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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 08:07 pm |
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I thought it would be neat to share some of these Pictures, and see what ones you all have. This is one of my Dad on the far left and my Grandfather next to him. My brother in the middle with two of my fathers hunting buddies, and the little Kid in the door is me.
Bill
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 08:10 pm |
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| This one is the one Bruce likes of my Dad. Attached Image (viewed 751 times):
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 08:14 pm |
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| This is a my 80 year old Mother, you can see why setters are a Family thing. Attached Image (viewed 745 times):
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 08:16 pm |
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Bill, I think your grandfather and father came out to Dodge City with you last fall and hunted with us. Glad to have you.
I carry that old 16ga to make sure my grandfather doesn't miss out. Its just a shooter as some have said but it goes where I go.
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 08:34 pm |
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Bruce,
The Pheasant Picture was from the late 50s when the area in Michigan called the thumb had alot of birds prior to Farming practice changes and DDT.
Bill
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 08:57 pm |
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Nice !
Your dad is holding more grouse than I've ever shot !
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Destry Hoffard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 09:01 pm |
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I've posted these on here before but I'm always happy to show them again.
Here's Grandpa and Uncle Bob sometime in the late 50's ready to go on a quail hunt. Grandpa is carrying the old family Stevens 311 that I was shooting just recently with the boys. This is the only known photo of Grandpa with a cigar, he's a Mammoth Cave twist man still to this day.
Here's one of Dad in '57 with his first shotgun (brand unknown) and his first store bought fishing rod. It was a JC Higgins brand, I've got it now along with his first little pocket tackle box.
Here's the earliest known hunting photo of me, Grandpa on the left and Dad on the right. They've both got their Stevens doubles, I'm still packing my single shot 20 gauge. I still have the hat and the gun, the hat I still wear as any of my friends will complain to. I want to say I was 13 here because Dad bought me the 16 gauge Nitro Special when I was 14.
And I'll post one for Roger Coger as well. This is his father in his LL Bean hunting boots with a little field cocker they were real proud of.
Roger's family is like mine, everybody hunted and fished as a near religion but either didn't own a camera or only used it on holidays unfortunately.
Destry
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 09:15 pm |
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Here is one of my friends grandfather fishing in Alaska in the early 60s. I guess these are called Parka's, they inhabited the camp he stayed at and really liked pancakes.
Bill
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Destry Hoffard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 09:21 pm |
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Looks like a cross between a gray squirrel and a marmot of some kind. I'll bet Flanders can fill us in as to what they really are.
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 09:22 pm |
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Destry,
They do look Happy what ever they are.
Bill
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Dave Noreen
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 09:30 pm |
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| No Parker Bros. guns, but here is my maternal Grandmother and three of my Great Aunts -- Attached Image (viewed 711 times):
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 09:33 pm |
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Destry; is close to being accurate about a camera, Mom had an old box type camera but never used it much, only for family reunions, her excuse was film cost too much and the developing costs were unbearable. Had an uncle (cousin Bob's dad ) that took many photos but he was anti hunting but pro fishing, so I have a box of uninteresting snapshots on a closet shelf.
The dog in the photo was Jerry and was he a hunting fool during the phesant hayday in our home territory, Northwest Ohio. I think I killed my first phesant by the time I was either 8 or 9. Same goes for squirrel. Like Bill's comment, farming pratices put the phesant in our fond memories department also.
Roger
PS To Dave Noreen;
Are all those Win 94's and a 73 0r perhaps a 86 still in your family?
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 09:39 pm |
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Dave,
No Parkers but classic guns none the less. Which one is Grandma?
Bill
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John Dallas
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 10:04 pm |
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| Why did Destry wear a wig when hunting with his kinfolk?
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 10:10 pm |
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John,
This started as a civil post and there you go picking on Destry. You otta be ashamed of yourself.
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Mon Apr 13th, 2009 11:44 pm |
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Heres one of my Dad about 20 years ago, this is a really good deer for northeast Michigan. this picture hung in the clubhouse where we use to hunt with the caption ( Dale used the most unusual buck lure.( His fly is down) I really miss him.
Bill
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Richard Flanders
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Posted: Tue Apr 14th, 2009 01:07 am |
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Those squirrels are called Arctic Ground squirrels, "siksikpuk"or "parky squirrels" since the Interior and northern natives made parkas of them; I think it took quite a few to make one parka, maybe 100 or more?? Can't remember. They are interesting in that they hibernate(sorta) in burrows 3-4ft deep, just above the level of permafrost, and their body temp drops below freezing with no damage. They were heavily researched at the northern camp I ran for years. I helped to surgically implant temperature sensors in the abdomens of some that were left for the winter. We'd recapture them the next spring and remove the sensor and download the data. Pretty interesting. Here is a pic of one that I kept fat on our dining deck in 2005... The analog from the lower 48 would be prairie dogs I think.
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Tue Apr 14th, 2009 01:19 am |
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Richard,
You need to fatten that one up with some flapjacks.
Bill
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Bill Murphy
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Posted: Tue Apr 14th, 2009 01:28 am |
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| Bill, I showed The Lovely Linda a picture of your 80 year old Mother. I told her to shape up or she was out of here.
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Bill Bolyard
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Posted: Tue Apr 14th, 2009 01:55 am |
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Bill,
I forgot to add sixty years ago. Here is a current photo, she still gets around pretty good.
Bill
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