Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities
Dawn in a Duckblind
Listen in the comfort of home, and avoid the cold and wet.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 27, 2022 -
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Category: Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s
Dead Bird Decoy Holder
When a wooden or plastic decoy just won't do!Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 12, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Imitations, Forgeries, Rip-offs and Faux, Patents, 1910s
Fur Queens of the Manitoba Trappers Festival
A while back, we had a look at Manitoba's Trout Festival "Mermaid Queens."Now we have their regal compatriots, the Fur Queens.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 25, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, 1960s, North America
Follies of the Mad Men #530
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 18, 2022 -
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Category: Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1960s
Wearable Boat
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 30, 2021 -
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Category: Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Inventions, Chindogu, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1930s
How Not to Get Your Nose Blown Off When It Is Mistaken for a Deer’s Tail
I do not see that Kleenex makes these in 2019.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 03, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Body, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, 1960s
Three Thousand Deer Trophies
[Click to enlarge]
Original pic here.
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 27, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Royalty, 1930s, Europe
Capturing Lions by Aeroplane
"The odor of gasoline indicates great wealth and to this they show due respect." So then: nothing has changed in the Middle East in nearly 100 years!
Cautionary note: numerous lions were hurt in the making of this film.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 28, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Air Travel and Airlines, 1920s
Happy Thanksgiving 2014!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 27, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Food, Guns, Holidays, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Sex Symbols
Fur Trapping the Boy Scout Way
Not quite a century ago, apparently enough Boy Scouts indulged in fur trapping that a big fur company felt compelled to advertise to them.
What would PETA say if the Scouts did that today?
Wait a minute... They still kinda do!
From Boys' Life for February 1919.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 23, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Twentieth Century
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