Picture of Parker Waterfowlers
 

Pictures from page 59 of William Leffingwell's "The Art of Wingshooting", and Parker ad from page 205 at the rear of the book. Book is first edition printed in 1894. Lots of great ads from gun manufacturers, railroads and hotels., etc. Snapshots of a bygone era when game was plentiful, and long before television and the internet.

if they would have only thought to say - on the right is Joe, holding his D grade 3 frame 12

or what ever :rotf:

great picture -

BTW - i believe the "Limb Dodger" made famous by Buckingham was an Illinois Central train

And now I will have Bob Dylan "Riding on the City of New Orleans" in my head all day!

:rotf::rotf::rotf:

I was thinking the same thing. Except the Willie Nelson version

I'll go with John Prine on this one.

Looks like Blue winged teal and snipe on the barn wall must have been early in the season. No leaves on the trees so a north tier state. Neat picture. Thanks

Also, it's interesting how the building is set up fairly high on wooden log pilasters.

Didn't Arlo Guthrie write and sing the original?

I had to google. Written by Steve Goodman, in 1971, and lent to Arlo Guthrie in 1972, over a beer.
Quote from Wiki;
Arlo Guthrie version
"The City of New Orleans"

Single by Arlo Guthrie
from the album Hobo's Lullaby
B-side "Days Are Short"
Released July 1972
Format 7"
Recorded 1972
Genre Folk
Length 4:31
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Steve Goodman
Producer(s) Lenny Waronker, John Pilla
While at the Quiet Knight bar in Chicago, Goodman saw Arlo Guthrie, and asked to be allowed to play a song for him. Guthrie grudgingly agreed, on the condition that if Goodman would buy him a beer, Guthrie would listen to him play for as long as it took to drink the beer.[citation needed] Goodman played "City of New Orleans", which Guthrie liked enough that he asked to record it. The song was a hit for Guthrie on his 1972 album Hobo's Lullaby, reaching #4 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and #18 on the Hot 100 chart; it would prove to be Guthrie's only top-40 hit and one of only two he would have on the Hot 100 (the other was a severely shortened and rearranged version of his magnum opus "Alice's Restaurant", which hit #97).

and with the conclusion of our musical interlude :whistle:

one thing i always notice in these old photos is the clothing- they did not have closets full of dedicated hunting outfits and except for the well heeled sports with canvas outfits like dukbak, most just likely hunted in what ever old warm cloths had - but they got ducks

my mentor in my earliest days of duck hunting wore Carhart coveralls, i never saw him in camouflage but he as well got his ducks

i expect they understood to avoid motion

The Willie Nelson version makes me cry. Great thread and topic. I love old guns, history and archaeology. Great picture and very hard to place but my guess its somewhere along the mid Mississippi Flyway. Looks like they even have sack of decoys thrown under the cabin.

Wife's family is from New Orleans and her dad and brother belong to the oldest hunting and fishing club still in existence. Founded 1815 in about the same area Jackson and Jean Lafitte defeated the British in that little affair called War of 1812. They put out a commemorative book last year with some neat old photos, stories, etc. One of the best photos was from about 1908 that had 4 or 5 guys wearing their fancy white shooting duds holding SXS's. One of the men is Teddy Roosevelt. I wish the pic showed more detail of the guns. One gun I am pretty sure is a Parker. They were shooting trap and club still has the old trap thrower, which at that time was not clay targets but glass balls. Would not be surprised if "Bust your Balls" saying did not come from that era. That was in an era of less vulgarity and they used to say literal things that could imply different meanings, call it slight of speech.

I agree with earlier post about hunting clothes for the so called sportsmen of that era. If they had a hunting or field coat it was for all outdoor activities. A hunting coat was a hunting coat no matter the quarry. I think they did figure out that at least for duck hunting that clothing had to be drab. Hard to tell with black and white photos.

Yep for duck hunting I don't care how much camo you got on, if you move too much they will see you. I think worst thing for a white guy that duck hunts is the face. You shine or move your face or head too much, it looks like a strobe light in the game woods. Learned a long time ago to cover my face and neck with a camo bandanna and noggin with an old green boonie hat from surplus store. The old bandanna works the best in my opinion because its easier to work the duck calls while wearing it.

Btw the best thing to avoid movement and shining your face is to get a good lab or duck dog. If they hunt ducks enough all you have to do is look at their face and eyes. Hunted a lot in beaver ponds and if you moved a muscle or showed your face those ducks would see it. My black lab just about told me everything after a few years of hunting. He told me where they were coming from, and would get this little quiver when it was time to shoot, all I needed to do was learn to cut my eyes and keep still and if setup right it was curtains for those ducks, if I did my part with the gun.