Old deer camp photos

[chicken fried]

Awesome I love the old guns also. Nothing like synthetic junk we carry today. All wood and steel.

[timbobowhunter]

Great Thread

[J-Jac]

Great thread!

Here's one of my Grandfather's biggest buck (30" wide) from South Texas in the 50's.

Shot him walking down the sendero on Thanksgiving Day about 2pm with a lever action and a beer in one hand wearing a white shirt. He saw him crossing a fence line at about 150 yds, said he saw horns and shot. He then walked up on this giant!

[Tony Pic]

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[TXAUfinder]

Here is a few more pics of great grandpa.
He hunted all over N. America with his buddy Bill Foster. Bill opened a small bar/restaurant in N. Calif.
Due to the large number of animals in the bar Walt Disney and Howard Hughes tried to buy it with no success. Bill would not sell.
It is still in operation and can be seen here

fostersbighorn.com

Many pics of great grandpa there and the moose that is over the bar is one he shot.
My cousin who is an artiest painted this picture of the moose from that mount.

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[Jesus is Coming]

Here is a few more pics of great grandpa.
He hunted all over N. America with his buddy Bill Foster. Bill opened a small bar/restaurant in N. Calif.
Due to the large number of animals in the bar Walt Disney and Howard Hughes tried to buy it with no success. Bill would not sell.
It is still in operation and can be seen here

fostersbighorn.com

Many pics of great grandpa there and the moose that is over the bar is one he shot.
My cousin who is an artiest painted this picture of the moose from that mount.

That moose, WOW

[sasquatch]

This thread rules!

[TXAUfinder]

That moose, WOW

The spread on the moose is 76in. At the that time it was the largest known specimen.

[josephd19]

This is a great thread. I love looking at these old photos. It reminds me of sitting at the bar all evening with my grandpa and him telling me all of his stories. I gotta get em all in while I can!

[kwk]

cool thread

[PondPopper]

Awesome thread,stories and pictures. Keep them coming.

[Dale Moser]

I have a really cool coffee table type book my mom got me some years ago called "Legendary Deer Camps". It has a lot of really neat photos.

[Legdog]

Not a camp image but this is Buddy Ross (my Dad) with his first deer on the scales at grandpa's cotton gin.

Early 1950's.




Mount was later stolen so if you see it hanging in a bar somewhere give us a holler!

[Geraldg6]

I love this thread. I like seeing the old timers in all their glory. It's amazing how much things have changed over the years. I have a picture of my grandfather with his one and only deer from Burleson County. History of the deer population is awesome in that county. My grandfather was born in 1900. When my father was a younger man, he asked my grandfather about the deer population when he was a younger man. Grandfather told him, "The native deer were already killed off and gone when I was born." So, in the 1950's the government released an x amount of deer in Burleson County to repopulate the county. He killed his buck with a Winchester Model 1892 in 38-40 in 1964. That rifle was old saddle gun that he bought as a teenager. We still have the gun today. In the 80's, Burleson County discovered an oil. Throughout out all of the drilling and work, the deer population diminished again do to the poaching. It is coming back now. There is a picture in my dad's office of him and the deer. I'll have to find it. Sorry for the long read, but thanks for reading. If I do find the picture, can one of you post it for me. I can't seem to be able to post pictures on here.

[TXAUfinder]

I love this thread. I like seeing the old timers in all their glory. It's amazing how much things have changed over the years. I have a picture of my grandfather with his one and only deer from Burleson County. History of the deer population is awesome in that county. My grandfather was born in 1900. When my father was a younger man, he asked my grandfather about the deer population when he was a younger man. Grandfather told him, "The native deer were already killed off and gone when I was born." So, in the 1950's the government released an x amount of deer in Burleson County to repopulate the county. He killed his buck with a Winchester Model 1892 in 38-40 in 1964. That rifle was old saddle gun that he bought as a teenager. We still have the gun today. In the 80's, Burleson County discovered an oil. Throughout out all of the drilling and work, the deer population diminished again do to the poaching. It is coming back now. There is a picture in my dad's office of him and the deer. I'll have to find it. Sorry for the long read, but thanks for reading. If I do find the picture, can one of you post it for me. I can't seem to be able to post pictures on here.

Send to me at samason73@yahoo and I would be happy to post for you.