photography and we had many sets of glass slide negatives from back then. My mother recently brought the slides into the historical museum in Friday harbor and they had them all scanned to digital.
These were some of the pictures of my great grandfather and others with the deer they harvested on San Juan and Orcas. I have the head mount of one of these deer that he did the taxidermy on.
I thought these were pretty cool.

troutstalker · Dec 8, 2023

Russell said:
My mothers father and family grew up on San Juan Island. My great grandfather worked at the bank in Friday harbor and one of the historical houses in Friday harbor he built. He was also into photography and we had many sets of glass slides from back then. My mother recently brought the slides into the historical museum in Friday harbor and they had them all scanned to digital.
These were some of the pictures of my great grandfather and others with the deer they harvested on San Juan and Orcas. I have the head mount of one of these deer that he did the taxidermy on.
I thought these were pretty cool.
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Those are really cool pictures! Those lever action guns they're carrying are really cool as well. Do you know what year the pictures are from?

Russell · Dec 8, 2023

troutstalker said:
Those are really cool pictures! Those lever action guns they're carrying are really cool as well. Do you know what year the pictures are from?

I'm still waiting on the notes that were made for individual slides. Pre-20's? The lever action, 30-30, in the picture used to hang under the mount in my aunts house. Unfortunately it was stolen out of there garage years ago.

troutstalker · Dec 8, 2023

Russell said:
I'm still waiting on the notes that were made for individual slides. Pre-20's? The lever action, 30-30, in the picture used to hang under the mount in my aunts house. Unfortunately it was stolen out of there garage years ago.

Okay, the pictures look really old. I'm so sorry to hear that. That really would have been something to have and enjoy that 30-30. Do you happen to know if it was a Winchester or a Marlin?

Russell · Dec 8, 2023

troutstalker said:
Okay, the pictures look really old. I'm so sorry to hear that. That really would have been something to have and enjoy that 30-30. Do you happen to know if it was a Winchester or a Marlin?

It's been around 40 years since I saw that rifle. Always assumed it was a Winchester 94? Luckily I have a marlin model 39, not 39a, from the 20's that was his and a side by side 12ga that dates from the late 1890's that I take out and shoot every so often.