Old school deer hunting

[Rattler]

Years ago, you made it happen with what you had.  

 

[Doc]

Been there.....Done that. Oh, not the motorcycle, but I have had some huge squatty old oaks that had weird shapes to them that just made great gun stands.

[Daveboone]

I have to laugh when I think about the time I spent hanging from a couple maple tree branches early on.

I fondly smile when I look at pics from hunting in the late 70s, from hunting camp:

Dads 8 mm Mauser, an Enfield, a Krag Jorgenson, two single shot shotguns, an Ithaca Deerslayer, and one Marlin 30-30.

Nowadays, no one would be happy unless their guns still had the "new gun smell".

[ny hunter]

I remember doing things like that when I was a lot younger....LOL

[GreeneHunter]

Yeah I've climbed a few trees years ago .... Did ok !

[Pygmy]

3 hours ago, Doc said:

Been there.....Done that. Oh, not the motorcycle, but I have had some huge squatty old oaks that had weird shapes to them that just made great gun stands.

 

1 hour ago, Daveboone said:

I have to laugh when I think about the time I spent hanging from a couple maple tree branches early on.

I fondly smile when I look at pics from hunting in the late 70s, from hunting camp:

Dads 8 mm Mauser, an Enfield, a Krag Jorgenson, two single shot shotguns, an Ithaca Deerslayer, and one Marlin 30-30.

Nowadays, no one would be happy unless their guns still had the "new gun smell".

The main factor of my hunting location in my early bowhunting days was where I could find a tree that I could climb...

[left field]

There's an Instagram account called Old School Hunting that's pretty good.

[moog5050]

Very cool pic and bike BUT, if that was required, I would definitely be hunting from the ground.  Does not look very comfortable at all.

[left field]

The dog looks pretty comfortable. The deer could be having a better day.

[Four Season Whitetail's]

I still carry 3-4 tree climbers with me when i take longer walks say on the bottom of the Park or up at hunting camp.  There are always a few easy trees or even fell trees to walk up on and find a great sit. Screw one in where a branch is missing and up to the next one ya go.

[Doewhacker]

4 hours ago, moog5050 said:

Very cool pic and bike BUT, if that was required, I would definitely be hunting from the ground.  Does not look very comfortable at all.

If you climbed a tree the size of the guy in the picture it would bend back to the ground. I think you might require a more stoutly grown tree like a California Redwood.  

[grampy]

In my first years of hunting, we would cut a bunch of 12" long,  2x4s, cut 45° on each end, to wedge into the crotch of a tree for instant "tree stands"! These days, I don't even like climbing ladder stands! My, how things have changed. 

[fasteddie]

9 hours ago, moog5050 said:

Very cool pic and bike BUT, if that was required, I would definitely be hunting from the ground.  Does not look very comfortable at all.

I could imagine that old guy hitting a bump , have the deer hooves catch the spokes and go ass over tea cup ! 

[growalot]

Gramps.... I used a 2x10" and made it 16" long...I also had a length of rope with a loop in it.... like a stirup...I'd find just the right tree where I could sit and tie that rope off so my feet didn't dangle down...I can tell ya...I never went very high and the trees were usually gnarly well branched hop horn.

[moog5050]

3 hours ago, fasteddie said:

I could imagine that old guy hitting a bump , have the deer hooves catch the spokes and go ass over tea cup ! 

I have done the ass over many times when I thought I was evil kneivel (sp?) as a youngster on my kx80.   In fact, I did so after showing my brother how to set the unofficial world record jumping it in 6th gear.  Tough to keep that front end up when you are maxed out.  Lol.