My favorite photo
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From: Brun
17-Aug-22
I love everything about this picture. The VW, the tie down job. I'm amazed it didn't crush the bug while getting it secured. Also this is taken downtown in a now crowded mountain town. It was taken approx. 1965. Any guesses on which town? I'll post the answer after some guesses.
From: Griz
17-Aug-22
Jackson WY.
From: elkmtngear
17-Aug-22
Great pic !
Reminds me of my first successful elk hunt in CO, drove back to NorCal with 2 elk (quartered), in the back hatch of a Toyota Tercel. We were sitting low in the back, lol
From: longspeak74
17-Aug-22
Vail, CO
From: Blue Buck
17-Aug-22
Jackson, Wy. Great pic.
From: JohnMC
17-Aug-22
Guess Vail as well.
From: SlipShot
17-Aug-22
My guess is Eagle Vail. The building in the background looks like the one that is on HWY 6 near I70 exchange. The hills in the back ground look familiar too.
From: DanaC
17-Aug-22
Altoona PA ?
From: Grey Ghost
17-Aug-22
This isn't the pic of my Father's Jeep, but it's very similar. We hauled a bunch of elk off the mountain in the same way. Boy, I miss those days.
Matt
From: Brun
17-Aug-22
Nice pic and good bull.
From: TGbow
17-Aug-22
Loaded to the max
From: Supernaut
17-Aug-22
No guess on the town but love the pics!
From: drycreek
17-Aug-22
I guess you do what you have to do.
From: Bowboy
17-Aug-22
From: wyobullshooter
17-Aug-22
Afton, WY?
From: badbull
17-Aug-22
What year is the VW? We had one older that my brother made into a dune buggy we used for hunting. Would go most places that a quad can go. Can you give us a hint as to which state that town is in? That buck narrows it down a bit (Colorado had some dandy bucks in those days) but can't read the license plates. It does look familiar but can't place it.
From: Dale06
17-Aug-22
Bozeman.
From: Brun
17-Aug-22
Badbull. I'm not sure of the year of the VW. I think early 60's. As for a hint I'll say that no one has guessed right yet. Also a little history for those that guessed Vail. Vail resort was started in 1962 and incorporated as a town in 1966. A year after this picture was taken. There was no previously existing town on the site. The town in the picture was founded as a mining camp in 1878.
From: Jordan
17-Aug-22
Leadville, CO
From: Quinn @work
17-Aug-22
badbull,
Pssstt.......that's not a "buck" :)
From: Brun
17-Aug-22
It's not Leadville. Another hint. This town is home to the Smuggler Mine, where the largest silver nugget ever mined was found. It weighed 1840 pounds and was 93% pure silver.
From: JohnMC
17-Aug-22
Aspen
From: Brun
17-Aug-22
We have a winner. As JohnMC has indicated, this picture was indeed taken in the once sleepy mining town of Aspen, CO
From: Treeline
17-Aug-22
Congratulations! The Smuggler mine gave it away…
That was a popular building style in Colorado in the 60’s. My first job was in a building like that! Know of several like that in Denver, Colorado Springs and Boulder…
From: Corax_latrans
18-Aug-22
I knew the architecture looked familiar - more likely that I recognized it from something in Denver, though it’s possible that I have been on that very street in Aspen…. But probably not in the past 50 years….
From: samman
18-Aug-22
Wish I had gotten a picture of it, but back in the early 80's in Kremmling we were getting gas when a Dodge Duster pulled up to the bar next door with a bull elk about the size of the one Bowboy posted on the roof. Each leg was tied to each corner of the cars bumpers. I'm sure there was lots of beers being bought in that bar. I thought that was crazy, but the VW & Jeep are wild.
From: Guardian hunter
18-Aug-22
Great pics. Post some more
From: MathewsMan
18-Aug-22
Here’s a pic only a few years ago outside my old office window in Meeker, my old truck at City Hall and some hunters were going next door to Bill’s shop- taxidermy shop…
From: T-rex
19-Aug-22
Mathewsman - Wow that's quite the haul for that group of hunters!
From: Rut Nut
19-Aug-22
My favorite pic is the one bowboy posted above! : )
From: Bou'bound
19-Aug-22
Riverton
From: Bbowhunt
28-Aug-22
Muile Buck on Cherokee in 1999. CO
Muile Buck on Cherokee in 1999. CO
This brought back a memory of a 1999 rifle hunt (been bow for elk ever since) near Gunnison CO. Guide Norm (orange cowboy hat) to my surprise had us throw my mulie on top of the Cherokee. I used my Remington 760 3006 pump to prop up the caving-in roof on the way back to camp. I've forgot the names of the fellow hunters in the picture. Great memory for sure. Heading to the Routt this year . Good luck to all.
From: Bbowhunt
28-Aug-22
Muile Buck on Cherokee in 1999. CO
Muile Buck on Cherokee in 1999. CO
This brought back a memory of a 1999 rifle hunt (been bow for elk ever since) near Gunnison CO. Guide Norm (orange cowboy hat) to my surprise had us throw my mulie on top of the Cherokee. I used my Remington 760 3006 pump to prop up the caving-in roof on the way back to camp. I've forgot the names of the fellow hunters in the picture. Great memory for sure. Heading to the Routt this year . Good luck to all.
From: muliemad
28-Aug-22
Missoula
From: Ken Taylor
28-Aug-22
Great pictures!
Is that Macho Man?
From: elkster
28-Aug-22
Enjoying the pics. They make quite a statement in many ways.
From: fubar racin
28-Aug-22
I wish I still had the pic but it was lost to flooding. My old man and grandad with 2 bucks and 2 bulls in a bronco II. I Fort Collins co
From: ahunter76
28-Aug-22
Mine is in front of my shop/lanes 1966 & a 6 point on top my car taken with a recurve on the late season opener at Wisconsin's famous (back then) Necedah Wildlife Refuge (Meadow Valley area). Non Resident lic back then was "I think" $10...
