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I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:04 PM
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And that is certainly a good thing. I know of few things more important to a guy that being outdoors and enjoying the moments. I know guys who neither hunt or fish and I will never understand how they survive!!!!
As I have posted many times my career kept me in the woods almost every day. As a youngster I was encouraged by my Dad to enjoy the out of doors and I obeyed!
When I first moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains I had a great Brittany Spaniel named Archie (after my favorite South Carolinian Archibald Rutledge). Archie and I both loved to hunt Ruffed Grouse and spent a lot of hours enjoying the moments together. I know most of you had the same kind of devotion for your companions.
I’m posting a photo of the grouse gun we used to thin the herd!!! lol.
What are your moments of years past that you remember ?
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i grew up in the pine forests of berkely county,, building
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:13 PM
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forts.
when i got older, my uncle use to bring home border line junk cars he got from BLue and GOld.. he would spend about $50 getting them running and then we would drive them through the woods until they were so wreaked they couldn't move.
Liberty Hall rd is all neighborhoods now but i bet the developers looked at that 1970 green opel and said .. how the heck did that get here.
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Re: i grew up in the pine forests of berkely county,, building
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:18 PM
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I have a few cars at blue and gold myself. One I wrapped around a pine tree “rally racing” around the hellhole swamp forest roads.
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Re: i grew up in the pine forests of berkely county,, building
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Jun 21, 2023, 7:22 AM
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Wow Geeville talk about bringing back memories. We did pretty much the same thing only we got our cars from the yard behind the gas station at the corner remount and rivers. My favorite was the Ranchero. No seats. Used a milk crate but man did it run great! I grew up in the ladson area. Currently live off of Henry E Brown. Those were the days.
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buiding tents, huts, etc. with my two brothers and staying
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:19 PM
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in them during the day. I miss them. Can't believe I am just 54 and I have outlived my brothers and sister. We enjoyed our time together. Brings back good memories. 
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Re: buiding tents, huts, etc. with my two brothers and staying
Jun 21, 2023, 5:03 AM
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We did the same thing when I was a kid. We built little forts and huts in the woods and day camped. All my little buddies that I did this with are dead now, just as you said about your companions. We lived out in the country in Anderson County and were surrounded by farms. We hunted daily on all the farms and everyone thought that was normal. I was never asked to leave by a farmer, whereas today, they all ask you not to hunt on their land. We were so fortunate to grow up in the time we did where we could enjoy the outdoors and were encouraged to do so. Kids today will never know the pleasures we enjoyed! Sad.
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:38 PM
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I can talk all day about different hunting stories, so here are some.
I remember taking my son deer hunting with me before he was old enough to handle the shotgun (all you could use in my area in IL) and seeing him react when I shot one. It was cold and after picking up my daughter, my son sat in the truck where it was warm while my daughter, 4 years older than him, helped me field dress the deer. She had always helped cleaning fish and doing all the dirty work. I guess that is why she works as a nurse now.
The 2nd story is 4 years later, my son and I came down to SC for his first hunt at my brother's hunt club. He got his first deer and I know he can feed himself if needed. He did help field dress that one.
I used to go hunting almost every weekend during season in SC but rarely killed anything. I just enjoyed being in the mountains away from everything. I took friends with me to where I new the deer were and about half of them thought I was crazy for not killing one but I had food and all the deer meat I wanted from my brother so there was no need to kill.
One time we hiked in about 4 miles to an area above the Chatooga River and camped to get an early start. After the morning hunt, they didn't believe any deer were where I took them so they all complained when we met for lunch and wanted to leave. I purposely sat them down in an area where I knew deer traveled and after about 10 minutes, it was a funny sight watching 2 of the guys roll out of the way to keep from getting run over by a small herd that came over the ridge. That ended all doubt in their minds and I laughed the rest of the day.
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The first time I let my son sit alone when he was around
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:53 PM
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13 or 14 in a deer stand, I heard a shot and immediately called him on a walkie talkie (before cell phones) and he said he had shot a big doe that ran away. I told him to stay in the stand and when I got to him , he told me that the deer was standing at the end of a long firing lane that had been cleared. I searched for blood all along the area at the end and gave up and started walking toward him with the bad news but noticed blood only about 25 yards from his stand. After following the blood trail with him still in the stand, I found a small button buck with a perfectly placed lung shot. He had been so excited that he misjudged the size of the deer and the distance that it had been from the stand!
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:45 PM
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I am guessing the pic of the weapon was censored due to the commotion over Ja Morant's antics?
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 3:11 PM
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Actually I couldn’t get it to download it was a double barrel 20 gauge Ithaca. Great gun
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 4:07 PM
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I have my grandfathers Ithaca 20ga Fetherlight pump, ejects out of the bottom. He got it when he was 16, it's 80yrs old and its been used a bunch but still looks pristine. It's the only gun he had for years to help feed the family in the '40s-50s. The first thing he taught his kids which was passed along to me, practice gun safety at all times, gun is a tool and you take care of your tools, and everytime its used it gets a good cleaning.
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:46 PM
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We never hunted birds or deer as kids. We did kill and eat a lot of squirrels and walked up a few rabbits. I hunted with a bolt action Remington .22 and my dad would fuss if we didn’t shoot them in the head because we ruined too much meat (since there is not a lot of meat on a squirrel to start with). I saw a thread on here on Father’s Day asking to post one thing about your dad. I didn’t have time to respond then but think Jed Clampett before the money and that was my dad. And yes, my mom was Granny. If I got a lot of squirrels she would fry them and if I only got a few she would make squirrel and dumplings to make them go further. Great times.
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Never been much of a hunter...
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Jun 20, 2023, 2:52 PM
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but I really enjoy biking, hiking, backpacking and camping. Been known to do a little fishing now and then too. For a long time, had a black Lab named Pepper that went everywhere with me. Best dog I ever owned.
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Re: Never been much of a hunter...
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Jun 20, 2023, 3:33 PM
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Being with your best buddy was a lot more fun that shooting anything! I’ve had some great four legged friends in my long life. When my dear wife passed away at the tender age of 42 one of my good friends who was an attorney gave me an Airedale pup. He said “you are going to need a new friend! Boy was he ever right. That magnificent animal saved my life. He became so close to me that when I mowed he would sit in the yard and watch every move that I made until I turned the engine off. He had one major fault however. He absolutely loved the “lady dogs” up on the mountain and he apparently was quite a lover. I opened my mail one morning and enclosed was a bill from the local Vet for an abortion. I didn’t know until months later that this neighbor was the administrator for the local hospital AND was a Clemson man! I sure miss that boy. Few of my neighbors do!
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Re: Never been much of a hunter...
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Jun 20, 2023, 3:43 PM
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I bought this Ithaca 20 gauge in the early 70’s for a hundred bucks at a local sporting goods store in Winston Salem.
Still looks brand new but it’s been on a lot of field trips,
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Properly maintained Blue Steel and Oiled Wood stands the
Jun 20, 2023, 5:52 PM
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test of time.
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It was lost in the total loss house fire in 1977, but my Dad
Jun 20, 2023, 6:07 PM
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had a sweet little 20 gauge Remington 1100 that I used to hunt rabbits with. I loved that gun.
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Black bear hunting with my dad using a .308. Was the last time he ever went hunting before the cancer showed up. It was an amazing trip and love bear meat. Dad shot 13 in 13 years. Always had the freezer full
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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I grew up under the tutelage of my father and his best friend, who saw to it that most Fall Saturdays were spent in a dove field!! Started with a .410 single shot, and progressed to a 20 then 16 gauge double-barrel, finally graduating to a 12 gauge browning automatic. I picked up deer hunting in my 20's and have mostly done that since. I am happy to say that it appears my son has developed the same affection for the outdoors as he is allready excited and anticipating the upcoming seasons!!
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 3:08 PM
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Unfortunately, my Dad did not spend a lot of time teaching me hunting and fishing. He did take me a few times but I mostly learned on my own by trial and error. The thing about trial and error, when you mess up, it is a good chance you won't make that mistake again.
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Growing up in the midlands, memories of hunting and Clemson football went hand in hand during the fall. In early football season we never missed the opportunity to shoot doves at our farm or one of the neighbors. It was a ritual that rotated through friend and family's different dove fields. The smell of spent gun powder or the crackle of sun-dried sunflowers falling in a summer breeze, transports my mind to those exact memories. Morning hunts at daybreak and breakfast at one farm. Caravan to another for a midday hunt, then lunch at a tractor or cook shed. The sounds of competing truck radios tuned to Bob Fulton and Jim Phillips as they described every down. They were two of the best to ever do it. Last of an era that understood how to paint a picture of regalia and pageantry with the brush strokes of vocabulary mixed with undeniable excitement for their respective teams. If I could choose where in time to live the rest of my days, it would be in those dove fields as a teenager with one of our loyal retrievers.
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 4:03 PM
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Great story 22! A lot of good things happened in our past and there is nothing greater than being able to recall the past and share with others I hope today’s kids will do that too but I fear that part of life is slipping away.
Encourage your youngsters to live life to it fullest .... in the right ways.
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I was told there would be a photo***
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Re: I was told there would be a photo***
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Jun 20, 2023, 4:25 PM
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Check my post at 3:43
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Re: I know that most of you tnetters are outdoorsmen
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Jun 20, 2023, 4:25 PM
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I'm a month away from bringing a german shorthair puppy home. Hope to turn her into a bird dog, a decent family dog and running companion at the minimum.
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Since this turned into more about guns than hunting stories…
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I was recently given the Remington double barrel 12 gauge that my great grandfather bought in 1910. My dad had it when I was a kid and he gave it to one of his younger cousins probably 30 years ago. That cousin was getting up in age and wanted to keep it in the family so he gave it to me a couple of years ago. As best I can tell from my memory and what my dad’s cousin said, this gun hasn’t been fired in over 60 years. I looked it up by the serial number and found the year it was made and the information about it said it probably wouldn’t hold up well to modern ammunition because of the type of steel used for the barrel. My dad and his cousin both kept it in the back of the closet in a canvas gun case. I wanted to make it more of a family heirloom so I finished a piece of live edge wood and mounted it above the fireplace. See pic.
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Re: Since this turned into more about guns than hunting stories…
Jun 20, 2023, 7:01 PM
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Not familiar with live edge wood. Tell me more!
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Re: Since this turned into more about guns than hunting stories…
Jun 20, 2023, 7:06 PM
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It’s basically a piece of wood that still has the natural edge on it. Some still have the bark and some have the bark sanded off but maintain the contour and coloring of the natural wood. Not cut and sanded square. I sanded the bark off the edge of the piece in the picture and the colors really came out when I finished it with tung oil.
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Re: Since this turned into more about guns than hunting stories…
Jun 20, 2023, 8:04 PM
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Thanks. I know that as a slab,
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Good for you…
Jun 20, 2023, 7:48 PM
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I don’t hunt or fish and somehow I survive, but thanks for the insult anyway. If nothing else, this at least provides more evidence that typical T’netters are not very tolerant of others who aren’t exactly like them from a religious, political, or even hobby standpoint. FFS man.
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Re: Good for you…
Jun 20, 2023, 8:09 PM
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My intent certainly was not to insult you and I sincerely apologize to you for my offensive remarks. There are many post on the site that I totally disagree with but I would never try to change the poster to be like me! Have a wonderful evening
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Re: Good for you…
Jun 21, 2023, 4:33 AM
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You didn’t make any offensive remarks that I saw.
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Re: Good for you…
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Let me know if you want to go sometime. Hunting and fishing humble you and helps develop mental fortitude. It may benefit you.
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