Hunting deer in the 1890s

(My father is standing at right with his half-sister's son, Wade McCarty, in this undated photo.)

Although my father -- Louis Sanders -- was an avid hunter, I can't recall him ever going deer hunting. He usually saved his shells for squirrels and rabbits and, toward the end of his hunting career, groundhogs. The only evidence I have of him hunting deer is a handful of faded photos that show him as a young man, dressing out the meat from a kill.

Still, I thought of my Pop, when I stumbled upon this story about an early deer hunt. I think Dad would have enjoyed reading this article about how things were done in the 1890s.

Longtime Missourian photographer and writer Garland D. "Frony" Fronabarger loved the outdoors and took a lot of photographs of fishermen and hunters with their prizes.

Here's a gallery of deer hunters and their trophies.

Follow this link to find Ray Owen's take on deer camp.