As I said earlier, I have only a few pictures of my Dad in deer hunting situations but here are a few pictures of my mentor, Hubert, at deer, turkey, grouse and woodcock camp in Vermont. The camp was actually his and is now his son's and I am still as welcome there as if I were family... in fact, Tom introduces me as his brother.
Hubert made it to Germany in WW II and when he came home he began working at the St. Johnsbury Fire Dept., eventually becoming chief, a position he held until his retirement. In the 1930's he was a car salesman and after he became Fire Chief he could finally pursue his real love - racing his horses all over the Northeast.
1. The old camp built in about '54 and torn down in 2000 to make way for the new camp finished in 2002.
2. Hubert as a new car salesman in 1935.
3. Hubert racing one of his horses, probably "Eva Return" about 1980.
4. A plaque that hangs in the new camp.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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