In honour of Grandpa

[mobirdhunter]

A great hunt, and a great tradition.

[Ken Hill]

Stan,

That’s great memories. I have my grandfather’s Model 12, but no pictures of him using it. He was from the Muncy area in Lycoming County. Deer and small game hunting were things he always looked forward to in the fall.

Ken

[Stan Hoover]

Mike,
My great grandfather Dan was a member of the Bee Tree Hunting Club, but my Grandfather Elmer was not.
I do not have names for the guys in these pictures and I’m guessing Dan (great grandpa) was the photographer and not on the photo. Bee Tree Hunting club was/is above Cedar Run in an area named Beulah Land.
Most times on the drive (with Grandpa) to these areas was accompanied by several good stories of hunting and things that happened at camp. He had many stories from his father and attended sometimes when he was allowed as a son for small game.
2 weeks of (buck) deer season at Bee Tree were strictly for members. If the roster was not full ( I think 25 men) members were permitted to bring approved guests only. To become a member, I believe you had to attend at least one or two hunting season and then be approved by the members through voting.
I’ll not bore you guys any longer, just few photos of the old camp on State Forest Land initially and then the present day camp on land they were able to purchase alongside State Forest.

Ken,
My grandfather also used a model 12, never while I hunted with him. He also had a Winchester Mdl 37. The model 12 had a shortened barrel with a dab of solder for a bead. Of course that crossing of a fence while small game hunting and not being careful to check if your barrel is clear will get you. My cousin ended up with the Mdl 12

[Researcher]

When our carrier was in port at Sasebo, Japan, in 1972, I bought a 20-gauge Model 101 at the exchange with a luggage case for $202. Gave it to my father for Christmas that year. Over the next 16 years until he quit hunting after the 1988 season, he carried it a lot, wore the bluing off the bottom of the frame and pheasant blood produced a blemish near the muzzles. He complained about the non-automatic safety the whole time. He was very used to the automatic safeties on his Parker and Remington doubles. On the occasions when he missed a bird with the Model 101, he often be heard muttering "I'd a got that with my ole Remington." In 2003 I passed it on to a cousin that my father hunted with a lot in Minnesota, who shot an early 12-gauge Model 101.

[Mike Franzen]

That’s a beautiful gun Stan with a great story and pictures.