Stanley

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[dreaming bucks]

[dan]

Thanks Stan. That was a great read!

[Dor]

Sounds pretty similar to the stories most of my mentors have told from those years. Good stuff!

[evangorp]

[Dewey]

Very interesting history Stanley!

I really enjoy hearing stories from way back when just seeing deer was a challenge. Makes me appreciate what we have now even though we tend to complain more than we should. Hunters back in those days truly were diehards and have all of my respect.

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[Southern Man]

I finally got into some real deer in 1971 I was stationed (Coast Guard) in Kentucky on the Mississippi river bottoms. .

Stanley, where in KY were you stationed?

[Stanley]

I finally got into some real deer in 1971 I was stationed (Coast Guard) in Kentucky on the Mississippi river bottoms. .

Stanley, where in KY were you stationed?

Hickman, right on the Mississippi river.

[Stanley]

Very interesting history Stanley!

I really enjoy hearing stories from way back when just seeing deer was a challenge. Makes me appreciate what we have now even though we tend to complain more than we should. Hunters back in those days truly were diehards and have all of my respect.

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You know that was just how it was, we thought nothing about not seeing a deer, any deer. My dad was a rural carrier for the post office. He ran country roads 6 days a week for years. Only a couple times did he come home and say he saw a deer. The numbers were just so low you just didn't see one.

[cwoods]

Very cool story Stan

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[PLB]

Awesome story Stanley!!

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[Edcyclopedia]

Very interesting history Stanley!

I really enjoy hearing stories from way back when just seeing deer was a challenge. Makes me appreciate what we have now even though we tend to complain more than we should. Hunters back in those days truly were diehards and have all of my respect.

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[glow=red]You know that was just how it was, we thought nothing about not seeing a deer, any deer.[/glow] My dad was a rural carrier for the post office. He ran country roads 6 days a week for years. Only a couple times did he come home and say he saw a deer. The numbers were just so low you just didn't see one.

Anytime you want that old time feeling come on up to NH - I can show you 5 deer / sq mi.

Love reading your stories Stan - thanks for your time buddy!!!

[bonemonger]

Stan your story has a similar path as mine. i hunted for 8 or 9 years before i saw my first buck. saw my first deer while hunting in 1966 or 1967 in mississippi and it was a doe. hunted for four years in OHIO before i saw my first deer. that was from 1972 to 1976. when young guys cry about deer numbers i just roll my eyes and tell them they are spoiled by the years of inflated deer populations. i dont think anyone under fifty years of age really knows how few deer we had.

[whitetail007]

neat story, i like to hear how things have changed from back in the day. i guess we have it pretty good now.

[Uncle Lou]

so you cut down apple trees, did you ever tell a lie?

Just messing. Great Read Stanley.

What was your first compound and when did you get it?