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Vintage Archery Pic...cripes I'm getting old

Started by Roger Norris, March 26, 2014, 05:00:00 PM

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Roger Norris

March 26, 2014, 05:00:00 PM
A cousin just sent me this picture, it's 41 years old (I think). I remember the time well....we would stay at Elsies Cabins near Birch Lake in Kalkaska Michigan (very near Grayling). My Grandpa lived closer to Grayling, so we would go up for a 2 week stay at the cabins, and then I would stay with Grandpa for the rest of the summer. Thats my Dad in the blue T-shirt, he's holding a Super Kodiak that I still have and shoot...it's hanging in the bow rack next to me as I type this. Dad is still with us, but my Uncle Wayne and Cousin Johnny (also in the picture) are both gone. Johnny would let me tag along with him all day, we would traipse through the woods and shoot at least a hundred arrows a day. He died young, but was a great outdoorsman, and got a lot of living in while he was here. Great days these were. Who do you think the little dweeb in the background is?   :bigsmyl:

 
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Ron LaClair upon seeing the destruction of his new lock on the east gate

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Bonebuster

#1
March 26, 2014, 05:29:00 PM
Wasn`t it GREAT going "up north" Roger?  

My "up north" was on the east side.

Same kind of people, same T-shirts, same bows...and sounds like the same kind of memories.

Dusty sand and ICE cold well water...falling asleep HARD and waking up in the morning after sleeping what seemed like only minutes.

We ain`t getting old, we are getting "vintage", or "classic" if you prefer.

GREAT PICTURE!  Thanks for sharing!   :campfire:

Roger Norris

#2
March 26, 2014, 05:33:00 PM
"Going Up North" was the best....you know it Bonebuster.
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"Good Lord....well, your new name is Sledge."
Ron LaClair upon seeing the destruction of his new lock on the east gate

"A man that cheats in the woods will cheat anywhere"
G. Fred Asbell

ron w

#3
March 26, 2014, 05:39:00 PM
Good stuff......my uncle Herb got me started on the path in the mid 60's.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

Sawpilot 75

#4
March 26, 2014, 06:11:00 PM
Its amazing the effect our mentors had on us when we were young. I have a few old pics like this of me with my uncles and grandfather when they started me bowhunting when I was very young. Great picture and thanks for posting it.

Keith Zimmerman

#5
March 26, 2014, 06:20:00 PM
Great pic.  I didnt have any close mentors.  My brother and I started shooting archery/recurves at 16.  It was just us.  Our mentors were Glenn St Charles, Chuck Adams, Wensels, Fred Bear, Jim Dougherty, and several others.  We both have stuck with it and have an addiction with it.  Its been 31 years now.

habujohn

#6
March 26, 2014, 06:58:00 PM
Roger great story, brings back memories.  Up north for us was my uncles place in Hammond Bay, just off the ocqueoc river.  My dad shot a Bear super mag, my brother and I Kodiak hunters.  My second home was Royal Oak Archers.
habujohn

Roger Norris

#7
March 26, 2014, 07:26:00 PM
I took this picture today. The top bow in the rack is the same bow my Dad was holding in the vintage pic. Lord knows how many deer and rabbits it has taken...

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"Good Lord....well, your new name is Sledge."
Ron LaClair upon seeing the destruction of his new lock on the east gate

"A man that cheats in the woods will cheat anywhere"
G. Fred Asbell

#8
March 26, 2014, 08:31:00 PM
You are not old, cause I am not old, and you are younger than me!

Cool pic!

Bisch

jackdaw

#9
March 26, 2014, 08:32:00 PM
Great stuff Roger....thank you..!!! I have some of my father in the late 50's and earlier 60's...
John Getz:........... Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like bananas.
Ed HOLCOMB 59' KODIAK 51#
Ed HOLCOMB 59' KODIAK 47#
67'1/2  BEAR SUPER K  44#
WILSON BROTHERS BLACK WIDOW 60" 45#
LONGRIVER ELK 62" LONGBOW 53#
1967 WING 62" SLIMLINE 43#

dragonheart

#10
March 26, 2014, 08:33:00 PM
I hope your memories never fade.     :)
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dragonheart

#11
March 26, 2014, 08:34:00 PM
Really like that vintage photo.     :thumbsup:
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Cyclic-Rivers

#12
March 26, 2014, 09:21:00 PM
Cool photo Roger!
Relax,

You'll live longer!

Charlie Janssen

PBS Associate Member
Wisconsin Traditional Archers


>~TGMM~> <~Family~Of~The~Bow~<

Knawbone

#13
March 26, 2014, 09:37:00 PM
Cool stuff, I know what you mean about getting old!Started with a solid fiberglass bow and woodies in 1966. I was 7 years old. Shot my first critter at age 8. Great photo, thanks for sharing Roger. You brought back some memories! I'm far from old yet, lots of hunt left in this dog!
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HHA W Special 66" 52@26
HHA W Special 68" 56@28
GN Bushbow 64" 56@29
21st Street Chinook 64" 58@28
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NittanyRider

#14
March 27, 2014, 06:59:00 AM
Priceless!  Thanks for sharing.

Jon Stewart

#15
March 27, 2014, 07:09:00 AM
Good stuff Roger.  Having and using your dads bow is the best.

Lucas K

#16
March 27, 2014, 10:43:00 AM
great picture! Lots of good memories I bet.
Lucas Kent

mike g

#17
March 27, 2014, 10:54:00 AM
As a kid, I had no mentors to teach me.
  Any of remember not using a nock on the string or even knowing what spine was....
  Any Arrow was a good arrow....
"TGMM Family of the Bow"

medic77

#18
March 27, 2014, 02:33:00 PM
I love old photo threads.
You're Off to Great PLACES!
     Today is YOUR day!
You're MOUNTAIN is Waiting.
 So....Get on Your WAY!  - Dr. Seuss

buckeyebowhunter

#19
March 27, 2014, 08:55:00 PM
Awesome Roger! Thanks for sharing    :thumbsup:
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