Vintage, Idaho muley photo.

brutus54 · Apr 21, 2023

I pulled this off of Facebook muley freak, posted it …. One of the greatest vintage hunting photos ever taken.
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“Swan Valley, Idaho circa 1968. 4 buddies from California headed out in a brand new 2-wheel drive GMC in mid-December for an adventure, and an adventure they got! 6 stud bucks, none smaller than 170”. Photo & story via @ryanhatfield1972 - you can learn more by reading his book, “Idaho’s Greatest Mule Deer”.”

mdbrown · Apr 21, 2023

Excellent book for sure

yoteduster · Apr 21, 2023

One of my favorites...

idahomuleyhunter · Apr 21, 2023

Unfortunately they haven't stopped coming since.

eelgrass · Apr 21, 2023

Nice. They probably used the pay phone to call home to let their families know they were on the way.

Soj51hopeful · Apr 21, 2023

eelgrass said:
Nice. They probably used the pay phone to call home to let their families know they were on the way.

My high school sent out a card with a quarter when we turned 16 for use in a pay phone if we ever needed a sober ride.
Most of the quarters went towards beer.

huntindad4 · May 9, 2023

idahomuleyhunter said:
Unfortunately they haven't stopped coming since.

We need a crying emoji...

X7ahunter · May 9, 2023

Hale Charleton, Randy Lombardi, Harold Tweedle and the Barker boys. All guys from my hometown. Hale's dead, Tweedle I don't know about, Randy doesn't hunt anymore and the Barkers still kill some barn burners in areas that are hunted to death.

elkassassin · May 9, 2023

Look At That Technology!

A 2 Wheel Drive F'N Truck!

How'd They Ever Do That Without All This GADGETRY We Have Today?

I'd Gladly Trade It All For The Red Flannel Days!

woodruffhunter · May 9, 2023

elkassassin said:
Look At That Technology!

A 2 Wheel Drive F'N Truck!

How'd They Ever Do That Without All This GADGETRY We Have Today?

I'd Gladly Trade It All For The Red Flannel Days!

I thought that the pic was taken in Altamont

CHWino_1 · May 9, 2023

How about riding all that way 4 across on a bench seat? Hell we rode 3 across and I hated that!

huntindad4 · May 9, 2023

Lay in sleeping bags in the back and you could haul a couple more guys...

woodruffhunter · May 9, 2023

CHWino_1 said:
How about riding all that way 4 across on a bench seat? Hell we rode 3 across and I hated that!

Ha ha.... I thought about that as well. My dad and Uncles made the kids ride in the back of the truck. We did not know what a crew cab truck was.

2lumpy · May 9, 2023

CHWino_1 said:
How about riding all that way 4 across on a bench seat? Hell we rode 3 across and I hated that!

4 across was common in the 60’s. Comfort is expensive! ?

Buckfever34 · May 10, 2023

I’d give anything to go back to those “simpler” times.

Stillwater165 · May 10, 2023

I’m a product of the late 70’s but I sure do like those old pictures and stories. I’m guessing life was a heck of a lot simpler and pure back then ……….. born too late !

hossblur · May 10, 2023

Fill the back up with a load of wood, drive In reverse to hill climb?

hossblur · May 10, 2023

2lumpy said:
4 across was common in the 60’s. Comfort is expensive! ?

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2lumpy · May 10, 2023

Buckfever34 said:
I’d give anything to go back to those “simpler” times.

Stillwater165 said:
I’m a product of the late 70’s but I sure do like those old pictures and stories. I’m guessing life was a heck of a lot simpler and pure back then ……….. born too late !

Didn’t seem all that simple…… at the time.

East Germany, Cold War. Kennedy, Cuba, Assassinations, Johnson, Vietnam, Draft, Hippies, Kent State, Martin Luther, Malcohm X, KKK, Black Panthers, Street Riots, Burning Cities, Lynchings……… and that was all from 1960-1969.

Prior to the 1960s all folks had to stress about was the crash of 1929 and the Depression through the 1930s and the 1940s was a cake walk because that was World War II and the Korea War………. Ya, it’s tough now alright…….. maybe it’ll get easier and less stressful in the next decade.

You’d like to turn back the clock……?

hossblur · May 10, 2023

2lumpy said:
Didn’t seem all that simple…… at the time.

East Germany, Cold War. Kennedy, Cuba, Assassinations, Johnson, Vietnam, Draft, Hippies, Kent State, Martin Luther, Malcohm X, KKK, Black Panthers, Street Riots, Burning Cities, Lynchings……… and that was all from 1960-1969.

Prior to the 1960s all folks had to stress about was the crash of 1929 and the Depression through the 1930s and the 1940s was a cake walk because that was World War II and the Korea War………. Ya, it’s tough now alright…….. maybe it’ll get easier and less stressful in the next decade.

You’d like to turn back the clock……?

But we keep reading about how easy you "boomers" had it compared to the gen z kids

SDBugler · May 13, 2023

2lumpy said:
4 across was common in the 60’s. Comfort is expensive! ?

My dad had a 72 F250 4wd. It was the only vehicle that he ever bought new his entire life. It had a straight front axle with leaf springs - rode as rough as a damn farm tractor. I remember taking family vacations across the country with 5 of us and a dog across the bench set. We didn't complain - we just took turns straddling the "transmission hump". It doesn't seem that bad but it also included a manual transfer case shifter, and the transmission shifter was always down in your knees when going going down the road at cruising speed (which was a slow 55 mph interstate speed limit back then)!

We also took several hunting trips with 4 across bouncing around on rough back roads. And you couldn't lean your head back to take a nap because there was a gun rack in the back window with guns & bows hitting you in the back of the head - LOL

I loved those simple days.

For you young guys that don't know how cramped those old trucks were - here is pic of 72 F250. The middle guys had NO leg room!!!

CHWino_1 · May 13, 2023

Great post SD! Where's the seatbelts?

heywouldya · May 14, 2023

They killed some great bucks in Idaho and western Wyoming during the December hunts back then. We have racks laying around the shop from my wife's grandfather, that are once in a lifetime bucks for me. Wish I was there for those hunts!

littlebighorn · May 14, 2023

heywouldya said:
They killed some great bucks in Idaho and western Wyoming during the December hunts back then. We have racks laying around the shop from my wife's grandfather, that are once in a lifetime bucks for me. Wish I was there for those hunts!

Keep in mind most of those bucks were taken with open sighted 30-30s and nobody had binoculars...much less a range finder or Kuiu!

SDBugler · May 15, 2023

littlebighorn said:
Keep in mind most of those bucks were taken with open sighted 30-30s and nobody had binoculars...much less a range finder or Kuiu!

Very true! I remember as a teenager hunting mule deer and antelope with my 30-30 that my dad bought me used for my 15th birthday and a bear recurve with homemade wood arrows. That’s all we had back then.

muleybeast · May 15, 2023

Great times.

littlebighorn · May 15, 2023

SDBugler said:
Very true! I remember as a teenager hunting mule deer and antelope with my 30-30 that my dad bought me used for my 15th birthday and a bear recurve with homemade wood arrows. That’s all we had back then.

ditto,
My first deer was with a model 94 32 special.