AZP&Y Report post Posted May 20, 2006 I saw this on Ebay for sale and it made me think of what it was like 70 years ago.. 4 Turkey tags on one license and 2 deer tags....Wow - The GLORY DAYS! Only 2.50 cents for the license 70 years ago... Doug AzP&Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted May 20, 2006 I saw this on Ebay for sale and it made me think of what it was like 70 years ago.. 4 Turkey tags on one license and 2 deer tags....Wow - The GLORY DAYS! Doug AzP&Y I was born in Tucson the year that license was issued. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted May 20, 2006 How much was it going for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted May 20, 2006 Hi Jim, It's $9.99 with about 5 and 1/2 days to go on the auction. No one has bid as of Saturday afternoon..... I've sent you a PM with the Ebay attached link so you can take a look. Pretty neat piece of Arizona History, especially since it appears to be in very good shape considering it's 70 years old. Hope you win it if you decide to bid on it. In case the link doesn't open you can go to ebay and type "Hunting Arizona" in the search and pull it up that way. Pretty Cool Mr. Quimby, boy how things have changed.... Good Luck! Doug AzP&Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runningbird Report post Posted May 21, 2006 I'm thinking 2.50 was a good chunk of change for a 17 y/o kid back then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted May 21, 2006 I wonder if this guy is still alive. I bet he would like to have it, or maybe even his family. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muleybull Report post Posted May 21, 2006 I grew up in Williams, but the name doesnt sound familiar. Bet a guy could ask around the locals and find out who he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Thanks Doug for the link, it worked and I might be the new owner of it in 5 days! I have some very old stuff from Arizonas hunting past and that would be an awesome addition. That name sounds familiar to me and I will try to research it, I'll let you know if I find any info. By the way, that license is good for only 2 turkeys and 1 deer. The extra stub is to be mailed in to G+F if you are successfull. Thanks, JIM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted May 22, 2006 Alright, somebody's now beating me in the auction for that license. If it is a CW.com member I'll back off, just let me know, other wise it's fair game! Thanks, JIM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGAINES Report post Posted May 22, 2006 I think you went for it first anyway Jim, but I would hate to see to guys from here drive the price up on each other, also did you see the metal deer and elk tags from AZ. Good Luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted May 22, 2006 Alright, somebody's now beating me in the auction for that license. If it is a CW.com member I'll back off, just let me know, other wise it's fair game! Thanks, JIM Jim. I'm afraid I'm the guilty party. I hadn't read that you'd bid on it until after I'd already placed my bid. I'll back off if you truly want it. I just thought it would be nice to have a license from the year I was born. It's disturbing to realize that the items I grew up using are now collectibles. My first deer rifle was a Model 99 .303 Savage on which I later mounted a Weaver 2.5X scope with a post and wire reticle. (Everyone thought I was crazy -- scopes made everything wiggle and you couldn't hit running game with them, they said.) I couldn't afford factory ammo (about $3.50 box, I think), so I saved and bought a Lyman nutcracker tong tool. The bullets I loaded were seconds from the old Arizona Bullet Company factory here in Tucson. My hunting knife was a Barlow, and I wore WWII Army surplus clothes to hunt in. Binoculars? I didn't know anyone who used or even owned them. We pounded the mountains and rolled a lot of rocks. I couldn't afford boots, even from the surplus stores, so I wore tennis shoes ... the old ankle-high black ones with white shoelaces and white real-rubber soles. We slept in genuine U.S. Army pup tents, the dull green canvas ones that came in two pieces and kept you dry as long as there still was wax on them. I bought my first Arizona hunting license ($4) and metal deer tag ($1) in 1948 and shot my first mule deer very near where Lynx Creek Lake now sits outside Prescott. The dirt roads to there from Yuma were so bad we camped out overnight in Stone Cabin (there still was one) near Quartzite going and coming. The only pavement on the whole trip was on Yarnell Hill, and it was bumper-to-bumper with the cars and trucks of other hunters all the way up the night before opening day. Signs and banners saying "welcome hunters" were everywhere on Whiskey Row in Prescott, and everyone who shot a buck made a point of showing it off by driving around the square. The deer season opened statewide on the last Friday in October and ran at least a month. Thinking back about those years makes me realize the good ol' days are now, though. At any rate, I'll stop bidding if you want it. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted May 22, 2006 Heck no Bill! That thing is all yours! You have a much better reason for wanting it, I just thought it was cool but I really don't need it. I would rather see you get it for sure, just let me know if you stop bidding on it. I won't bid anymore. Good luck! Thanks, JIM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted May 22, 2006 Heck no Bill! That thing is all yours! You have a much better reason for wanting it, I just thought it was cool but I really don't need it. I would rather see you get it for sure, just let me know if you stop bidding on it. I won't bid anymore. Good luck! Thanks, JIM Thank you, Jim. When I go after things on e-bay I never go more than my first bid. In this case it was $32.40. If you see the price go above that you'll know I'm out of it. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25-06 Report post Posted May 23, 2006 Heck no Bill! That thing is all yours! You have a much better reason for wanting it, I just thought it was cool but I really don't need it. I would rather see you get it for sure, just let me know if you stop bidding on it. I won't bid anymore. Good luck! Thanks, JIM Thank you, Jim. When I go after things on e-bay I never go more than my first bid. In this case it was $32.40. If you see the price go above that you'll know I'm out of it. Bill You both are good people...Bill, back in them days were the tags good for the whole state? Huntin around Tucson could of been some what of a chore for turkey Did they have turkeys around Tucson back in them days? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted May 23, 2006 Hope that you win it bill, when it was from the year you were born , I thought I hope you get it. My question is how to do you affix that small square, which appears the size of a postage stamp to the deer? or even a turkey? Pretty funny when you think about it One goes back to game and fish and one on the animal... Might be a good thread to start - Arizona Vintage Hunting Memorabilia? - Just a thought! - I'd like to see some pictures of the old metal tags and such.. Good luck! AzP&Y Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
