Reeder Custom Guns - Hello All. An old image

I posted this image years ago and felt the need to repost this.

The image is of my grandfather( the man on the farthest left) and his friends after a successful Massachusetts deer hunt. For over one hundred years, the state has been a shotgun only state. I am guessing the image is sometime around the 1930's or 40's. Everyone dressed up a little to go out. In those days, the season was a week to two weeks long, the first full Monday in December with no Sunday hunting.

My grandfather has a double barreled shotgun with some kind of home made front sight.

From time to time I get a tinge of nostalgia. I do believe I need to reach out to some friends and see if this season we do a deer hunt together. [image]

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Iowa does I believe. On the East Coast I believe that is the case also in places.

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on the Ft. Campbell base with a couple of military friends and it was shot with slug only. I had a 20 gauge Winchester model 12 pump as my shotgun.

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The state has some odd laws. You cannot hunt whitetail deer during the modern firearms season with anything but a shotgun and slugs/buckshot, muzzleloader or archery. Must wear 500 square inches of hunter orange. No Sunday hunting. Also, you cannot be in possession of a handgun unless law enforcement while deer hunting. Stupid.

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The photos are framed behind glass so it’s hard to get a good picture. Granddad always used a Sxs , grandma used a pump or single shot.
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The car is an inline 12 cylinder Frankland. It was uncommon for women to hunt in those days. But my grand parents did a lot for duck hunting and trout fishing and camping together.