My Father--Vintage hunting photo.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

To say we grew up poor would be an understatement. My father loved to hunt, but rarely let himself enjoy the privilege, 4 kids on a dairy farm to support.
In the 1950's, the men would get together and put on fox drives. This is the only hunting photo known of my father. The car was my Uncle Sam's, Model A--still owned by his grandson. The gun a Model 12 full choke, I killed my first deer with it, and my brother still has it. I grew up in that old farmhouse. I have been searching for this picture for years, thought it was lost, but found it this morning. Dad died of cancer when I was 8.

[Stephen Hodges]

Harold, great picture of your dad!! An that man could shoot:shock:

[Garry L Gordon]

What a treasure, Harold. Glad you found it.

[charlie cleveland]

great picture...those times were the best yesrs of our lives....charlie

[John Dallas]

My Dad and I in about 1954 on the Chester River in Maryland

[Phil Yearout]

Priceless Harold. But then you know that...

[Kevin McCormack]

Outstanding Harold Lee!!! As good to me as any picture of DuBray or Hedderly!! None of my male ancestors hunted or shot, so all my photograveurs are post 1965 images of my brothers and me. Self taught and hard core; thank God, what a life!

[Randy G Roberts]

That's a fabulous picture Harold, you are lucky to have found it. At Hausmanns you can tell me how you finally came across it if you don't mind and you can also tell me who posted the picture for you. I didn't have to stand on my head to look at it, you're getting better my friend :rotf:

[Harold Lee Pickens]

I posted it myself Randy with my phone. If I go to the picture, hit edit, then enhance, the photo magically comes out as desired. Someone on the forum told me to do it that way.

[Randy G Roberts]

I figured as much Harold but I just couldn't resist a little humor, it's a character flaw. It's a great picture and you are lucky to have found it.

[Russell E. Cleary]

Harold:

Super photo and special personal story behind it.

You renew my hope that I may yet find the one photo I once held in my hands of my grandfather, his relatives, and dogs, posing with their guns. One elderly family member, now long-gone, identified it as a Fox hunting picture when I showed it to her. I'll never forget her instantly exclaiming, "They used to Fox hunt up in Dublin".

"Dublin" was a wry nickname for an Irish American enclave on the outer edge of the village of Lanesville, Massachusetts, on Cape Ann, where my ancestors settled. And just beyond it was Cape Ann's granite quarrying territory, a tangle of brush, briar and scattered grout piles, providing I would imagine a fine habitat for Fox denning.

The photo likely exists; maybe I will see it yet again, as you found yours

[Dave Noreen]

Great photos guys. I'm fortunate to have lots of old family photos, many with dead critters. My maternal grandmother on left with her three sisters-in-law, Minnesota 1912.

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