Trip down memory lane

[JerseyMike]

Was at my mom's house for Christmas Eve dinner and was talking hunting and how proud she was of my daughter taking her buck.   My mom then told me some of my original hunting gear was still in the basement.

Talk about a memory rush.  The stool in the photo was my first hunting stool I used when making make shift ground blinds hunting Turkey Swamp WMA,  the old Easton arrows in the Kwikee Quiver still tipped with Thunderhead 100gr  broadheads, still razor sharp and finally, my Larry D. Jones elk bugle I used in 1993 on my first and only Elk hunt so far in Colorado.  The guided Elk hunt was a High School graduation present paid for by my Grandpa.  I used a 60lb Bear Recurve for that trip.  Didn't kill an Elk but one of the best hunting experiences of my life, second to watching my daughter kill her buck.  My whitetail bow at the time was a 50lb Bear takedown Recurve.

Sorry for the rant, just thought I'd share

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by JerseyMike

[Barney Rubble]

nice! Thank God for basements and Mom's that do not throw stuff away.

[JerseyMike]

Just now, Barney Rubble said:

nice! Thank God for basements and Mom's that do not throw stuff away.

Absolutely!

[Recurve hntr]

That’s awesome!

[JerseyMike]

12 minutes ago, Recurve hntr said:

That’s awesome!

Thanks buddy

[Hunter115522]

Very cool Mike 

[BowhunterNJ]

Very cool!  I grew up hunting TSP, many many many fond memories there with my dad.  Truly miss those days!

[Roon]

Very cool, I've been hunting since 87 I still have and use some stuff from then, I have two pairs of rocky boots I bought back in 92 that I still wear early season both have been resouled once and believe it or not a one piece mossy oak suit that I got in 91 that I had to wear last year and this because my new suit that is 14 years old was soaked from sitting in the rain. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones that can wear clothes other than socks from 20 + years ago lol

Edited December 26, 2024 by Roon

[JerseyMike]

29 minutes ago, Hunter115522 said:

Very cool Mike 

Thanks bro

[JerseyMike]

27 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Very cool!  I grew up hunting TSP, many many many fond memories there with my dad.  Truly miss those days!

I definitely miss those early days. Big deer in there

[JerseyMike]

1 minute ago, Roon said:

Very cool, I've been hunting since 87 I still have and use some stuff from then, I have two pairs of rocky boots I bought back in 82 that I still wear early season both have been resouled once and believe it or not a one piece mossy oak suit that I got in 91 that I had to wear last year and this because my new suit that is 14 years old was soaked from sitting in the rain. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones that can wear clothes other than socks from 20 + years ago lol

Thats great man!!

[BowhunterNJ]

1 minute ago, JerseyMike said:

I definitely miss those early days. Big deer in there

I wish I knew then what I know now!

[BHC]

Memories last forever 

Kwikke Kiver been using them since I started bow hunting back in 1980, and still use them on certain crossbows..simple design 

[JerseyMike]

12 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

I wish I knew then what I know now!

Hahaha. Right!!!

[JerseyMike]

11 minutes ago, BHC said:

Memories last forever 

Kwikke Kiver been using them since I started bow hunting back in 1980, and still use them on certain crossbows..simple design 

Yup, always good gear