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Offline Charlie Lamb

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #120 on: May 13, 2005, 09:59:00 AM »


Here's one of my favorite places on earth. Doubt I could get there anymore.

 
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Offline Joey Ward

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #121 on: May 13, 2005, 10:20:00 AM »
When I get young, I wanna look just like Van.
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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #122 on: May 13, 2005, 10:23:00 AM »
Hey Charlie, is that beaver the one ya fell into the icy river trying to retrieve?
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Offline Ron LaClair

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #123 on: May 13, 2005, 10:27:00 AM »
You younger people be sure and take lots of pictures, todays young are tomorrows Duffers.    ;)  

This picture only goes back 15 years or so but it's one of my tresured one's. Glenn and I shooting together.

   
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Offline Ron LaClair

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #124 on: May 13, 2005, 10:48:00 AM »
Here's another favorite picture taken in the early 80's.  This is my wife Nancy, my bow hunting partner for the last 45 years.  We were on a winter rabbit hunt in northern Michigan and Nancy's feet got cold so we stopped and built a fire. She's pretty tough and the cold usually dosen't bother her. She still hunts with me and she's already talking about this coming season.

Check out that converted bow quiver I'm using.    ;)    


     
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Offline Cody Roiter

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #125 on: May 13, 2005, 01:19:00 PM »
are the bow howard hill longbows ron
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Offline Cody Roiter

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #126 on: May 13, 2005, 01:19:00 PM »
sorry i have typo are the bows howard hill longbows
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Offline Ron LaClair

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #127 on: May 13, 2005, 01:33:00 PM »
Cody, our bows were Hill "style" bows made by Ron Maulding of Big Horn Archery in Montana.
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Offline Cody Roiter

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #128 on: May 13, 2005, 01:44:00 PM »
cool ron i love all the old pics you have do you have any more or any one with fred bear
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Offline David M. Mathis

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #129 on: May 13, 2005, 02:11:00 PM »
Van, you wear a tie at the office, what better place than the outdoors.
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Offline Charlie Lamb

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #130 on: May 13, 2005, 04:58:00 PM »
Dave... Nope! Not the same one. I took this one in the spring. Dang things sure do die poorly! Still have the hide.
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Offline SuperKodiak38

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #131 on: May 13, 2005, 05:44:00 PM »
Thanks so much for taking the time to post these, they are incredible!
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Offline Ron LaClair

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #132 on: May 13, 2005, 08:37:00 PM »
This is me as a kid on the farm. The date on the back of the photo is 1945. I had a lemonwood longbow, a pinto pony named "Scout", and an Indian outfit.       :cool:     I roamed the woods and fields pretending to be a mighty hunter living off the land. I always went home when I got hungry.      "[tunglaff]"    

     

The picture below was my 1st archery award that I won at summer camp in 1947. My folks wern't rich but they sent me to a fancy boys camp that had classes teaching all kinds of outdoor activitys. Riding horses, rifle shooting, wood craft, canoeing, and archery. You were supposed to go to a different class every hour. I wouldn't go to the other classes and stayed in the archery class shooting with a different group of boys every hour.

When they ask me to go to the other activitys, I refused and told the instructors all I wanted to do was shoot the bow. I foung out later that the  camp director called my parents to tell them of the trouble they were having with me. My dad told him, "if all the boy wants to do is shoot the bow, then let him shoot the bow".

The last days in camp when everybody had to shoot to qualify for a Bowmans certificate with a score of 100 or better. I shot 189, the highest score in camp.      ;)    

                 
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When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
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Offline mich-mtnman

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #133 on: May 13, 2005, 08:58:00 PM »
man this thread is great.
 im glad that you took lots of pics. very cool
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Offline Donavan Daniel

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #134 on: May 13, 2005, 09:11:00 PM »
Mr. LaClair, this is the best thread that I have seen yet! Thanks for sharing the memories every body! Keep them coming!

Cheers,
Donavan
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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #135 on: May 13, 2005, 11:32:00 PM »
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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #136 on: May 13, 2005, 11:41:00 PM »
"Here's a younger, leaner and meaner Ferret circa 1958 or 59 (will have to scan some others)"

Ferret,

That's a nice pic of your son.  How about some of you?
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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #137 on: May 13, 2005, 11:45:00 PM »
Ron,

I would guess that sometime between now and deer season you will be 69.  Would have never guessed.  You are in great shape!  Congratulations!!

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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #138 on: May 14, 2005, 12:22:00 AM »
Van,

I remember your dad doing those shooting demos.  He did one for our church group one time.  I remember him shooting an arrow off a ramp and busting a balloon.  Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Re: Old Duffers were young once.
« Reply #139 on: May 14, 2005, 01:37:00 AM »
This is gotta be the best thread ever.I really regret not taking enough pictures "back in the day".
Of course to me that was 1980 not 1950 something LOL.keep em coming.

Thanks for sharing


CB

PS Warren you gotta share your secret for stayin in such good shape after all these years.probably ain't got nuthin to do with hikin in 2 miles to hunt ehhh.    :thumbsup:
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