Poaching rifle

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Ha, not what you think guys. I just inherited a savage 219. Nifty old single shot rifle. My great grandfather bought it new. In talking with my mom, It turns out my family has some notorious poachers in its history. my Great grandfather once had 3 deer hanging in his root cellar, and was sitting on the door to it when the CO cam up. CO informed him he had a report of poaching, and asked if he could look around. My grandfather said go ahead. Apparently the CO searched everywhere, no luck, when he came over, my grandfather stood up, opened the root cellar and said "you ain't looked in here yet, there ya go."

co didn't figure anyone would be dumb enough to have deer there, then invite him, so he left. My grandfather had similar stories as well, from the 50's. The cool part is I have pics of my great grandfather and grandfather with the rifle, and am looking forward to taking a deer with it myself this year. Legally for me.

Anyone else have poachers in their background?lol
 
Haywire1 said:
The cool part is I have pics of my great grandfather and grandfather with the rifle, and am looking forward to taking a deer with it myself this year. Legally for me.

Anyone else have poachers in their background?lol
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The nice part is having the photos: it shows a tradition of firearms culture and ownership through the decades (or centuries).

I would imagine there are many stories of deer being shot "illegally" to feed the family during tough years when the cattle died or the crops failed; many untold stories that is. :yingyang:
 
i got old timers in the family that have stories. in the late 30s and early 40s. they said it was shoot to eat. they never did tags licneces and all that. just a way of life. i dont consider it poaching back then. nowadays if you can afford to go hunting you canafford to fee your self.
 
Yes, dad (mid 60's) still thinks its odd we don't use 22's to go deer hunting. Oh but for moose use a 222. Now to hunt in the same area its a $200 deer tag, oh progress.
 
Yah I don't think my granddad ever bought a hunting licence., never mind a fishing licence.
He bought 100+ acres of land instead.
Apparently my dad used to go out and buy a licence just to cover his old man's ass, but never went hunting himself.
 
Truth be told, there weren't a lot of deer in many areas back then, more so the situation in the US but here too in places. My great grandfather, who passed away when I was 20, told me in the area of their farm as a kid if you saw a deer it was something you told people about. Same for much of the US, the whitetail was driven to virtual extinction throughout many areas before regulated hunting. For instance, at the turn of the 20th century it is estimated the entire American population of Whitetail wasn't far off the number currently in Saskatchewan alone.

Nothing wrong in character about the guys doing it back then, it was just different times and they were poorly educated in the matter. Resources were purely for the taking back then they thought, and if they didn't get the deer, somebody else was going to.
 
Ardent said:
Truth be told, there weren't a lot of deer in many areas back then, more so the situation in the US but here too in places. My great grandfather, who passed away when I was 20, told me in the area of their farm as a kid if you saw a deer it was something you told people about. Same for much of the US, the whitetail was driven to virtual extinction throughout many areas before regulated hunting. For instance, at the turn of the 20th century it is estimated the entire American population of Whitetail wasn't far off the number currently in Saskatchewan alone.

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True enough. My old neighbour grew up south of Regina during the Depression, and told a story about throwing rocks off the railroad bridge. They spooked a deer out. The boys were more afraid of the deer than it was. They had never seen a deer before. He wasn't a hunter, but he gave me a pre-war Mauser 98 and claw mounted scope that had come home with a veteran.
 
regulate34 said:
200$ wow. i complain about my 25$ bear tag and 15$ for deer tags.
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Ya as soon as your out of province its ugly.
My brother was up from texas recently and pulled out his hunting tag. It unfolded like a map. There was a few mule deer tags a couple of turkeys and some hogs and I think sheep too all for under $30. You do have to get land to hunt on and thats a different story.
 
When I was a kid on the farm we ate venison. The beeves were too valuable for us to eat. We did enjoy other farm produce though. Man I wish we had turkeys then like they do now. That would have made a nice change. In those days Ontario had a farmers deer licence. I don't know if they still do that. Always admired the 219. Every one I have been near was thoroughly worn out. Obviously they were used hard and often.

Darryl
 
LOL nice thanks for sharing.:)




Haywire1 said:
Ha, not what you think guys. I just inherited a savage 219. Nifty old single shot rifle. My great grandfather bought it new. In talking with my mom, It turns out my family has some notorious poachers in its history. my Great grandfather once had 3 deer hanging in his root cellar, and was sitting on the door to it when the CO cam up. CO informed him he had a report of poaching, and asked if he could look around. My grandfather said go ahead. Apparently the CO searched everywhere, no luck, when he came over, my grandfather stood up, opened the root cellar and said "you ain't looked in here yet, there ya go."

co didn't figure anyone would be dumb enough to have deer there, then invite him, so he left. My grandfather had similar stories as well, from the 50's. The cool part is I have pics of my great grandfather and grandfather with the rifle, and am looking forward to taking a deer with it myself this year. Legally for me.

Anyone else have poachers in their background?lol
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My relatives back in England used to poach rabbits, or eels, but they never had crown land per-say to hunt on and the rest of the country side was privately owned. When they needed meat and they couldn't afford it, they went out and got it.
 
My grandfather hunted deer with .22 back in the 50's, that's all he had, and 8 kids to feed. I have it in my safe.
 
Got a 219 myself. .22 Hornet & 30-30.
And yeah a few deer harvested under the ' Self described Metis ' status in our family.
Dad said I never tasted beef til I was 5. We lived in the Frenchman river valley in SW Sask, lotsa trees to hang stuff in.
 
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