A Few from the Past

[Weatherby Fan]

Karen and I were doing a spring cleaning......yeh and its only January......going through some boxes in the basement and I found a few old hunting pictures.......no laughing you guys/gals !

The first animal I ever shot hunting was a Bull Moose near Chase, BC, we were deer hunting and I was walking back to the truck on this old skidder trail through a slash and this young bull come trotting around a corner almost run me over,

I don't know who was more startled me or him, once I regained my composure I gave him one with the Parker and Hale .308.......he kept walking like he wasn't even hit, then about 30 yards from me he beds down, one more behind the ear and he was napping for good.
Good thing he was close as my scope was so foggy I could hardly see through it !

Sorry about the terrible picture but we never usually took pictures back then, just happened my buddy had a camera along.

http://i.imgur.com/8DbVcTN.jpg (https://imgur.com/8DbVcTN)


An area 3 Buck

http://i.imgur.com/gTIYCZm.jpg (https://imgur.com/gTIYCZm)


Area 8 Buck, gotta love those one piece long John suits ! best part is you could cut the sleeves off if you forgot toilet paper !!!

http://i.imgur.com/JXSvXnL.jpg (https://imgur.com/JXSvXnL)


Racks on packs !
http://i.imgur.com/5W7ze8Q.jpg (https://imgur.com/5W7ze8Q)

[Weatherby Fan]

My first bull elk, a 5 pt on the Sukunka River, one shot from my Remington 700 Classic 7mm Weatherby 160gr Nos partition and he folded up, the fun part was we gutted him and loaded him in a canoe and rode it down river to the boat launch......yeehaw that was fun with about 2 inches of freeboard left on the canoe !

http://i.imgur.com/lLdVlLX.jpg (https://imgur.com/lLdVlLX)

[Weatherby Fan]

Another area 8 buck, shot him on a steep hill, had a hell of a time back packing him out through the downed trees on the old camp trails back pack.......

http://i.imgur.com/VacnFqC.jpg (https://imgur.com/VacnFqC)

[Weatherby Fan]

Another area 8 buck and another horrible pack out in that tangle of dead trees, oh how I wish I had a Mystery Ranch back then, using the old camp trails pack it never even had a chest strap......

I shot this deer with a brand new Winchester 70 Featherweight 30-06 push feed, I actually shot two bucks with this rifle that year and was lining up on a third in area 3 what would have been the biggest buck I had shot to date when it mis fired, not once but twice as I watched a 30 inch buck trot away.....so that rifle got sold fast as I wouldn't hunt with it anymore....of course it was probably the shitty Winchester silver tip ammo and not the rifle !

http://i.imgur.com/m2lLZfz.jpg (https://imgur.com/m2lLZfz)

[Weatherby Fan]

one of our better trips........

http://i.imgur.com/FQ37LjT.jpg (https://imgur.com/FQ37LjT)

[Weatherby Fan]

Heres a picture of my buddy Darren's gal Angie and me on opening day, she was a trooper, on this trip she tore the ligaments in her ankle on the way in and could hardly walk, but she toughed it out and we came away with 3 bucks on this trip also, these two bucks walked out together at 10 am in the morning.......


http://i.imgur.com/Pisu8vP.jpg (https://imgur.com/Pisu8vP)

Darren and I with the same bucks


http://i.imgur.com/UdHNb7f.jpg (https://imgur.com/UdHNb7f)

[Weatherby Fan]

A Little Blacktail love, I shot this deer behind Stave Lake, he had an antler snapped off and was with 7 doe's, longest shot Ive made on a deer 420 yards with a 7mm, bullet dropped and broke both his front legs, he didn't go far !
Gotta love the 64 SD Beaumont hunting rig, nothing like a 283, 4 Spd and a 12 bolt with 373 post to haul the deer home.....they have a huge trunk !

http://i.imgur.com/VNtNs9f.jpg (https://imgur.com/VNtNs9f)

http://i.imgur.com/iPf1uh7.jpg (https://imgur.com/iPf1uh7)

[Weatherby Fan]

another area 8 buck, when you need a grouse for dinner and your in prime Mule Deer area.....rocks are much quieter

http://i.imgur.com/g4BE8lC.jpg (https://imgur.com/g4BE8lC)

http://i.imgur.com/me8pJOG.jpg (https://imgur.com/me8pJOG)

[ACE]

​Very nice Don! Thanks for sharing.

[HD95]

Excellent photos Don,I still have that old camo pattern in a fleece outfit somewhere in the bowels of the basement,

[Thunderstix]

Love it! Those are great old memories!

[twoSevenO]

Nice bucks. Even nicer mullet.

[Gateholio]

Love the old pics !

[longwalk]

When did Rod Stewart take up hunting??

[ghost]

Great pictures thanks for sharing

[paraschost]

Those are great!

[Ride Red]

That’s awesome, Great pics!!!

[Hank Hunter]

Great post, awesome pictures.

[Knute]

Great pics Cobra Kai!

[boxhitch]

Great old pics , tfs
your taste has changed from those classic wooden stocks

[kootenaycarver]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like Realtree fleece worked just as good as Sitka (Uber$$$$).

[huntingfamily]

Great pics! I had a set of those fleece camo pants for a while too lol. The good old days...

[Bear Chaser]

Great pictures!

[Weatherby Fan]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like Realtree fleece worked just as good as Sitka (Uber$$$$).

I have a few sets of fleece set aside downstair, my original set was sewn together by a lady in Whonnock and sold at a sports shop in Maple Ridge, it was great stuff, lots of pockets, warm, quiet light, just shake it out if to wet.......to bad I cant fit in it anymore :mrgreen:

[Weatherby Fan]

Great old pics , tfs
your taste has changed from those classic wooden stocks

Hell I don't think you could get a synthetic stock back then, they were just starting to become Vogue !

[Weatherby Fan]

Nice bucks. Even nicer mullet.

thanks yeh Ill say that hair......but the chicks loved it......and you guys thought the phrase "but he's got nice hair" was a Justin Trudeau thing !!!!

[todbartell]

Great stuff, thanks for taking the time to share it with us

[nature girl]

Nice pictures Don. Thanks for posting them.

[Ride Red]

I have a few sets of fleece set aside downstair, my original set was sewn together by a lady in Whonnock and sold at a sports shop in Maple Ridge, it was great stuff, lots of pockets, warm, quiet light, just shake it out if to wet.......to bad I cant fit in it anymore :mrgreen:

I still have a jacket from there. Outdoors Unlimited, Doug Woods and Brian Cummings. Was a great place to shop.

[decker9]

Excellent stuff!! Some great times you had! Thanks for sharing!

[Weatherby Fan]

I still have a jacket from there. Outdoors Unlimited, Doug Woods and Brian Cummings. Was a great place to shop.

Yes Doug Woods and another fellow owned it, Brian Cummings managed it, when it moved from the 227th spot to Lougheed Hwy in the old Ardron Video building under new ownership I worked there for a year or two in the off season from Commercial Fishing......I don't think they ever wrote me a pay check :shock: bad place for me to work !!!!

[Moose63]

Definitely have that '80s look to them. Nice photos

[REMINGTON JIM]

Very KOOL Don - Ramona says you were a Good looking DUDE then ? Still Now too ! :-D RJ

[Arctic Lake]

Good old photos WF ! The names mentioned...... Haney was a small place then!
Arctic Lake

[porthunter]

Awesome post and pictures Don! I may have to raz you alittle at the next WSSBC event about the hair choice though...

No PRCS back in those days

[albravo2]

Don, those are fantastic photos! Like unlocking a time vault.

Wonderful share.

[moosinaround]

Ahhh, to be a young buck again!!! Next year will be my 50th on this big ole spinning rock!! I went back with ya in those pics! I rocked a mullet back then, now the chrome dome!! Thanks for reminiscing Don, some fine critters taken!! Moosin

[IronNoggin]

Great Times & Awesome Pictures!

You REALLY Rocked the Rod Stewart hairdo back in the day too! :lol:

Thanks for the share!

Cheers,
Nog

[hawk-i]

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

[Weatherby Fan]

Awesome post and pictures Don! I may have to raz you alittle at the next WSSBC event about the hair choice though...

No PRCS back in those days

Back in the day when I did some modelling for Remington, Leupold and Realtree........:mrgreen:


http://i.imgur.com/YP8lFBy.jpg (https://imgur.com/YP8lFBy)

[todbartell]

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[bogman]

Those pics look like a kid I used to know that was a deck hand on the Savage Fisher

[Arctic Lake]

Oh man WF that is quite the mullet ! Did you get that looked after at the Stag barber shop or a salon ?
Arctic Lake

Back in the day when I did some modelling for Remington, Leupold and Realtree........:mrgreen:


http://i.imgur.com/YP8lFBy.jpg (https://imgur.com/YP8lFBy)

[Weatherby Fan]

Oh man WF that is quite the mullet ! Did you get that looked after at the Stag barber shop or a salon ?
Arctic Lake

My ex wife was hair dresser and she owned a salon so I was the guinea pig for a lot of hair cutting tutorials !

[Arctic Lake]

We really need to sit down and have an old Haney chat one day . I’m sure we know many of the same people !
Arctic Lake

My ex wife was hair dresser and she owned a salon so I was the guinea pig for a lot of hair cutting tutorials !

[Weatherby Fan]

We really need to sit down and have an old Haney chat one day . I’m sure we know many of the same people !
Arctic Lake

Old Haney I probably know them all as I was born and raised here and as you know still live here !

[Stillhunting]

Nice bucks. Even nicer mullet

I agree. Love those old pics, thanks for posting!

[whitlers]

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing and damn that mullet is fierce!!

[northof49]

My ex wife was hair dresser and she owned a salon so I was the guinea pig for a lot of hair cutting tutorials !

LoL....had a GF that was a nurse in training....needless to say I was the guinea pig for needle practice...you got off easy!!

[The Hermit]

When did Rod Stewart take up hunting??


Hahaha!! Great memories!

[Weatherby Fan]

LoL....had a GF that was a nurse in training....needless to say I was the guinea pig for needle practice...you got off easy!!

LMFFAO I don't want to hear about catheter practice day.......!

[porthunter]

Back in the day when I did some modelling for Remington, Leupold and Realtree........:mrgreen:


http://i.imgur.com/YP8lFBy.jpg (https://imgur.com/YP8lFBy)

I have no words.... thats so awesome haha

[kennyj]

Great shots!
Thanks for sharing.
kenny

[Blacktail1]

Great looking critters !!! The mullet is top shelf as well !!! Two thumbs up.

[northof49]

LMFFAO I don't want to hear about catheter practice day.......!

What a guy won’t do for a pretty lady and the benefits;)

[Maglic]

When did Rod Stewart take up hunting??

LOL. That was my thought as well.
Thank you for sharing those nice "Remember 80s" photos(hope it was not 90s lol),
bringing a lots of good memories.

[Weatherby Fan]

A few more from the past, my son Brad and nephew Dylan with their first 6pt Elk each, a cpl white tail deer not 10 min after getting the Camper off the truck, the boys kept my brother and I busy on this trip in the Kootenays

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/CranbrookOct2009011resize.jpg (https://app.photobucket.com/u/WeatherbyFan65/p/b831baf3-15b0-41df-9348-908463a65006)

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https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/CranbrookOct2009032.jpg (https://app.photobucket.com/u/WeatherbyFan65/p/bb02d6b6-2a35-49b1-9ba5-377f120a4a5d)

[Arctic Lake]

Keep them coming WF !
Arctic Lake

[GEF]

HA hA hA gotta love it

[Weatherby Fan]

I have no words.... thats so awesome haha

My son Brad wearing my old Camo.......now thats funny, of course he has a mouth full of chew.....dam kids
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/CranbrookOct2009045.jpg (https://app.photobucket.com/u/WeatherbyFan65/p/335481c0-3467-4b62-98ca-bab02a79ff08)


http://i.imgur.com/YP8lFBy.jpg (https://imgur.com/YP8lFBy)

[digger dogger]

Hahaha
Great pics young man!
Gotta love the hair!!!

[islandhunter]

I really enjoyed your pics WF. Pretty sure Ive found some of your empty shells! Lol

[Drillbit]

Those are awesome! haha!! Thanks for sharing!

Whatever happened to the old Beaumont?

[Islandeer]

Thanks for your memories..... nice ones.

[Weatherby Fan]

Those are awesome! haha!! Thanks for sharing!

Whatever happened to the old Beaumont?

The family I bought it from owns it after all these years and it’s still in Maple Ridge, looks a little different now as the guy I sold it to raced it for a few years, it’s a touch darker blue with ghost flames

I did just sell my 66 chevelle and I bought a 1964 Chevelle SS, it’s will take a bit of restoring but is in great shape overall !

[3than]

Awesome photos! Thanks for sharing.

[Drillbit]

The family I bought it from owns it after all these years and it’s still in Maple Ridge, looks a little different now as the guy I sold it to raced it for a few years, it’s a touch darker blue with ghost flames

I did just sell my 66 chevelle and I bought a 1964 Chevelle SS, it’s will take a bit of restoring but is in great shape overall !

Right on!

Can't wait to see the Chevelle thread, they're my favorites

[wideopenthrottle]

thanks for taking us down your memory lane....

[RJHunter]

Those are some great photos!

[Weatherby Fan]

Heres a winter kill rack my brother picked up about 20 years back in area 3, its just over 30 inches wide and would gross in the 195 range....everytime I hold that rack it still makes you go wow.


https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/j466/WeatherbyFan65/LoonLakeSept2011015.jpg (https://app.photobucket.com/u/WeatherbyFan65/p/23ada93d-c746-4397-bc65-653e98400b18)

[Brew]

Great pictures Don. I’ve only known you in the last 6-8 years and Darren a little longer. Nice to see pictures of both of you guys in your younger days. Looks like hunting was a lot better back then

[Weatherby Fan]

Great pictures Don. I’ve only known you in the last 6-8 years and Darren a little longer. Nice to see pictures of both of you guys in your younger days. Looks like hunting was a lot better back then

Thanks Barry, Yes it was for sure, well it seemed a whole lot easier to find a decent buck back then.....well if I was shooting them with consistency back then you know it was easier lol !

[Kos]

Awesome photos thanks for sharing!

[Norwestalta]

Great pics for a minute I thought I was looking at Joe Diffie.

[Weatherby Fan]

Great pics for a minute I thought I was looking at Joe Diffie.

Joe Diffie ? Joe Dirt lol

a few more of my buddy Daren, him and I used abuse the MD population pretty good

http://i.imgur.com/zjtCpjH.jpg (https://imgur.com/zjtCpjH)

http://i.imgur.com/UPbXzUh.jpg (https://imgur.com/UPbXzUh)

http://i.imgur.com/w0BqhEw.jpg (https://imgur.com/w0BqhEw)

[Norwestalta]

Pretty nice bush to be stomping around in.

[Weatherby Fan]

I found another from the past......

https://i.imgur.com/y9quVbw.jpg

[GEF]

Holly shit who is that guy /LOL
That is a nice buck!

[hunter1947]

Cool pictures .

[Sako81]

Great picture and a nice buck!

[REMINGTON JIM]

I found another from the past......

https://i.imgur.com/y9quVbw.jpg

That’s Mullet BOY Donny with a Cranker Buck ! ;) RJ

[moosinaround]

I found another from the past......

https://i.imgur.com/y9quVbw.jpg
Joey” Tribbiani Jr. 'how you doin??