Because Dad did!

[In2Hntn]

Great thread!

Mine would be:
Rem 700 BDL rifles
Winchester shotguns
Nosler bullets
Buck knives
Weber grills

 

[Bambistew]

Black Velvet

 

[kansasdad]

Army surplus 100% DEET in glass jars. Melt your reel handle in a second. Jax Surplus store in northern Ft Collins.

Sandplum and chokecherry jam aficionado.

Mepps spinners…..Red/white #2 for the win. Brass #2 a close second.

A phrase that tortured me as a teenager…”it’s mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter”. I tortured my too hot or too cold or too hungry teenagers with that one regularly.

 

[stevejfarms]

Had to quit one. A can of treet (armor spam), saltines, a block of cheap cheddar, oreo cookies, and an ice cold coke were always lunch on the lake while fishing. They changed the recipe for treet and I can’t eat it any more.

 

[Wildfan99]

RCBS reloading gear

 

[thusby]

Weber Rocky Mountain Smoker, Dodge Rams and flat boats.

 

[JEL]

 

[FREAK]

Black Velvet

My head hurts reading that

 

[Nick87]

Thank you for sharing that one. Never heard it but it's a keeper.

 

[TN2shot07]

I carried a case sod buster jr for a long time, still shoot a 270 a lot, passed on the Marlboros though

 

[Ought Six]

A passion for wildlife and public lands. Particularly mule deer. And a good bird dog

 

[Caseknife]

The ability to think for myself and make my own decisions based on reasoning and not opinions of unknown strangers.

 

[SFC B]

I waited a few days to post because I had to let this ruminate a bit.....I had a complicated and very unfulfilling relationship with my dad. A good, hardworking, industrious man who was deeply flawed and NOT a good father in almost any respect. I did learn (just from watching, never actually being taught) that you can build/fix/make most things if you put the effort into it. The most important thing I learned, though, was I did NOT want to be like him. I chose steady work with benefits, often sacrificing autonomy and pleasure in what I did for security and the long term. I have been very conservative with my finances as opposed to his lifelong making $5 to spend $10. I have wanted to, and have, travel and learn. Most of all, once I got over the hump and decided to have kids I would put NOTHING above their wellbeing and I would not let them go to bed at night without KNOWING that I loved them. I tried my best to be there for everything I possibly could, support their interests (which ended up being pretty different from mine) and provide a life long safety net I didn't know. In a weird twisted way I guess I owe it to the old man, but it would have been nice to learn in a more pleasant way.

 

[Nick87]

I waited a few days to post because I had to let this ruminate a bit.....I had a complicated and very unfulfilling relationship with my dad. A good, hardworking, industrious man who was deeply flawed and NOT a good father in almost any respect. I did learn (just from watching, never actually being taught) that you can build/fix/make most things if you put the effort into it. The most important thing I learned, though, was I did NOT want to be like him. I chose steady work with benefits, often sacrificing autonomy and pleasure in what I did for security and the long term. I have been very conservative with my finances as opposed to his lifelong making $5 to spend $10. I have wanted to, and have, travel and learn. Most of all, once I got over the hump and decided to have kids I would put NOTHING above their wellbeing and I would not let them go to bed at night without KNOWING that I loved them. I tried my best to be there for everything I possibly could, support their interests (which ended up being pretty different from mine) and provide a life long safety net I didn't know. In a weird twisted way I guess I owe to the old man, but it would have been nice to learn in a more pleasant way.

I think there is plenty that we all do or don't do because our old man did or didn't. That's something I try to keep in mind with my kids.

 

[kansasdad]

I salute you from afar @SFC B for your restraint and your words. You have changed the trajectory of life for yourself and your family. To the life choices well made, congratulations.

 

[geetar]

Thank you for sharing that one. Never heard it but it's a keeper.

You're welcome! It's a good one for sure.

 

[Idahoarcheryhunter]

Good bird dogs
Rem 700’s
Copenhagen (trying to quit)
Understanding what a day of hard work is
Respecting elders

 

[FairWeather]

I’m really struggling to think of literally ANYTHING. My dad and I have very different tastes, and different passions. He busted his hump to become an M.D. in the 80s, and has developed expensive taste in most things since. Often, he comes across snobbish to me. I prefer the cheap stuff that’s still reliable, the entry level “good enough for most jobs”.

 

[BoomerUSAF]

Quality over quantity and what kind of man not to be!

 

[TheTone]

Heavy wool hunting clothes; especially a checkered woolruch coat. I still wear the wool pants on occasion but I haven’t hunted in a wool coat in close to 20 years