Waxing Nostalgic

[LAMADMAN]

Originally posted by vermonster13:
The first store bought bow I ever got was a Bear Red Fox on Christmas when I was seven. Before that it was maple saplings and bailing twine with willow branches for arrows LOL. Squirrel population took a dip after that Christmas.

I still have a Bear Red Fox that all my kids have started on. my grand daughter was shooting it friday night while I was shooting.

[Marc B.]

We were given pocket knives as prizes for selling FFA fruit. Mr Cox the ag teacher handed them out in school.

[buckeyebowhunter]

I'm 22 so not as old as some of you guys      but these stories are the type that I grew up with and still listen to today. I love going down to grandpas house back in the sticks even if it is just to listen to him talk about hunts from days long ago. Like when he hunted with an old recurve or even when he bought his jennings model T hunter which still hangs in my room. Grandpa and I also never get tired of talking about Fred Bear and we are always adding or trying to add Bear's to our collections. I got a box full of old Outdoor life magazines from the 60's that grandpa gave me that I can look through for hours and not get bored. When one of the "newer" outdoor lifes comes in the mail it's usually thrown out pretty quick cuz its loaded with bs articles/adds. Looking at pictures from those days makes me jealous because hunting is so much different now. It has even changed a great deal from when I was young in the early 90's when hunter's specialties were coming out with their first videos with Tom Miranda and Paul Voz, I still get those vhs tapes out and watch them before hunts. Back then washing your stuff in Fresh earth detergent so you could smell like dirt was a big deal, now that stuff is old news. Dad and I still wash our clothes with the fresh earth, I love the smell it makes me ready to hunt! I really hope some of these old trends swing back. But with all the technology available today that makes things so easy I doubt it will, and this makes me sad as well.

[nutmeg]

I remember going upland game hunting with my dad in our 61 Chevy Bel Air. (no 4x4s then) tagging along with him in our plaid hunting coats,(his red plaid mine green plaid.) I wasn't old enough to carry a gun being 10yrs. old. Getting up early and my dad would cook bacon, eggs and toast and even let me drink coffee. Pheasants, ruffs, cottontails and squirrels and the occasional mallard. Wow, great times, great memories. (nut)  

[KentuckyTJ]

...and we thrived for more. Well we got it!

Now I keep my string and bow stats on my phone I keep in my pocket. I don't need the paper for news, magazine for enjoyment or TV or radio for weather.

It's all in my pocket. My times have changed in our generation. I suppose my great grandfather felt this way when he no longer had to fool with horses for transportation.