Forums46
Topics537,785
Posts9,729,109
Members87,042
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Hunting clothing passed down to you
#6544877
11/15/16 07:44 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 22,252
Texas Dan
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 22,252 |
Hunters often enjoy mentioning old shotguns or rifles that were handed down to them by a family member. But occasionally, you find a guy who enjoys wearing his dad's or granthfather's old hunting coat or jacket. While it's something to which I can't relate since my dad never hunted, I can see where others could greatly cherish such clothing as a remembrance to the times they shared in the outdoors with their loved ones.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6544895
11/15/16 07:53 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 5,067
titan2232
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 5,067 |
My father and grandfather's guns is enough for me. Probably not gonna wear my grandpas old black and red checkered shirt
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6544921
11/15/16 08:13 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 12,861
PMK
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 12,861 |
when I was about 7 or 8, my feet were growing so fast and my dad gave me a pair of good redwing insulated hunting boots that I wore one season before I outgrew them. I passed my dad in height & weight by the time I was about 9-10 years old, so it would be hard for him to pass clothing down to me, maybe the other way around.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6544951
11/15/16 08:32 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 13,203
CCBIRDDOGMAN
Bird Herder
|
Bird Herder
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 13,203 |
yeah, my dad was about half my size. I did keep a jacket of his, a hat that he quail hunted in though and I inherited all his guns. (only had one sibling, a sister who is a meth head felon that cant have any guns anyway) I gave a shotgun and pistol to one of my nieces boyfriend and his coveralls to my oldest neices boyfriend and I gave his AR-15 to my oldest niece. Everything that I end up with (still not done cleaning stuff out) I will cherish forever. No matter what it is. If I already have the same item, I'm selling mine and keeping his.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6545005
11/15/16 09:07 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 17,721
Txduckman
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 17,721 |
Yes but apparantly they didn't eat as much fast food back then...
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6545021
11/15/16 09:19 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,267
Sirrah243
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,267 |
I inherited my friends cammo clothes because he got fat, actually I should say fatter, than me at least
�A hunt based only on the trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.� -Fred Bear
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6545212
11/15/16 11:30 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 626
Mako My Day
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 626 |
My son was wearing his Grandpa's Eddie Bauer coat when he shot his first deer, made the memory extra special.
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6545537
11/16/16 02:32 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,102
Bbear
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,102 |
I have 2 of my Dad's old Pendleton wool shirts as well as a few of his coats.
[IMG][/IMG]
Pay it forward - Kids are the future.
Rifles are similar to boats and young women...there's no end to how much money you can pour into them without making them any more useful.
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6547685
11/17/16 03:40 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806
Deerhunter61
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806 |
I inherited an old coat of my Paw Paws and I think I might have worn it once. He left me his pocket watch and that's what has the most value to me.
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6547721
11/17/16 04:13 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,534
redchevy
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,534 |
Have a bunch. As a kid we had a hunter orange hooded jacket my mother brother and I all wore when we went with dad. Dad had a hunter orange suit that was a promotional thing of some kind as it had a big ditch witch logo on the back of it that we all wore till we were too tall for it. Maybe some will consider it weird, but when my grandfather passed away the family got together and split up his stuff. My brother and I were the only ones that fit in the clothes, we took home several pairs of like new wrangler jeans and more button up and pearl snap shirts than you could count. It makes me smile now when I get dressed at the ranch and put one of his old shirts on, although there are not many left now, they are slowly getting worn out and thrown away.
It's hell eatin em live
|
|
|
Re: Hunting clothing passed down to you
[Re: Texas Dan]
#6547819
11/17/16 05:26 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,872
GLC
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,872 |
I was handed down my Father in Laws insulated camo coveralls a couple of years ago after he passed. He had purchased them back in 1995 to go on a hunt with me in New Mexico. Had a blizzard hit us that day and we barley made it out. Still, fond memories of us being there together.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|