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H4831

H4831

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I have told on these threads about the Pioneer Brand silk prospectors tent. I've had pictures of it set up in a hurry as a photo op, which I didn't like.
Came across this old picture of our son making breakfast, in front of the tent. This picture, shows the tent in actual use, set up like it should be. This picture is about 40 years old, and now I can't place it, meaning forgot what trip it was. Thus, I don't know how we arrived at the hunting spot, or where it is! Good chance we got there by boat. However, I can just about smell the beautiful aroma of the fresh, green boughs that would have formed the floor of the tent.
We made a lot of such trips when he was young, so hopefully my forgetfulness will be forgiven.
It is obviously quite a chilly morning, as he has his wool underwear on. Note the nice little cooking fire we have, with the coffee pail giving of steam and the the son tending the frying pan on the edge of the coals.
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My father did very well at this considering his background, and I'll always love him for it, but it is clear from that picture that your son had better camping trips than I did.
 
Ask your son about that trip. He would probably remember that trip for the rest of his lfe. That is what memories are based on. I have made several trips like that with my sons. Hunting and fishing and I still remember most of them.
I usually write on the back to help me out ,where we were.
 
H4831: We never went tenting when I was a kid. We had a cabin at Crooked Lake, north of Grenfell. No power, 8x16, little pump up gas stove. That was a great experience. Swimming all afternoon, climbing hills, wandering down the lakeshore visiting with everybody. The cabin has expanded and served my family faithfully for 57 years. Last year the rent for the land it is on was just under $1000 for two lots. 2010's rent - get this - has jumped to $7300. I am planning now to probably sell (or give away) the old place. I must have had a premonition, as I bought this a month ago. This is a pic off the website. It is a 10' x 10' Alaskan model. Can't wait to set it up. I may set it up in the backyard....:p

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we use one of these when we hunt...it's AWESOME! we used to use a wood stove for heat but switched to propane.....very nice warm and dry!
 
That's a good cold weather tent, Kjohn. A small wood stove will keep it cozy.
The prospetor tent I show is not a cold weather type, but they were popular with the old time prospectors, because they were so light to carry and were designed to keep the bugs out.
After the #1 son got to the age of discovering girls, #2 son, five years younger and I went on some great hunting trips. You BC guys will know where Germansen Landing is, about 165 miles north of Vanderhoof, and in the 1970s a vehicle road went to it. You may not know there was a winter tractor road in the 1930s, running from Germansen about another 180 miles into the wilderness, to supply the mining activity.
In the mid 70s much of this was a driveable road. We took the 4x4 up to the road's driveable end on a ten day trip. On the average, we didn't even see two other vehicles a day! We had rainbow trout and arctic grayling to eat almost every day, caught by junior in the crystal clear rivers. For a change, the son shot ptarmigan on the wing, with our 20 double.
We chased a mountain goat around, but didn't get it. The next year, however, a man friend of ours went too, and we left the vehicles and hiked into the better game mountains for a four day trip, living under a plastic lean to. The son shot a goat.
Altogether, we went four or five times into that camping spot by a small creek, at the base of a moutain. In all those years, not one other sole ever got to our camping area!
In those years there were no Limited Entry draws and goat season, as well as ptarmigan, opened on August 15. Thus, we went the last two weeks of August, so as not to interfer with school.
 
Very nice pic H4831 - teaching them camp craft and hunting young is so important. You should be proud.

A few weeks ago while walking in to our deer stands, my 25yr old son just out of the blue says to me, "Thanks Dad for getting me into hunting when I was young". Rare moment - made me feel good and think I did at least one thing right. He shot a deer that very evening and had more power than me as together we dragged it up and out of a gully - he pulled and I mostly just put on the brakes so it wouldn't slide back down.

He used to trail along with me on deer, bear, yote and small game hunts long before he was of age to carry a gun himself - and he saw me take a few specimens with him along at my side. He sure took to it but I think not all do. We still hunt/camp together a week or two each year.
 
Whelen B, thanks for the remarks, and I know exactly what you mean, about appreciation from the son.
I have heard similar, but the best came from a grandson. The son of the one that went on the long trips with me.
He was about 14 and I went on a four day trip with him. An easier trip, with quad and living in a small rv trailer.
On the way home, I said to him, "You're a good hunting partner."
Without hesitation he replied, "So are you!"
What more could a person want?
 
H4831: Powerful stuff. I had two girls, and although we never went hunting together, they sure did like to shoot, especially my handguns. When they were little, their "job" was to put loaded pistol rounds into the boxes. I can still see them laying on the gun room floor, dead serious, carefully putting each round in its place.

Before we had the girls, I took other kids out shooting, and they learned the basics about safety at least. One kid's Grandma asked me to take him out shooting, as his father nor mother were not on the scene. That was years ago, and the "kid" still thinks I can walk on water.

I gave my nephew a 7mm Brazilian Mauser for his birthday when he was about 13 or 14. He came out from the Coast to help us build a house. I put a note at his place on the breakfast table stating that he should go to such and such a place, another note there, final note said to turn around and look up. There was the Mauser. The poor kid almost blew a gasket. Maybe he did, as he now is in his 40's and has lots of guns and loves hunting. His son is also a gunner.

My Dad nurtured my desire to get out in the "wilds" and hunt rabbits on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. He would take me a few miles out of town to a good bush, drop me off, and come back just before dark. I carried my Model 39 and imagined being "up North", along with the trappers I had been reading about. He also nurtured my interest in reading, a gift which I pursue and enjoy to this day. Thanks Dad.
 
All I know is that I can not wait to sleep in that tent !!!

Sorry about the cabin, that's brutal but I guess everyone wants a HUMMER and you guys are the revenue source. It's happened here too.

Change sucks ass sometimes but the tent'll be fun and winter camping in my opinion is a blast.

And yes I did blow a gasket when I looked up and saw that Mauser. I couldn't believe it !
 
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