Thread: Ready to go

An interesting bunch of photos of our hunting forebears hunting dress in New Zealand and one taken by me of Upnorthuplander before a recent shoot of ours

Fuck , thats Uzbeki in the last one

Great pics El B! Do you have more?

I have some very old photos of my great-great grandfather in Tokaanu with a bunch of pheasants and a pointer and a setter-like dog circa 1910 will copy them when I go to my olds

I can see UU's pointers sire in the last pic! Patches dad! last seen a month ago outside the Karikari shops.

And Tokerau Tekes' grandsire too in the first one. Devil dog

I like how in that first pic he has the devil dog on a piece of twine under his boot... devil dog

they are great Pics from the Turnbil library archive . The interesting thing is how people dressed in those days to do their chosen sport .Rifle shooting is another classic where you will see men turnout dressed with pride unlike what we have today as practical as it may be .
Love to see your gt gt grandads photos of birds and dog for sure !! I must look in the family history books and see if there are some of our family in the Ruakitori area or Gisborne area from 1800s

ElB in reality most of those people were wearing their normal clothes, in the same way that practically everyone is wearing a hat.
You can pretend that they were dressing up for the hunt but that isn't the case.
My Grandfather would have worn something similar when he was working on the farm in scotland, or poaching/tickling salmon and trout.

I dont think the attire has anything to do with hunting, more likely to be everyday clothing

Ok barefoot beat me to it

Originally Posted by el borracho

they are great Pics from the Turnbil library archive . The interesting thing is how people dressed in those days to do their chosen sport .Rifle shooting is another classic where you will see men turnout dressed with pride unlike what we have today as practical as it may be .
Love to see your gt gt grandads photos of birds and dog for sure !! I must look in the family history books and see if there are some of our family in the Ruakitori area or Gisborne area from 1800s

Bro , Hobbiton is in Matamata

Originally Posted by Petros_mk

Trials jeans do the job really.

At the end whatever floats your boat Brian.

What are trials jeans? If they are denim then they are in fact the worst thing you can wear here for hunting.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

What are trials jeans? If they are denim then they are in fact the worst thing you can wear here for hunting.

I don't know, I'd rate a loin cloth bottom of my hunting wear

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

What are trials jeans? If they are denim then they are in fact the worst thing you can wear here for hunting.

yea i just ment as for trials, jeans do the job really...
not hunting. trials... you have your run then chill, have a stroll. who gives a shot what u are wearing...

Originally Posted by Pointer

You had your chance for a free demo on East beach

it think i got the bulk of it...
"Patch No" pretty much summed it up

Originally Posted by Barefoot

ElB in reality most of those people were wearing their normal clothes, in the same way that practically everyone is wearing a hat.
You can pretend that they were dressing up for the hunt but that isn't the case.
My Grandfather would have worn something similar when he was working on the farm in scotland, or poaching/tickling salmon and trout.

yes that is right Barefoot -mostly woolen suits I think and some wore breks -much the same as what I wear except my coat is sleeveless .Pointer on another post mentioned he didnt think it was a part of NZ culture in the past hence a few pics to show clothes they wore .I choose to dress well for my sport and present it a little differently to others but thats just me

Originally Posted by Petros_mk

it think i got the bulk of it...
"Patch No" pretty much summed it up

But patch knows how to retrieve, so doesnt need training

Originally Posted by Petros_mk

yea i just ment as for trials, jeans do the job really...
not hunting. trials... you have your run then chill, have a stroll. who gives a shot what u are wearing...

jeans do our trial sport no favors in the eyes of others.Imagine the hunt if they didnt turn up in Red and Black coats but jeans --I dont think many would bother to follow it as the whole tradtion would be ruined . Traditions ,maybe one appreciates them more as one gets a little older ..doesnt one lol