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Offline ron w

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Days gone by !
« on: May 13, 2024, 03:29:14 PM »
My wife found this cleaning some stuff up. Me during early bow in the Adirondacks of NY. I think early 90’s, tough hunting in that part of the world. Still have the hat and the shirt.
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2024, 03:31:22 PM »
Memories are priceless!  Wish I had some pics of early years, most was solo hunting prior to ease of picture taking.
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2024, 09:53:58 PM »
Oh to be young again ...
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2024, 03:48:37 AM »
Nice poetic picture !
Your grandsons will be proud to find this gem in the future  :thumbsup: :campfire: :archer2:
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2024, 06:12:09 AM »
I love photo's from the past!

For some reason, I started taking a camera in 1978 and took pictures of every big game animal I took, along with logging the information  in the back of a Mississippi State University planner that I had picked up on campus. Then I bought photo albums and placed the pictures with a note on the back of almost all of them about the place and year. I still do that to this day (same 1978 MSU planner)

I often wonder what drove me to do all of that; but I immensely enjoy going through the albums and logs to relive those hunts. I know that one day in the not to distant future....those memories will be my 'hunting'
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2024, 09:58:13 AM »
Awesome picture sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2024, 10:30:40 AM »
Cool picture to have!
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2024, 11:30:31 AM »
This brings back memories of roaming Central PA.
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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2024, 10:40:03 AM »
Nice!

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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2024, 10:59:15 AM »
Great picture and thanks for sharing it with us!    :thumbsup:


Growing up, my dad wasn't a picture taker and I wish he had been. I really cherish the few I have of hunts back then.


Pictures are worth way more than a thousand words.


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Re: Days gone by !
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2024, 08:39:42 AM »
Hello, Ron!! That place looks familiar? and I remember that shirt and hat... Long time ago brother!
Beautiful picture, I wish I had taken more years ago. Have you talked to Ken lately?
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