Those were the days, my friend......
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Picture is near headwaters of Rockslide Creek, South of the cirque lake. Guided all over the Ruby Range; Raft, Alaskite, Gladstone, very top of Albert Creek.
Mike Hassard was the outfitter then.
Ted
While it's not me, this picture hangs in a special place above my reloading bench.
In the middle is Elwood Epps and his wife (sorry, I don't remember her name) and on the right is my Great Grandpa (Tom Allen) with his .35 Whelen that's still in use today. We never found out who the person on the left is.
Cory
Her name was Isabelle. Not positive, Cory, but I think that other fellow may be Gordon MacDonald. His wife was a school teacher.
Ted
the spank
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In the fall of 1974 at the ripe old age of ten, here I am with my first ruffed grouse taken with my Gramp's single shot 4.10 on a trail not far from his cottage on Manitou Lake north of River Valley,ON. It's a long ways from guiding on a mountain top for sheep but at ten years of age getting that first grouse was every bit as exciting as being on that mountain top and taking a trophy ram.
And these were the antlers that hung above the door inside the cottage. They were from the last Moose my Grandfather ever took. He got this small bull in the fall of 1971 not far from his cottage. He quit Moose hunting after that. Never heard anyone ever say this before but he said he had eaten so much Moose meat in his life he was sick of it so he never hunted them again.
And these were the antlers that hung above the door inside the cottage. They were from the last Moose my Grandfather ever took. He got this small bull in the fall of 1971 not far from his cottage. He quit Moose hunting after that. Never heard anyone ever say this before but he said he had eaten so much Moose meat in his life he was sick of it so he never hunted them again.
beretta boy
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While it's not me, this picture hangs in a special place above my reloading bench.
In the middle is Elwood Epps and his wife Isabelle (Thanks Ted) and on the right is my Great Grandpa (Tom Allen) with his .35 Whelen that's still in use today. We never found out who the person on the left is.
Cory
Cory:
The fellow on the left sure looks a lot like Elwood's son Don.
BigUglyMan
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You know, Johnn, this new fangled photography allows for a fast shutter speed. That means you can smile in these ones, unlike the old flash-box days of your youth!
Johnn Peterson
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Me, smile? Here's the best I can do. It was one taken on one of Teds previous visits and he took time for a coffee meet with some of the local CGN guys. Yours truly on the far left, smiling,
sort of.
I was hoping Ted would post a couple of his classic photos.
Hope he doesn't mind if I post them.The first two are of a fairly recent Grizz hunt.
This is one of my favorites
. Ted running Three Mile Rapids back a few years. The likes of which would be right at home as the cover photo of Outdoor Life or Field & Stream.
Johnn Peterson
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I think much of what he's experienced in the field, is what most of us only dream of.
That's probably who it is. Never met him, but he resembles both Elwood and Isabelle. Gordon was a bit heavier set than him, as well.
Ted
And when you needed a box of shells for your 303, you just went to Woodward's and bought a box loaded with as good a moose bullet as one could want, the 180 grain Kling Kore soft point.
Of course, it set you back $4.89, but there was no tax to add on.
Of course, it set you back $4.89, but there was no tax to add on.
Johnn Peterson
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And when you needed a box of shells for your 303, you just went to Woodward's and bought a box loaded with as good a moose bullet as one could want, the 180 grain Kling Kore soft point.
Of course, it set you back $4.89, but there was no tax to add on.
Good post. Ammo boxes like that bring back a lot of memories. In the early 60's when I started out, Dad & I both had a pair of Simpon-Sears 'specials', sporterized Lee Enfields. At that time, living at Wells, NE of Quesnel, similar boxes of 150gr & 180gr were the choices for Deer. When Moose and big Bears were on the agenda,
we went for the 215gr loadings. Then, if I remember correctly, a box of 303 Dominion went for about $3.50. It was quite a shock when the following year I bought a 308 Norma Magnum and had to now pay $8.10.Sadly
, a number of years ago, in the process of moving, I got rid of quite a number of old ammo boxes. About the oldest one I have around now is something I happened to come across at a gun show after I bought my model 71 Winchester.
beretta boy
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Pretty sure it is. Knew Elwood & Don personally ... & miss them both !
