Deer hunting pictures from 1940

[lazydrifter]

Here are a couple of pictures from Eastern Oregon in 1940.  It was my dad's 1st buck. He took it in to have it mounted and he got drafted into the army.  When He got home the shop was closed and he could never find it.  The 2nd picture is of his buck on the left, which he told me once was a 6X4. The buck on the right was his brothers 4 point.  The buck in the middle was a winter kill he found. It was a 15X13.  When you blow the picture up it is just amazing.  My dad passed away about 5 years ago and I tried to find the big winterkill horns but they had been destroyed in a fire at his bothers house some years before.  I guess this is what pictures are for and what memories are made of.

[agchawk]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! I love lookin' at those old hunting pics. It is too bad that the big winter kill rack isn't still around, it looks like a real bruiser

[Wea300mag]

Those are some amazing classic pics, thanks for putting those up.

[Red Dawg]

there it is, great pics and story. Like everyone else I love to see those vintage pics from the good ole days.

[huntnphool]

Thanks for sharing, those are very cool.

[WAPITIHUNTER]

Those old photos are always a pleasure to look at. Thanks for posting. Oregon sure had some nice bucks back in those days.

[Aneoakleaf]

Thanks wapiti. Treasures well worth sharing! Great bucks!
Did you grow up hunting with your dad?

[lazydrifter]

I did. We lived in Walla Walla until I was 10 and I remember as just a little tyke trailing along with my dad. Packing my BB gun. Finally started hunting when I was 12 and we had a lot of great hunting trips together.  My other 2 bothers never got the hunting or fishing bug like me.  They did some but not with the intensity I did.

[PacificNWhunter]

 

[boneaddict]

OUTSTANDING....Thanks for Sharing.  Vintage photos are the BEST!

[robodad]

I wouldn't be caught dead riding around in that hunting rig today !!  Oh I see the bucks now !! 

[blacktailer]

Cool pics and thanks for posting.  The winterkill sure has a lot of mass and some nice browtines!!!

[Guy]

Great old photos! Thanks for sharing!

[fc2038]

Thats pretty cool. Those are some old photos

[WAPITIHUNTER]

Thanks wapiti. Treasures well worth sharing! Great bucks!
Did you grow up hunting with your dad?

My most memorable hunts were with dad. He started bringing us along at a very young age.

I have a step Grandfather that lived in Oregon and my Mom and step dad live in Bend, Or. They both shot some beautiful bucks down there over the years. Dwight, my grandfather shot some giant bucks back in the 60's but unfortunatley he was hunting for meat and he ended up giving the antlers away. They were like that middle buck on the truck in your picture.