Good Ol’ Days vs. Today?

[Hammsolo]

Another post spurred this thought… Would you rather hunt during the old days or today? No loop holes! It’s you in one situation or another. No you can’t bring your boots back with you! This doesn’t involve people either. I know we all want our Ol’ Buddies with us wherever we go. It’s just you.

 

[Gerald Martin]

If it’s just me, good ole days about 15 years ago. I had way more drive and less on my mind distracting me while hunting.
I could go for days at a time without thinking of anything other than the hunt and my immediate surroundings.

 

[geewhiz]

This is the good ol' days

 

[SaskHunter]

If we're talking places like Wyoming, the good old days were like, two years ago...

 

[Schaaf]

This is the good ol' days

For what and who?

 

[2rocky]

Even if it meant hunting with an iron sighted Winchester I'd love to see the mule deer glory days of the 40-50-60's. Hunting around Thanksgiving as the 30" bucks migrated to winter range in WY.

 

[Hammsolo]

For what and who?

Great question. It’s up to your interpretation, but I was thinking specifically for you.

 

[geewhiz]

For what and who?

Well for the past few years for me and elk. Was talking with my dad the other day (with who I always spend a week in the hills during archery). The times that we have spent in the elk woods in the past few years will forever go down in the books as "the good ol days" for us. That's for sure.

I think peoples' perception of the good old days changes depending on the company they keep, where they find themselves hunting, and a plethora of other factors that change from year to year.

You may have had a hunting party that just jived and happened into a sweet area for animals for a few years. To you that may go down in the books as the good ol days. For another person it may be a different timeframe for other reasons. For personal reasons, some of which I have mentioned, these last few years will undoubtedly go down in the books as "the good ol days" for me and my hunting party.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Id like to go back and hunt right before the Louisiana purchase.

 

[JEL]

I would take the 90's over now every time and twice on Sunday but where I was growing up in the 70's hunting wasn't that great. Going elk hunting seemed like an exotic pipe dream.

 

[geetar]

I’d give up a lot of things we have now to be able to sheep hunt in the lower 48 in the pre-draw era like Jack O’Connor did.

 

[hank4elk]

If your talking Mule deer,30 yrs ago or more. Elk. Now.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Id like to go back and hunt right before the Louisiana purchase.

The hunt success rates were phenomenal. Especially the great plains buffalo tag.

 

[Treeshark]

The hunt success rates were phenomenal. Especially the great plains buffalo tag.

True, even with archery and muzzleloader-only restrictions in place!

 

[.270Rem]

The hunt success rates were phenomenal. Especially the great plains buffalo tag.

No fees in the leftover draw either with lots of units undersubcribed.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Id like to go back and hunt right before the Louisiana purchase.

It’s a toss up between prior and just after….. I keep telling my wife I was born 200 years to late! Even though I probably be dead at this point in my life already
Matt

 

[Treeshark]

Reading about how excited Lewis and Clark were to finally get a decent meal (of dog) doesn’t sound awesome though…

 

[Corn king 60]

It’s a toss up between prior and just after….. I keep telling my wife I was born 200 years to late! Even though I probably be dead at this point in my life already
Matt

I tell my wife that exact same thing
and I’d be ok with the outcome

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

It’s a toss up between prior and just after….. I keep telling my wife I was born 200 years to late! Even though I probably be dead at this point in my life already
Matt

Same.

 

[2rocky]

Reading about how excited Lewis and Clark were to finally get a decent meal (of dog) doesn’t sound awesome though…

The Bitterroots were not that good back then....