'Historical' BC Hunting Photos

[KimberKid]

Title says it all. Post any old photos of any animal that was taken in BC. The earlier the better! I have seen some absolute monsters taken here in the 80s and earlier and would love to see what some of you or your relatives have taken in this province. Lets see what you got!

[Bugle M In]

I really wish (and I have looked all over the net for this one) I could find that old photo (like late 1800's early 1900's) of
that Grizzly that was taken, where the bear is sitting up against a tree, on it's ass, and there is a logger/hunter standing
in front of it, right between the legs, and the guy dosent even reach the top of his head to the bears chest!.
(sure, he may have only been 5 ft tall), but impressive Pic!
Think it was a bear taken within 100 miles of Vancouver (pemberton?).
The photo uses to sit on the wall of some outdoor shop here in Vancouver, but cant remember the shops name.
(think you had to walk downstairs, like one of the old "pie cut buildings" you see in Gastown)
Just remember it as a young kid, and always wanted a photo of that.

Good thread, but may have already had one in the past?

[604ksmith]

Not to hi-jack, but there's a good thread on this topic at Canadiangunnutz.

I believe it's called "Nostalgic Hunting Pictures"

[bigredchev]

Not to hi-jack, but there's a good thread on this topic at Canadiangunnutz.

I believe it's called "Nostalgic Hunting Pictures"

It's an awesome thread. Some late members posting stories and sharing some cool times.

[Buck]

I really wish (and I have looked all over the net for this one) I could find that old photo (like late 1800's early 1900's) of
that Grizzly that was taken, where the bear is sitting up against a tree, on it's ass, and there is a logger/hunter standing
in front of it, right between the legs, and the guy dosent even reach the top of his head to the bears chest!.
(sure, he may have only been 5 ft tall), but impressive Pic!
Think it was a bear taken within 100 miles of Vancouver (pemberton?).
The photo uses to sit on the wall of some outdoor shop here in Vancouver, but cant remember the shops name.
(think you had to walk downstairs, like one of the old "pie cut buildings" you see in Gastown)
Just remember it as a young kid, and always wanted a photo of that.

Good thread, but may have already had one in the past?

Yep i remember that store and photo was ....something? outfitters...... i used to shop there a bit.

[Roots]

Here's a few for you guys from the City of Vancouver archives...


http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/813b8b0b-02ae-4fc8-afa8-f15fe18698d0-A04379.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/813b8b0b-02ae-4fc8-afa8-f15fe18698d0-A04379.jpg.html)



1911 - Cougar Hunters and Their Dogs Near Entrance of Stanley Park

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1911%20Couger%20hunters%20and%20their%20dogs%20nea r%20the%20entrance%20to%20Stanley%20Park.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1911%20Couger%20hunters%20and%20their%20dogs%20nea r%20the%20entrance%20to%20Stanley%20Park.jpg.html)


1911 - Cougar Shot in Stanley Park

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1911%20Cougar%20Shot%20in%20Stanley%20Park%20and%2 0his%20Hunters.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1911%20Cougar%20Shot%20in%20Stanley%20Park%20and%2 0his%20Hunters.jpg.html)



1913 - Hunter with Black Bear in Vancouver on Georgia near Seymour Street

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1913%20hunters%20with%20a%20black%20bear%20on%20Ge orgia%20near%20Seymour%20Street.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1913%20hunters%20with%20a%20black%20bear%20on%20Ge orgia%20near%20Seymour%20Street.jpg.html)


1898 - Mountain Goat Hunters on Hope Mountain

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1898%20Mountain%20goat%20hunters%20on%20Hope%20Mou ntain.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1898%20Mountain%20goat%20hunters%20on%20Hope%20Mou ntain.jpg.html)

[Roots]

A few more...

1918 Two Hunters with Hanging Deer

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1918%20Two%20men%20with%20rifles%20posing%20with%2 0a%20hanging%20deer.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1918%20Two%20men%20with%20rifles%20posing%20with%2 0a%20hanging%20deer.jpg.html)


1941 - Successful Goose Hunt

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1941_1.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1941_1.jpg.html)


1918 - Hunter Carrying his Quarry

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1918.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1918.jpg.html)

1935

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1935%20hunting%20party.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1935%20hunting%20party.jpg.html)

[finngun]

great old photos thx:shock:

[Roots]

1890's - Man and Teenage Boy with Their Deer

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1890s%20Man%20and%20teenage%20boy%20posing%20with% 20deer%20laid%20out%20in%20snow.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1890s%20Man%20and%20teenage%20boy%20posing%20with% 20deer%20laid%20out%20in%20snow.jpg.html)


1890's - Young Hunters

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1890s%20Young%20Hunters.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1890s%20Young%20Hunters.jpg.html)

1920's - Francis Gott and his Grizzly

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1920s%20Francis%20Gott%20tending%20to%20a%20dead%2 0grizzly%20bear.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1920s%20Francis%20Gott%20tending%20to%20a%20dead%2 0grizzly%20bear.jpg.html)

[Weatherby Fan]

Here's one of my Aunty Ruth, Uncle Angus and Great Uncle Clyde in Penticton

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/8d9c6db0-6e23-48ed-b4f5-6e98ffe6b1ba_zps63ce4312.jpg (http://s1087.photobucket.com/user/WeatherbyFan65/media/8d9c6db0-6e23-48ed-b4f5-6e98ffe6b1ba_zps63ce4312.jpg.html)

[Rieber]

Awesome pictures - I love seeing these oldies.

Was that the infamous Grizzly from the Douglas Lake Ranch property?

[Arctic Lake]

Here's one of my Aunty Ruth, Uncle Angus and Great Uncle Clyde in Penticton


http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/8d9c6db0-6e23-48ed-b4f5-6e98ffe6b1ba_zps63ce4312.jpg (http://s1087.photobucket.com/user/WeatherbyFan65/media/8d9c6db0-6e23-48ed-b4f5-6e98ffe6b1ba_zps63ce4312.jpg.html)
That's a hell of a rack on that deer Weatherby Fan !
Arctic Lake

[tayleoscar]

Great photos, I love seeing the old photos

[finngun]

that was the times when foliohats..or green party, hasnt much to say..:mrgreen:

[carnivore]

Here is one of me taken 1973

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Hudson_s_Hope_1973_3_.jpg

[BCHunterFSJ]

Thank you Roots - awesome old photos!!

[ACE]

Was that the infamous Grizzly from the Douglas Lake Ranch property?

I believe it was taken along the Fraser . . . . Stein ?
Google up Frank Gott . . . interesting story. Lillooet museum had some stuff too.

[Redthies]

Super cool pics Roots, but I’ve got to ask... don’t the guys in the first pictures of posts 7 and 9 look like the same guys? One supposed to be 1918 and the other 1890s? They don’t look like they’ve aged 28 years! You’d think the Vancouver Archivists would have caught that?

[dana]

Some family photos.

http://i.imgur.com/cj7De4a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1qRWuwM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9Tg4KYb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0qzZeou.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NKfdSaX.jpg

[silvertipp]

Nice pics Dana
any idea what the rifle is in the second photo

[Roots]

Super cool pics Roots, but I’ve got to ask... don’t the guys in the first pictures of posts 7 and 9 look like the same guys? One supposed to be 1918 and the other 1890s? They don’t look like they’ve aged 28 years! You’d think the Vancouver Archivists would have caught that?

They actually do! Good eyes! That's how they're listed in the Archives (https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/informationobject/browse?page=3&topLod=0&query=hunting&sq0=hunting&sort=alphabetic). Hmm...

[russm]

Some really nice animals in the pics and no premium ammo, high end expensive optics and fancy clothes to get them, funny how people’s mentality changed to thinking you NEED fancy expensive accessories to be successful.

[Arctic Lake]

Some really nice animals in the pics and no premium ammo, high end expensive optics and fancy clothes to get them, funny how people’s mentality changed to thinking you NEED fancy expensive accessories to be successful.

Yep no Goretex in those photos !
Arctic Lake

[Redthies]

Some really nice animals in the pics and no premium ammo, high end expensive optics and fancy clothes to get them, funny how people’s mentality changed to thinking you NEED fancy expensive accessories to be successful.

Good luck finding quality wool or leather gear these days! Nobody wants basic anymore. That’s why you can’t get a 4x4 without heated everything and hill descent mode etc etc. Used to be if you wanted to descend a hill, you put your foot on the brakes!

[Slinky Pickle]

I've always enjoyed reading the story of Bella Twin who killed a huge grizzly with a .22 rifle.

http://threepercenternation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bella-Twin-is-shown-with-the-hide-from-the-world-record-grizzly-bear.jpg

I also love the fact that she just kept reloading and shooting until she had no more ammo left. Pretty smart!

https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Bella-Twin-Grizzly-Skull-Scoring-on-skull.jpg

[murph83]

Great ol' photos, seems like such a simplier time when there wasnt a ton of rules and regs, and people had enough common sense to only take from nature what they actually needed.

[Rieber]

1890's - Man and Teenage Boy with Their Deer

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1890s%20Man%20and%20teenage%20boy%20posing%20with% 20deer%20laid%20out%20in%20snow.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1890s%20Man%20and%20teenage%20boy%20posing%20with% 20deer%20laid%20out%20in%20snow.jpg.html)




I like this age-old shot placement debate picture.

"It's best to shoot them here." "No, it's best to shoot them here"

This debate never gets old. LOL.

[LYKTOHUNT]

Great photos, I find it funny that lots of the guys have neck ties

[butthead]

Some really nice animals in the pics and no premium ammo, high end expensive optics and fancy clothes to get them, funny how people’s mentality changed to thinking you NEED fancy expensive accessories to be successful.

a lot less regulated also

[dana]

Nice pics Dana
any idea what the rifle is in the second photo

I have no official knowlege as these were just some photos we scanned from my wife's grandmother's photo album. I would guess it is a WW2 military rifle customized for hunting.

[Wagonmaster]

Many of the posts are just those little blue squares on my computer. Like the old Photobucket shots that don't load anymore. Anybody else. Apparently, lots of guys are seeing pics, so what is happening? Thanks.

[Jelvis]

Too much porn Hahahahahah

Jelly Wagon

[ElliotMoose]

Love these old pic threads and never get tired of seeing them. What are you guys finding is the easiest way to upload pictures these days without Photobucket? Imgur? Got a couple of my Dad's old albums from the 70's and 80's I can scroll through

[KimberKid]

Amazing Photos! Incredible to think their once was cougars running around Stanley Park. Different times. Any old bighorn/stone sheep photos? I am sure their were some absolute monsters taken out of BC. All the B&C Stone sheep were taken before the 1980s if I remember.

[pg83]

Amazing Photos! Incredible to think their once was cougars running around Stanley Park. Different times. Any old bighorn/stone sheep photos? I am sure their were some absolute monsters taken out of BC. All the B&C Stone sheep were taken before the 1980s if I remember.

Look up Bill Pastorek on Facebook. He has a book coming out any day now, Dream Rams of British Columbia. There are going to be plenty of amazing pictures!

[Arctic Lake]

Look up Bill Pastorek on Facebook. He has a book coming out any day now, Dream Rams of British Columbia. There are going to be plenty of amazing pictures!

Any relation to the Pastorek's of Maple Ridge ?
Arctic Lake

[dana]

Love these old pic threads and never get tired of seeing them. What are you guys finding is the easiest way to upload pictures these days without Photobucket? Imgur? Got a couple of my Dad's old albums from the 70's and 80's I can scroll through

Now that photobucket is essentially dead, I'm using Imgur. More of a process now. Upload photos using my phone app but can't seem to figure out how to post from the phone. But posting from my ipad without the app seems to work fine. Can't upload with the idad though. So with two devices it is workable.

[Ohwildwon]

Found this photo in the Victoria Archives.

Guys using a c96 Mauser Broom handle!

I inherited one of these from my Grand Father.

I don't think I would hunt a bear with it, even if it was legal..

https://i.imgur.com/RSg8Hy0.jpg

[dana]

A Kelowna photo that was sent to me several years ago. The hunter was the Game Warden in Kelowna for several years.

http://i.imgur.com/NsyuVXB.jpg

[Bugle M In]

A Kelowna photo that was sent to me several years ago. The hunter was the Game Warden in Kelowna for several years.

http://i.imgur.com/NsyuVXB.jpg

Nice photo, nice buck!
Exactly why we still walk endless miles every year looking for something like that.
Otherwise, I would have given it up long ago.

[Rattler]

Now that photobucket is essentially dead, I'm using Imgur. More of a process now. Upload photos using my phone app but can't seem to figure out how to post from the phone. But posting from my ipad without the app seems to work fine. Can't upload with the idad though. So with two devices it is workable.

Im using my phone and find it is relatively easy. Haven’t loaded the app yet, not sure I will. Copy B.B. code to the thread and it appears automatically once you hit post/reply.

[dana]

Im using my phone and find it is relatively easy. Haven’t loaded the app yet, not sure I will. Copy B.B. code to the thread and it appears automatically once you hit post/reply.

There doesn't seem to be the copy BB code option on the app. And outside the app on my ipad, no option to upload. Might be the generation ipad I have. As it is an older one.

[Iltasyuko]

They actually do! Good eyes! That's how they're listed in the Archives (https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/informationobject/browse?page=3&topLod=0&query=hunting&sq0=hunting&sort=alphabetic). Hmm...

Same buck too.

Really great pics!

[45freezer]

Few more from the Vancouver archives.

Man outside log cabin with rifle, traps, and other hunting equipment, 1890s
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/3/4/34f346c0f8153b0b3caa2439c9a6b90cbaa19f05a91a931a0b d56bec0873c650/92380a42-87e4-4e75-987d-c60ebebe63b9-A02715_141.jpg


Bear shot at Burnaby Lake, 1904
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/b/7/b77bc794f4867177864ec668254e949d508e77f1f40893c957 4e09b3d64351f3/8b75d39a-4262-48f2-b830-be542eab76c1-A26950_141.jpg

Hunters and animals shot at Burnaby Lake, 1904
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/5/5/55076122d4b712f43f3f929e96fcf97b0805a9eca97343b570 1e756fc34d111c/cd0e98a1-71ad-43b1-8172-ee12e081d4a1-A26956_141.jpg

"Wild cat" shot at Burnaby Lake, 1904
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/a/0/a09a559f0488a532b74f0367f19a824f0b79a23d3de8931a8e b8c67f34ff37ff/d283eaf8-8b1a-4a90-bd50-181584e0f3ee-A26953_141.jpg

Two men posing with dead deer draped over the hood of a car, 1923

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/d/0/d044caa3ef0e21f233e8ddcc1add10f5ca0031deb2f767ad60 dda98dbaa33514/ee071962-e436-4de4-808f-5e8e8c19cc2f-A09644_141.jpg

[Jagermeister]

I doubt that the first picture in the first post of this thread has anything to do with Vancouver or anywhere else on the lower mainland. Those are all white tail and they did not exist in that area of BC and it would be highly doubtful that that picture would be anywhere in BC for that matter. Whitetail are relative newcomers here.

There are other photos that seem staged. Like the one of the two fellows with the whitetail hung. Guy on the left has a lever gun in hand and a shotgun belt around the waist.

If you want to see historical hunting photos of BC, visit the website of the Provincial Archives, photos. Search the "Hunting" section. I haven't been there for quite a while and they are constantly changing the website so you will most likely have to search diligently to find what you seek.

[buckshot]

They look like blacktails to me.

[Jagermeister]

You very well may be right. Looking at the antlers suggests a fork in tine unlike a whitetail.

[358mag]

I doubt that the first picture in the first post of this thread has anything to do with Vancouver or anywhere else on the lower mainland. Those are all white tail and they did not exist in that area of BC and it would be highly doubtful that that picture would be anywhere in BC for that matter. Whitetail are relative newcomers here.

There are other photos that seem staged. Like the one of the two fellows with the whitetail hung. Guy on the left has a lever gun in hand and a shotgun belt around the waist.

If you want to see historical hunting photos of BC, visit the website of the Provincial Archives, photos. Search the "Hunting" section. I haven't been there for quite a while and they are constantly changing the website so you will most likely have to search diligently to find what you seek.
Just a FYI
There's a NT Whitetail listed in the BC Record book that was shot back in 1905 , few more from 1920+30's they be here longer than what you think .
Seen a few pictures from the Rock Creek - Kettle River region of Whitetails shot back in the 20's + 30's .

[RyoTHC]

Some really nice animals in the pics and no premium ammo, high end expensive optics and fancy clothes to get them, funny how people’s mentality changed to thinking you NEED fancy expensive accessories to be successful.
Be be fair the animals are 1000x pressured now and wise to our tactics, but generally you're 100 percent correct.

[Husky7mm]

They look like blacktails to me.
Looks like that to me too.

[dana]

Just a FYI
There's a NT Whitetail listed in the BC Record book that was shot back in 1905 , few more from 1920+30's they be here longer than what you think .
Seen a few pictures from the Rock Creek - Kettle River region of Whitetails shot back in the 20's + 30's .

The idea that whitetails are a newcomer to BC is a made up myth by those that want to eradicate them ie The Fed. Whitetails are the oldest living ungulate in North America and have ranged from Coast to Coast to Coast to Coast. They bred with blacktails to create the mule deer.

[Vortex hunter]

really enjoy looking at those amazing photos... thank you

[Seeadler]

The idea that whitetails are a newcomer to BC is a made up myth by those that want to eradicate them ie The Fed. Whitetails are the oldest living ungulate in North America and have ranged from Coast to Coast to Coast to Coast. They bred with blacktails to create the mule deer.

For sale on fleabay

Title of Print Hunting White Tail Deer in the Kootenay Valley,British Columbia dated 1889

[Jordan f.]

Why would someone want to eradicate them? Such a fun animal to hunt

[Jordan f.]

"EVOLUTION OF SPECIES

It is a common misunderstanding that blacktail deer are the hybridization of*mule deer and*white tail.Even taxonomists have named the Blacktail as a subspecies of Mule Deer; Odocoileus Hemionus Columbianus. However, mitochondrial DNA testing has revealed that mule deer are actually the product of blacktail bucks breeding whitetail does. According to*theories by prominent environmental scientist*and North American large mammal specialist Valerius Geist,*during the pliocene period, the whitetail deer extended its range down the US' east coast, across what is now Texas and Mexico, and up the west coast, reaching British Columbia and Alaska.*After a retraction of habitat, the whitetail population drew back east, leaving remnant populations along the west coast. The "founders" of these remnant populations carried certain characteristics that allowed them to thrive in their new ecosystem.*Over time, these remnant populations evolved and adapted to their new environments, forming Sitka blacktail in northern BC and Alaska, and the Columbian Blacktail from there southward. This process is described in a theory called "The Founder Effect." Later, the established Blacktail population expanded its territory eastward, as the Whitetail again expanded westward, where they met in the middle. Here, Blacktail bucks*bred Whitetail does and created a hybrid; Mule Deer. The hybrid species took hold of this middle ground, and Blacktail retracted back westward, as Whitetail retracted back eastward. The result is the dispersion of the many deer subspecies that exist In North America today. Similarly, the Coues Deer found in the South West are a result of an isolated *founding subspecies that developed over time in a particular environment."

- http://www.outwestoutdoors.tv/blogroll/2015/4/29/the-ghost-of-the-pacific




Never knew this. Thanks Dana for peaking my interest in it!

[Redthies]

1890's - Man and Teenage Boy with Their Deer

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1890s%20Man%20and%20teenage%20boy%20posing%20with% 20deer%20laid%20out%20in%20snow.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1890s%20Man%20and%20teenage%20boy%20posing%20with% 20deer%20laid%20out%20in%20snow.jpg.html)



These are the exact same two guys as in post #7 pics claimed to be from 1918. I’d like to know what they’re drinking as neither one has aged more than a month in 28 years!!!

[Redthies]

See their time machine just in the background behind the trees if you look really close:)


A few more...

1918 Two Hunters with Hanging Deer

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1918%20Two%20men%20with%20rifles%20posing%20with%2 0a%20hanging%20deer.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1918%20Two%20men%20with%20rifles%20posing%20with%2 0a%20hanging%20deer.jpg.html)


1918 - Hunter Carrying his Quarry

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/roots_bc/1918.jpg (http://s709.photobucket.com/user/roots_bc/media/1918.jpg.html)