Me in my 1940’s deer-hunting outfit...

Old No7 · Post by **Old No7** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:24 pm

U B stylin' now!

I have a similar old set, but in a different red plaid. Mime weighs about 20# or so, but will keep me warm if I get wet. How heavy is your set?

Good luck on the opener!

Old No7

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:37 pm

Lookin' sharp, Elmer Fudd has nothing over you.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:39 pm

Dang! I must be gettin' old as I remember that outfit (very nice and proper you look) as "contemporary". Of course, that was when I was a kid in the sixties. All of the "old heads" at the hunting camp wore that.--------Sixgun

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:41 pm

Wooking for dat wabbit

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:43 pm

Reminds me of my uncle's hiking outfits. Mebbe someone makes (or will make) a similarly-constructed and pattern outfit using 'orange' instead of the red, so you don't need the separate vest.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:51 pm

Very dapper.

A lot of guys are going to be wondering if you're comfortable hunting in your pajamas.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:56 pm

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Ray Newman · Post by **Ray Newman** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:00 pm

I don’t hunt anymore.

But growing up back in New York, it seemed like everyone wore the Woolrich red and black jacket and trousers. A few, like my father and his buddies, Vinny Schweitzer and Ole Ferrona, even had the matching Woolrich wool hat. I only had the Woolrich hunting jacket that later was passed on to a relative. No matter how hard the wind blew or how low the thermometer dropped, I never was cold when wearing the Woolrich jacket: a huge collar that turned up almost over the ears and hand warmer pockets on the sides.

I’ve been sitting here and thinking. Hard to believe that was all back in 1963. Walk into the North Branch Inn (No. Branch, NY) and Woolrich red and black lined the bar, the air filled with cigarette, pipe, and cigar smoke, laughter, and tales of the day’s hunt and those of previous years. Thanksgiving week was the big week to go afield. My grandparents’ farmhouses were filled with relatives coming home for the holiday and the hunt. It was a great time to grow up....

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:22 pm

A old memory here. Back in the 1950s my mom, dad and I were deer hunting back home in wisconsin. It was a area that had canals probley for cranberrys. We came to a beaver dam. Dad started across, turned to ma and said give me your gun, your gonna fall in! Shure enough, she fell in! She was soaked, it was very cold and she went back to the car by herself. Later some other hunters come by laughing how some woman was sitting in her car with the engine and heater running with cloths like that pinched in the windows trying to dry them out. Dad wouldnt admit that he was married to her. She was mad at him for quite awhile for not walking back with her and cutting the hunt short.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:34 pm

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KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 6:00 pm

Wow. That hunting outfit does bring back memories of the good old days. Thanks for posting that photo.

Post by **Hobie** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:04 pm

How it ought to be.

GonnePhishin · Post by **GonnePhishin** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:19 pm

Do you ever go wabbit hunting???

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:23 pm

Liking it! It's fun to replicate an era.
I went for an earlier 20s look with this outfit, Filson wool coat, riding pants, Bean knee-high boots, Stetson fedora:

I apologize if I posted it before. I just don't recomember.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:42 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Liking it! It's fun to replicate an era.
I went for an earlier 20s look with this outfit, Filson wool coat, riding pants, Bean knee-high boots, Stetson fedora:

I apologize if I posted it before. I just don't recomember.

Very Classy! It always tickled me how the Old Gentlemen Hunters wore ties...

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:58 pm

Great looking wool outfit, I growed up in Wis. hunting in the 60s we all had the red & black wool
still have a bunch of wool, but the old stuff wore out years ago, cutting logs was hard on clothes

ollogger

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 8:23 pm

I am digging those lucky suspenders!

pokey · Post by **pokey** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 8:53 pm

memories? replicate?

i still wear one of these.

http://www.filson.com/products/double-m ... oduct=1011

guess i'm lost in time, a winchester '94 and a wool coat.
anachronism?

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 9:37 pm

Looks good mike. Good luck monday

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 9:37 pm

looks great!
had the same one!....
somehow..it disappeared

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:36 pm

Looking sharp!

kaschi · Post by **kaschi** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:59 pm

Looks awesome! Reminds me of the attire the local elders wore hunting when I was knee high to them.

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:34 pm

Nice 40's stylin', Mike. That out to bring a big old buck in just out of sentimentality! Does your beautiful Mrs have a stylish hunting outfit, too? Pic!!!

Good hunting

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:53 am

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cshold · Post by **cshold** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:07 am

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MrMurphy · Post by **MrMurphy** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:30 am

People forget the 'sport' coat was (shocking) invented for sport. Which back then, meant hunting. Thus why 'real' sport coats have functional buttons and collars that can button.

Tweed was invented as hard wearing field clothing and early camoflauge for the same reason, and those leather patches were to keep your arms dry braced on the ground or elsewhere, also because they're hard-use spots.

Wool may be old-school, but it's still highly functional.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:53 am

I'm speechless.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:36 am

Still in style round these parts. Not the plaid pants so much but i know a couple that still wear em. Many here, myself included, wear Johnson red or green and black checked jackets. These are the small checks and the jacket is unlined. You wear an underlayer as the temperature dictates. For pants its the solid green Johnson wool pants.
I've tried everthing over the years including the latest greatest outfits from Cabela's etc. and nothing works as well for quietness, light weight and ease of movement. The only exception I could see would be stand hunting.

grouse · Post by **grouse** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:00 am

All that's missing is the pack of Lucy Strikes.....

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:11 pm

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horsesoldier03 · Post by **horsesoldier03** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:58 pm

I think I can safely say that todays deer would never suspect you were a hunter!

I dont have the pants and jacket, but I have a wool hat that would match your outfit perfect!

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:06 pm

Excellent photo's gents

Nath.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:20 pm

Bill in Oregon wrote:Liking it! It's fun to replicate an era.
I went for an earlier 20s look with this outfit, Filson wool coat, riding pants, Bean knee-high boots, Stetson fedora:

I apologize if I posted it before. I just don't recomember.

Bill, The picture is perfect. The English dog fits right in..............but........................you need a double barrel of some sort, preferably a WC Scott or a Purdy.

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:00 pm

casastahle wrote:Some of you may recall back last winter my quest for a vintage wool plaid hunting
outfit. Decided I better try it on to make sure everything is good to go for the Monday
morning opener. It isn’t the 40’s anymore, so I have to do the orange hat & vest to be
legal for hunting in today’s world.

Okay so if you're gonna play the part 100% which pocket you got the little sterling sliver flask hid in

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:02 pm

Sixgun wrote: you need a double barrel of some sort, preferably a WC Scott or a Purdy.

W&C Scott's , WW Greener and Westley Richards I got !

Purdy's , Boss and Hollands I ain't gravitated to yet

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:32 am

all i can say is...DUDE... :)

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:07 pm

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hfcable · Post by **hfcable** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:34 pm

pokey wrote:memories? replicate?

i still wear one of these.

http://www.filson.com/products/double-m ... oduct=1011

guess i'm lost in time, a winchester '94 and a wool coat.
anachronism?

me too...got a red and black one, a solid grey one, and the blue and black plaid one.. as well as a vermont woolen mills green and black plaid. they are every day going-to-work wear for me. tho if its really cold i do have a huge Marmot down coat i get out

jh45gun · Post by **jh45gun** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:20 pm

Nice Outfit. While in WI a lot of guys had the Jackets like that black and red check, but most wore wool pants that looked like this since they used them for other out door activities including work. http://cdni.llbean.com/is/image/wim/250 ... VePxvTlaYu

Some had the matching pants of the red and black check but most had the pants I showed or they were plain dark green. Or they had all red wool jackets and pants. While a classic look it was dangerous with the black and red check as in the early morning or late afternoon shooting hours that outfit looked about black. A lot of guys in WI still use the pants I shown and then have a blaze orange jacket and hat. IN WI your top 50% must be blaze orange and there has been discussion of the blaze orange and camo not being a good choice as it is not all orange.

Rube Burrows · Post by **Rube Burrows** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:17 pm

Great style guys.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:40 pm

Did ya have your old fashion hand warmer.

Notice the plaid hat on the guy on the box.

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:03 pm

I have an acquaintance (brother of a once-upon-a-time coworker) who was shot while wearing ALL blaze orange. I.e., it was head to ankle (hat, coat and pants). Silly fool wore white socks and brown 6" shoes so when he crawled under a fence, while surrounded by other hunters, somebody shot him in the ankle and said he thought it was a white-tail, what with the white and brown. Somehow he ignored the other hunters and the rest of the guy in blaze orange. I have personally sat on a logging road and had hunters walk past me only to be shocked when I spoke to them. I have absolutely zero confidence in blaze orange. Yes, I do wear it, it is the law.

jh45gun · Post by **jh45gun** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:32 pm

Well is still better than red and black check or the old red wool. Read an article once that said they should have went with bright yellow. Not sure how good that would have been either. Any one that shoots at a area the size of a foot and ankle with out seeing anything else should not be hunting. I think you could have a hard hat on with a revolving red or blue flashing bubble on it and some darn fool still might shoot you. Some folks loose all brains when they THINK they see a deer.

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:22 am

I dont know if I told this story before on this site or not. It was my first hunting season, probley 1953 when I was 12 years old. Central wisconsin near berlin. I had a single barrel 20 gauge iver johnson. Dad placed me in a thicket on the edge of a marsh maybe a 120 yards off a back road. It was the last hour on the last day of deer hunting. I saw a guy walking up the road towards his car. He stopped and shaded his eyes looking my direction. I guess I was probley sitting on a bog. I wondered was he looking at a me or a deer behind me that I couldnt see. All the sudden he raised his rifle and shot, I heard the bullet whiz past me! He had a winchester or marlin lever action and kept shooting untill he clicked on empty. I heard all 6 or so rounds whip all around me! When he clicked on empty I stood up. He ran for his car, threw the rifle in and scratched out. At that time in wisconsin that was a big no-no. You had to have your rifle cased when driveing.
Now you will ask why I didnt shoot back or holler. First I only had a single shot 20 guage and didnt have the confidence in the gun at that distance and knew I was in trouble if he reloaded and shot back. But the real reason was I was a 12 year old kid. You expect a adult to be smarter than you, and when he first started shooting I realy thought he was shooting at a deer behind me that I couldnt see. What can I say? Odds are big that I and my dad would have known him or his family as we were raised in the area. I am still positive he met to shoot me thinking I was a deer! I hunted wisconsin from 12 to 20 or so untill I moved west. (1953 to 1962.) I worked for the conservation department there for 6 months summer of 1962. In those days tree stands were illegal, now thats the way everyone hunts.

jh45gun · Post by **jh45gun** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:30 am

I too have heard bullets around me twice not a good feeling. One time I was about a 100 yards off a logging road and three deer ran in front of me and some one on the tote road shot at the deer not seeing me. I was ticked off and went out to the road after taking a detour keeping a ridge between me and him to come out farther down the road and found the old man and he admitted he shot at some deer. He was using a shotgun and I asked him how he liked it he said he could not see the sights on a rifle anymore so he just aimed down the barrel of that shotgun. I told him well old timer you might want to consider your hunting as I was behind those deer you were shooting at next time you could kill some one. I walked to my truck got in and left him staring at me. And yea I was wearing blaze orange but I doubt he could see that far as the deer were not that far off the road maybe 25 yards and I was at least an other 75 yards past that. I hope he thought long and hard about it. I will never forget it.

The other time the bullets were high over my head and I have no idea where they were coming from I think some one was shooting and not knowing where the bullets were going. That was not even in a hunting season.

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:16 am

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Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:52 am

I am thankfull we have evolved past the need to wear a tie while hunting.
Gobbler

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:44 pm

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