Stepping back in time

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These are some of the many pictures from my family archives that I'm currently helping my grandmother sort through. I'll update this as I continue to find them. I'm not going to list names or dates (as it's too hard to keep track) although if you have a question feel free to ask.

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Wonderful. I'm guessing the oldest ones here must be sometime between the wars. Just a guess though, I can't see anything that I recognize to attach date to.

Beautiful pictures though, thanks for sharing. They make a wonderful collection!
 
lord-humungous said:
Wonderful. I'm guessing the oldest ones here must be sometime between the wars. Just a guess though, I can't see anything that I recognize to attach date to.

Beautiful pictures though, thanks for sharing. They make a wonderful collection!
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Yeah there are some in the 30's and 40's and maybe some from the the early 50's.

There are many pictures I found that are sadly in bad shape so there would be no reason to scan them.
 
Thank God there is someone else out there with some vintage hunting pics.

Is that a Savage model 1920 in the first couple pics? I've only seen a couple, they are neat little guns.

Hope you have a pile more to share! The boys here must be tired of seeing mine by now. LOL
 
Superb. The pics of the moose in the boat reminds me of early 1960's on Babine lake. Many moose in boats like that, ours included! Regards, Eagleye.
 
But but where's their camo, calls, GPS, scent blocker underwear, scopes large enough to beat the animal to death with and ATV's. Just kidding nice pictures. I truly do wonder how much they would laugh to see the gear we need.
 
Eagleye said:
Superb. The pics of the moose in the boat reminds me of early 1960's on Babine lake. Many moose in boats like that, ours included! Regards, Eagleye.
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The lake the boat is on is Cheslatta Lake. The two people are Jim Clark Sr. (my Great Great Grandfather) and Chief Louis, taken about 1947 give or take a year.

My Great Grandfather is Jim Clark Jr who was a game guide that I talked about in another thread. In "Angling and Hunting Guide of British Columbia Canada" publish in 1946 it lists a couple family members as Guides.

*Thanks to H4831 for the picture*
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Beaver, Albert E (great great uncle)
Clark, James Eli JR (great grandfather)
Morgan, James E (great great uncle) [This is Jim Morgan pictured above/below]

My Great Grandfather (Jim Clark Jr) is in pictures:
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My Great Great Grandfather (Jim Clark Sr) is in pictures:
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My Great Great Uncle (Jim Morgan) is in pictures:
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Random Hunters my Great Grandfather guided:
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Jim Morgan was a Game Guide. The picture with him walking to his airplane (which he taught himself to fly at age 40) was when he worked for the Game Department as a Predator Hunter. Also the Grizzly he is pictured with is written down in his journal as "weighed 1000lbs" whether that is true or not but Id generally believe it. The back of the picture also states this written in his own hand.
 
Noel said:
So what ended up with the racks and guns? Please tell me your looking at them on the wall right now and they aren't all gone like my Uncle's stuff is.
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Sadly the firearms disappeared to the 4 winds LONG before I was born. Jim Clark Sr had a lever action rifle that he was pictured with in some "fake/funny wild west photos" that were taken of him and a friend in their 20's. That rifle is currently in a museum somewhere in the U.S.

As for the rest of the firearms I know where one or two of them are but they aren't for sale at any price and sadly not registered even. I've offered countless times to purchase them and register them properly but the owners won't budge. :(

As for the racks, I think they just weathered away on the outside of shops and barns (once again long before I was born).
 
I feel your pain! Same story here except for a couple sets of antlers that survived, the guns are all long gone and he had a bunch of them. Mom's cousin inherited two or three and he cannot remember where they went, that is really frustrating.
Did come across alot of small stuff he had, gathered it up and it made a neat collection for the man room.
 
Very nice collection of pics. Its great to see these old pics with animals other than deer. Love the grizz, goat, and the caribou ones! :cool:
 
Thanks for posting those great pics. They didn't use a lot of gadgets, did they? No range finders, $800 binoculars, quads. It's a wonder they were lucky enough to have stumbled on some game.:p

My old Dad lived about five miles from town, and would often walk in to get a few things and the mail. There was a slough on the way. He had hung an old coat on a tree near the slough, and would leave his .22 in the bush near the coat. On his way home, he would stop, pot a duck, and carry on his way home, duck and .22 in hand. He said the ducks were used to the coat, and when ever he wanted, he would just stand behind the coat and wait for the ducks. This was during the 1930's when the price of a box of .22 shells was just about more than he could afford. 50 shells hopefully meant 50 birds!!
 
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