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06-01-2024, 05:33 PM
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Time Flies
A few days ago I ran across this picture in the digital black hole they call a cloud. This is me with a deer my dad shot when I was tagging along somewhere around 35 years ago. That is his old reliable 7MM Remington Magnum that hunted almost exclusively with for almost four decades. This was a three point or better zone on a general mule deer tag in some pretty tough country. Now thanks to wolves and cats you couldn’t kill a mule deer here anymore.
Today I was hiking in the area and went to find the spot the picture was taken. My memory was pretty good and I was able to locate it. I propped my old 7MM Remington Magnum up in the spot and took a photo. It’s a bit sad to think that life goes away so quickly.
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06-01-2024, 08:05 PM
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That is excellent! Thanx for sharing my friend... 
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06-01-2024, 08:11 PM
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That is very neat. Kind of a cool piece of history
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06-01-2024, 08:14 PM
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Well good for you! To remember and keep things straight! Monday I lay may dad to rest at 94 years old!He took me out for my first hunt, we did not shoot anything, but to have the whitetail's giving the flash tail! I can remember that hunt like it was yesterday! He was the person that showed me the pleasure of the hunt! And I still have it today! Took my son out gopher hunting today, and did good! Please remember, where you were and what you did! Love to Hunt!
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Originally Posted by Pathfinder76
A few days ago I ran across this picture in the digital black hole they call a cloud. This is me with a deer my dad shot when I was tagging along somewhere around 35 years ago. That is his old reliable 7MM Remington Magnum that hunted almost exclusively with for almost four decades. This was a three point or better zone on a general mule deer tag in some pretty tough country. Now thanks to wolves and cats you couldn’t kill a mule deer here anymore.
Today I was hiking in the area and went to find the spot the picture was taken. My memory was pretty good and I was able to locate it. I propped my old 7MM Remington Magnum up in the spot and took a photo. It’s a bit sad to think that life goes away so quickly.
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06-01-2024, 08:27 PM
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Precious memories in photos are priceless. Thanks for posting the photos.
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06-01-2024, 08:36 PM
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Wonderful memories for you, great job finding your spot again. Sure has grown up nice over all these many years it looks like. Awesome!!
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That's a great story. Time sure does fly. Killed my first ram with my dad 30 years ago this fall and it seems like yesterday.
Hunting occupies a very small percentage of my time but most of my favorite memories.
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06-04-2024, 01:39 PM
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I think this might be the coolest thread yet.
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06-04-2024, 03:41 PM
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Agreed. Cool scenario - thanks for sharing!
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That's really cool.
A number of years ago, I put my initials in a Poplar tree and went back recently to see it sort of still legible.
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I think this might be the coolest thread yet.
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06-04-2024, 06:22 PM
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Yup. Nice bit of time traveling.
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Hope that you never get too old to remember that spot, deer or no deer.
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Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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Awesome time laps.
Just imagine, your kids will be doing the same one day.
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Time for pause....What a cool reminder......
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That is very neat. Kind of a cool piece of history
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06-04-2024, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Pathfinder76
A few days ago I ran across this picture in the digital black hole they call a cloud. This is me with a deer my dad shot when I was tagging along somewhere around 35 years ago. That is his old reliable 7MM Remington Magnum that hunted almost exclusively with for almost four decades. This was a three point or better zone on a general mule deer tag in some pretty tough country. Now thanks to wolves and cats you couldn’t kill a mule deer here anymore.
Today I was hiking in the area and went to find the spot the picture was taken. My memory was pretty good and I was able to locate it. I propped my old 7MM Remington Magnum up in the spot and took a photo. It’s a bit sad to think that life goes away so quickly.
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Heckuva thread & pic, right down to the rock in place & the trees still alive!
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Very cool, nostalgic...
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06-04-2024, 11:23 PM
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That’s very cool stuff
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Hunting occupies a very small percentage of my time but most of my favorite memories.
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How cool, how very cool, well done
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Thanks for this..... so cool. Dad has being gone for 15 years now. This made me have that quiet moment and a lot of memories come flooding in..
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06-05-2024, 08:18 AM
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Very nice thread, thanks for posting. I love retracing spots my dad & I hunted now that he moved to the heavens.
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06-05-2024, 08:55 AM
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This is very cool, thanks for sharing. I went on my first hunt ever with my dad last year when he was 71! It's never too early or too late.
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Great pictures. I go out of lay way to visit exact locations of previous successful hunting sites. Nothing like being reminded of how good it can be in the woods when I'm struggling to have another successful hunt.
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A lot of emotions come out looking at those 2 photos.
From memories of when I started heading out with my dad who has long since passed (gone to soon, but the few short years with him gave me the fire), to now having my 12yr old daughter coming with me and everything in between.
Very powerful images that remind us to enjoy every single second of the ride.
Thanks for sharing this, and I agree it is the coolest thread I have seen in a very long time.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pathfinder76
A few days ago I ran across this picture in the digital black hole they call a cloud. This is me with a deer my dad shot when I was tagging along somewhere around 35 years ago. That is his old reliable 7MM Remington Magnum that hunted almost exclusively with for almost four decades. This was a three point or better zone on a general mule deer tag in some pretty tough country. Now thanks to wolves and cats you couldn’t kill a mule deer here anymore.
Today I was hiking in the area and went to find the spot the picture was taken. My memory was pretty good and I was able to locate it. I propped my old 7MM Remington Magnum up in the spot and took a photo. It’s a bit sad to think that life goes away so quickly.
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Very cool post Chuck thank you for sharing….
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