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A contemporary of Woolners, Paul Kurconnen(sp.) was a film maker in central Mass. He made a number of surf fishing films and hunting films, woodcock mainly, and he came up with the idea of the sawed off fiber glass gun and it spread in the local area. He tried with the available tools of the day but could not get any good grouse footage because of the light conditions. The Woolner brothers also knew Hal Lyman the owner of the 3rd Invincible. They all fished the outer cape and hunted grouse and woodcock.
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08-29-2019, 10:47 AM | #84 | ||||||
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You gentlemen certainly do live in an area rich in the sporting traditions...and that produced some of the best literature on hunting and fishing.
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08-29-2019, 10:58 AM | #85 | ||||||
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I found this in my "stuff"...
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08-29-2019, 11:26 AM | #86 | ||||||
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Frank Woolners brother Jack worked for Mass. fish and wildlife for many years and was credited with the creation of hunter orange. I met Jack when I was a kid and he was a fascinating man to listen to. This is reminding me of how many years have passed since then.At it's inception hunter orange was cursed and hated and a lot of animosity was directed toward Jack for his promotion of it. I have hunted with men who would take it off out of sight of the road while deer hunting and just wear brown canvas. How times have changed.
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08-29-2019, 11:36 AM | #87 | |||||||
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We do have some great sporting traditions here in the Northeast, but our regional Megalopolis is trending toward the effete. We have teen-age boys around here now who have never baited a hook or shot a gun. I look toward the West and South (and far North) of our country to lead in extending the outdoor ethos in the future. Paddle-boarding, mountain-biking, hiking and bird-watching are the main businesses today of our venerable sporting camps. They are great activities; but I think we’re missing something essential if we are not occasionally out there extracting something wild to eat.
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08-29-2019, 12:30 PM | #88 | ||||||
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Frank was a member and used to shoot regularly at our local club—the Boylston Sportsman’s Cub. My father knew Frank, shot with him, and took photos for his book on grouse hunting.
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08-29-2019, 02:57 PM | #89 | |||||||
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08-29-2019, 03:16 PM | #90 | |||||||
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Right Russell, and not just blueberries, mushrooms and fiddleheads. .
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