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<blockquote data-quote="dg7080" data-source="post: 5244900" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Brings back a lot of memories reading all this...</p><p></p><p>There were no deer near us in our part of rural west TN (north central Shelby County) when I was a kid in the 60's.. The closest deer herd being in Shelby Forest State Park near the MS River.</p><p></p><p>The first sign of a deer I can recall seeing was a track in my grand dads garden in Chester County during the mid 60's. One of my uncles spotted it and me and all my cousins were in wonder as we staired at it with visions of the Hartford Elk having been right were we were standing! The adults all surmised it must have wandered over to the farm form nearby Chickasaw State Park.</p><p></p><p>I started chasing deer in the late 70's as huntable populations had made their way to our area and that of some of my friends who had family farms up in Decatur County.. I remember sitting on tree limbs with my Ben Pearson long bow with arrows tipped off with Satellite broadheads just hoping, and that's all I did was hope. And like others have mentioned, if I got sight of a deer, that made a successful hunt!</p><p></p><p>Hunting in blue jeans with cotton long johns, flannel shirts, and my brothers camo army jacket (he's a Vietnam era vet) and whatever boots I had at the time with probably 4 pair of socks.. Got so cold one time me and a buddy built a fire after a morning hunt and I set my pants on fire from trying to warm my feet up!</p><p></p><p>Finally managed to stick a small doe in the late 70's I think it was.. and have been hooked every since.</p><p></p><p>When muzzleloader seasons came to be, I build me a Hawken rifle from a kit.. patched round balls and fff powder. And still to this day hunt with an open sighted side hammer most of the time although I do own and take out my scoped single shot high powered Knight rifle at times as my old eyes are not as good with irons sights as they need to be..</p><p></p><p>Now I have retired to my little farm up in middle TN and still have to get out there after them every fall, but not nearly as much as way back then.. Now I pass deer after deer, when I used to be if it's brown it's down, and I sure miss hanging with my hunting buddies from back in the day.. </p><p></p><p>I sure miss those old days..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dg7080, post: 5244900, member: 3"] Brings back a lot of memories reading all this... There were no deer near us in our part of rural west TN (north central Shelby County) when I was a kid in the 60's.. The closest deer herd being in Shelby Forest State Park near the MS River. The first sign of a deer I can recall seeing was a track in my grand dads garden in Chester County during the mid 60's. One of my uncles spotted it and me and all my cousins were in wonder as we staired at it with visions of the Hartford Elk having been right were we were standing! The adults all surmised it must have wandered over to the farm form nearby Chickasaw State Park. I started chasing deer in the late 70's as huntable populations had made their way to our area and that of some of my friends who had family farms up in Decatur County.. I remember sitting on tree limbs with my Ben Pearson long bow with arrows tipped off with Satellite broadheads just hoping, and that's all I did was hope. And like others have mentioned, if I got sight of a deer, that made a successful hunt! Hunting in blue jeans with cotton long johns, flannel shirts, and my brothers camo army jacket (he's a Vietnam era vet) and whatever boots I had at the time with probably 4 pair of socks.. Got so cold one time me and a buddy built a fire after a morning hunt and I set my pants on fire from trying to warm my feet up! Finally managed to stick a small doe in the late 70's I think it was.. and have been hooked every since. When muzzleloader seasons came to be, I build me a Hawken rifle from a kit.. patched round balls and fff powder. And still to this day hunt with an open sighted side hammer most of the time although I do own and take out my scoped single shot high powered Knight rifle at times as my old eyes are not as good with irons sights as they need to be.. Now I have retired to my little farm up in middle TN and still have to get out there after them every fall, but not nearly as much as way back then.. Now I pass deer after deer, when I used to be if it's brown it's down, and I sure miss hanging with my hunting buddies from back in the day.. I sure miss those old days.. [/QUOTE]
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