Old Family Pics: My Hunting Heritage

I don't hunt (yet) but I come from a family that has lived off this land for generations. I recently got digital copies of some old family photos and included were ones of a successful deer hunt. I thought you guys would like them as well.

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My great-great uncle and my great uncle

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Who needs ATV's? Great grandfather with both my great uncles

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My great grandfather was a game warden for the Long Point Bay Company and died on the job in the late 70's. Both my uncles are still alive and the youngest one, in the middle photo, lives in Dover and still hunts and fishes.

Neat picture into the past. No camo, game cameras, scoped magnum rifles. Just a pump shotgun that likely was all they owned and shot everything from groundhogs to deer and the odd tresspasser. Thanks for sharing LIR.

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Originally Posted by terrym

Neat picture into the past. No camo, game cameras, scoped magnum rifles. Just a pump shotgun that likely was all they owned and shot everything from groundhogs to deer and the odd tresspasser. Thanks for sharing LIR.

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Agreed , great picture ! and that pump shotgun , the best an old model 12 Winchester.

Nice pics! Nothing like preserving a slice of the past to pass on to your youngin's.

I love seeing heritage photos! Thanks for sharing.

great old pics. cherished history. nice.

Very cool pics, Thanks for posting them.

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

Just curious. Who or what is the Long Point Bay Company?

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

I really enjoy looking at old pics of hunting in the past. Thanks for sharing well done

The good old days when a gun was a tool and the meat was for feeding the family. Thanks for posting and bringing back the notion of what is ingrained in our DNA.

Very nice shots LIR, the other shotgun looks like my dad's old bolt action 12 gauge H&R.

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Originally Posted by sawbill

Just curious. Who or what is the Long Point Bay Company?

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All the info on this link very interesting;http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/lpco.html

A lengthy read , but very interesting with all the history of how it was formed .

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Originally Posted by Pioneerfreq

Then your great grandfather must have known Buck Walmsley.

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More than likely. Walmsley is a common name around here.

My great grandfather was J.T Dixon and he died under mysterious circumstances on the beach at Long Point. I'm also related to the Ryerse/Ryerson's which one of the islands is named for. Rev Ryerson was involved with the company in the late 1800's. He was directly related to Col. Samuel Ryerse for whom Port Ryerse is named. He was granted a Crown Land patent in the early 1800's for his service to the Crown in the American Revolution.

Love looking at old Pics of hunting. Cooling reading your information. Thanks for sharing it.

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Originally Posted by LadyinRed

More than likely. Walmsley is a common name around here.

My great grandfather was J.T Dixon and he died under mysterious circumstances on the beach at Long Point. I'm also related to the Ryerse/Ryerson's which one of the islands is named for. Rev Ryerson was involved with the company in the late 1800's. He was directly related to Col. Samuel Ryerse for whom Port Ryerse is named. He was granted a Crown Land patent in the early 1800's for his service to the Crown in the American Revolution.

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I love seeing posts like this. Great pictures.

Red,

Having roots that deep and some photos to go with them is a truly wonderful thing. Keep doing what you're doing and collect those materials while recording every name, place and date you can.

My deer camp goes back 100 years and has 80 years of photos. Its great to be part of something like that, but I've got a box full of black & white hunting photos of guys who's names we will never know.

Great pictures

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing

LIR ... this is a great post. There is something special in having old photos that capture our past. You are very lucky to have them and very kind to share them. I think most would agree that looking at them brings back a nostalgia and longing for the more simple times.

Now those are great pictures. What region was your family from?

Amazing pics. Glad to hear more people happy about there heritage and hunting. Thanks for sharing those amazing memories

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Originally Posted by Outdoorsman

Now those are great pictures. What region was your family from?

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My entire maternal line is from Haldimand-Norfolk. My ancestors were some of the first settlers in the area.

Your ancestors will be proud , that you are carrying on the tradition!!:thumbup:

Nice old pics! I always like the big grin kids have when they get to "hold the gun" for the pictures.

Great pictures LiR. Thanks for sharing.

LIR, Thank you for starting this thread and sharing your pics with us. This thread also allowed us into the insights of the Long Point Bay Company.

Its amazing how many generations enjoy our great sport and how many people have pictures like this. Sure the faces are different but the pride of the successful hunter is the same and the ear to ear grin on the young ones never fades no matter how old the picture.

Thanks for sharing Lady....FB

Great photos. For anyone interested in reading about the history of the Long Point area, check out Harry Barrett's book called Lore and Legends of Long Point. Another good read is Long Point: Last Port of Call by Dave Stone.