Fishing and Shooting Sketches

[Big D]

During the depression, my wife's grandfather shot robins with a BB gun as the only meat in the family's dinner. (Polish immigrant family with many kids)

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

During the depression, my wife's grandfather shot robins with a BB gun as the only meat in the family's dinner. (Polish immigrant family with many kids)

I have read stories that stated pretty much any animal was table fare during the depression.

[stumpstalker]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

I have read stories that stated pretty much any animal was table fare during the depression.

George Perry caught his long-time record-holding, 22-pound 4-ounce, Largemouth Bass in Montgomery Lake, Georgia, well into the Great Depression.

It was 1932. He may have considered the luxury of having his trophy Bass mounted. But what he did do was he took it home and ate it.