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Camp 20yrs ago.A few have passed. 8pt with my 308F.

Great old picture. You guys look pretty pleased with yourselves. Cold and wet too. I have some old pictures also, but without 99's, sad to say.

Nice.

A fine looking specimen.

The deer that is...

Very cool!

That's a cool picture. Love the plaid coats.
Thanks for sharing.

My wife say's...Your beard is black and you had teeth!!!!

Photos like this really take me back. I still have my Pennsylvania tuxedo in a footlocker up at camp.

Wool is nice, but not practical in all places.

The last time that I wore wool while deer hunting in Nebraska I got so many burrs stuck to it that it looked like 3-D applique camo and took several hours to pick most of them out.

I got a green/black plaid Bagle Wear jacket for Christmas 2004 and have it packed away for when I can put it to good use back in NH. When I was a kid it was a big deal when a boy got his Johnson Wool jacket in green/black or red/black plaid and Spruce Green pants before their coming of age deer season.

Great pic! Where in the 'Dacks?

I still wear Woolrich. Nothing better than wool to keep me warm. Ask Joe and 99guy, they beheld my self in sartorial splendor last weekend at Joe's camp in WV.

Now that I think about it I'm not sure where my ancient camo stuff is located. Deer can't see for crap anyway so why bother? Fashion, I suppose.

Same here! I wear Woolrich red & Black coat and a Kromer Hat red & Black with the orange vest! Gotta love Wool!

Indian Lake,Hamilton County

Unless it’s raining. Believe I still have a set of pink thermals somewhere that took on the color after I spent the entire first day of PA bear season hunting in a cold, driving rain wearing Woolrich tops and bottoms. The Woolrich must have also weighed 50 or so pounds.

There's a coincidence! My only NY hunting was on Indian Lake back in the 80's. Cabin on lake shore midway up, West shore (naturally). Bought a rifle from Don Hamilton at Pumpkin Mountain Gun shop once. Miss the spot terribly.

Very nice!!

Cool squeeler, but I see the screws aren't indexed on your 308. What gives?

Neat picture-like those re/black wool jackets. Have always wanted one of those.

When I was coming up as a young lad in the Adirondacks we only wore Woolrich and Malone wool in those open hardwood forests.

I moved to central Pa in 1987 it didn't take me long to realize that wool was a magnet for burdock, hitchhikers and briers.

When I moved to SE Pa in 1997 I realized wool was no match for multiflori rose and autumn olive either. Only the most tightly woven Carhart canvas cloths and waste high snake chaps can get you through that stuff without blood running.

All that being said, I still have my wool up in the closet in a garment bag with a box of moth balls just in case I ever move back to Upstate NY

Fat chance.

Cool photo! Is the pic of brothers and uncles?
Looks like a family resemblance.
What is the hat the 2nd guy on the right has on?
That hat looks warm.

I have camp pictures from 20 years ago. Where did the time go?

Cool photo. No shortage of packing help there.

No family. Two policemen,printer,sanitation man(garbologist),union electrician,air traffic controller,and me union Boilermaker.This was late 1980's.

I'm a retired (3 yrs) electrician, local #3. Have a couple of buddies from #638. I wonder if I ever worked on any projects in Manhattan with you or your buddy. I used to ride the 4:06 out of Ronkonkoma every morning.

Worked in every Con-ed plant,built all the Co-Gen's and Garbage plant's on the Island.Retired also,Son is now in the business.Lived in Brentwood 35-40yrs.Worked with hundred's of 638 fitter's and every other trade.Couple of year's building Shoreham.

Do You still go? Over toward Cedar River Flow, back in toward Kings Flow, or up in the Gooley club land?

That's all big woods up there, you can walk a loooong way looking for deer tracks

Where the Indian meet's the Hudson.

Curious as a cat about something. In the picture at the start of this thread most are wearing a wool red/black coat. There were some comments about that style/type of coat following. Raised and living in the Midwest, not to many hunters wear them, although you see someone wearing one once in a while. I've always admired them, especially growing up in the 60's viewing them in outdoor and hunting magazines and seeing vintage gun adverts of hunters wearing them. Quite a bit of the time the hunters were carrying Savage 99's and/or Remington 8/81's /Winchester 94's. A lot of the reason for my having two 99's and two 81's besides that fact they are good quality firearms.

Anyway my question is I've searched the web and see the red/black wool coats are available from several outlets; Woolrich, Filson, LL Bean, and Johnson Woolen. Just curious, which of these different brands are the best as far as quality, durability, and originality? Maybe they're all made in the same plant or several mills. I see also that there are several different patterns, some with more bold black horizonal and vertical stripes, some with smaller stripes in-between the larger ones. Some having a brighter red, others a more subdued red. Wonder what style of those are more original? I've also seen the wool coats that were green and black wool. Are these more popular in certain area's? I wouldn't mind having one of the red/black, but as some penned after moving to Midwest areas they put em away due to weed sticking problems. I can attest to that. Here in the Midwest where I live (Iowa) pounding the brush and timber is bad enough at times wearing non wool getting cockleburs, burdock, and stick tights on ya. Cockleburs are bad, but they are one big burr, not to bad to take off. Those daxxed burdock and stick tights are the scourge of nature. The burdock spears bury themselves in deep and those stick tights are like a miniature lobster with their two claws. If I'd get a wool coat it be probably worn non hunting or just hunt areas where I wouldn't get attacked. Just wondering! Like those coats!

Don't know anything about the current production for these clothes brands, but I continue to wear 60 year-old Woolrich and Johnson wool hunting pants every season, and a 60-year old pair of Maine duck boots still shed water.

Deer are color-blind but can pick out your hand moving up to wipe your nose at 70 yards, so large panels of contrasting light and dark, has always been very workable woods deer camouflage

If you have more money than you know what to do with, go Filson. The lifetime warranty is good with no hassle, quality is outstanding and most if not all of their jackets are made in the US unless something had changed in the last year or two.

I have some Woolrich stuff too. I'm not very impressed with the newer products. But I have an old red and black, insulated wool upland hunting jacket that is my favorite bird coat by a long ways.

All Filson & Woolrich in the club.

Can’t speak to the Filson, but the new production Woolrich can’t hold a candle to the older stuff. Whole outfits of the old stuff regularly show up at the flea markets for $50.00-$60.00. It can also be found on eBay.
When we hunted the Adirondacks some of the natives would wear the green Buffalo plaid. Have looked for some of the green for years, but nothing in my size. Should have bought some green Beagle Wear before they went out of business.

Ted,

Don't know what you're willing to spend, but it is out there. I bought from this retailer before. They carry some good quality.

https://www.hnwilliams.com/Johnson-Wool-Checkered-Green-Plaid-Hunting-Coat.html

I was at the Woolrich factory outlet in Woolrich, PA last fall looking for a superkingsize wool blanket. Was told that would need to be sewed and sewing doesn't happen in PA anymore. Apparently the clothing line is made overseas somewhere. The blankets are still made in PA. though.

Most Woolrich products are made in China now and can' compare to the old Made in the USA stuff. I still wear mine from 1965.

Mike

The old Woolrich was the best. Haven't bought anything from them in 20 years so can't speak to the quality now.

35 years ago, my parents bought me a green and black plaid jacket that over time I just plain wore out. My mother sewed patches on the elbows for me (who does that anymore?) and still wore it until it just finally was nothing more than a collection of wool thread. I still have a pair of their wool Malone pants. I remember when I bought them probably 20 years ago I bought size 36" because they didn't have 32" or 34" and just cinched them up with a belt and suspenders

They must have shrunk a whole lot in the past 20 years cause now I can barely get them buttoned.

They are still up in my closet in a garment bag full of moth balls. Bust them out every once and a while when it is really cold and I don't have to bust through briars.

Thanks for the info all. I had a red/blk Woolrich wool shirt some forty years ago, was a warm one on the bow stand. Time was wearing it out and not sure what did happen to it. I looked on eBay and there is an assortment of red/blk wool coats from various manufacturers, but most are a medium size, a few large with some issues. I normally wear a large 44/46 but figured with extra clothes on I'd need a XL. None on eBay. Might have to order new, pricey, but not a whole lot different than buying a quality leather coat.. Like the green and black also.

Those prices crack me up

I finally wore out my buffalo plaid heavy wool shirt and threw it away last week. From the looks of those prices I'll have to settle for a lighter shirt that I already have. Unfortunately, none of them are buffalo plaid. I was wearing this shirt when I killed the elk on Thursday. Not only does it have a hole in the elbow but it doesn't have the class of a buffalo plaid.

That looks like some good eat'n, David!

Squealer, what was the deer density then as compared to now. powdr

There seem's to be more now than back then.More younger buck's seem to be taken now,but the big boy's are still there strictly nocturnal.Here are a few checking their scrape's at night never seen in the daytime by 6 hunter's 8 straight day's!! Damn camera's.

Yup, the old smart ones are bedded down in deep cover before sunup and stay put until sundown.

I have similar pictures in my hunting area. You would swear they're aren't any big bucks around if it weren't for cameras. I sit during the day from before sunup to well after sundown, until there are blisters on my ass without seeing the deer I know are there.

Going to try again tomorrow

They are ghosts.

A tactic I employ while deer stand hunting is to toss out 6-10 plain yelps of a turkey a few times an hour.
It has a calming effect on the deer woods. When animals think turkeys are around it means it's safe with no predators.
If nothing else you may have some turkeys to watch.

Hound dogs will get them out of their beds.