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Originally Posted by karostay
Small world what memories
My father and his hunting buddies when I was a youth in 1950's and 60's and yearning to hunt
Were known as The Bingo Mt Boys making a trek each year from Conn up and over the Brandon Gap into Bingo Mt area Green Mt National Forrest in Vt.
They lived out of army surplus tents for a week along the Bingo Mt Rd.
One night during the week they would make a pilgrimage to the Manchester Inn for a night out that's when they would call home to their families I would be anxiously await his evening call to hear the stories of who got or saw what
I was like Ralphy in a Christmas Story
Finally when I became of age and hunted a few years with the group.
It was tough hunting . Unlike like today's Ranch canned hunting
All good things in life come to pass
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Personally, I've never heard of Bingo Mountain.....but here's Bingo Brook, which conceivably they probably hunted in that region.
http://www.gmc4x4.com/topic/87-vt-green-mountain-national-forest-bingo-brook/
CLICK HYPERLIK ABOVE , then SCROLL LOWER TO PLAY VIDEO OF THE AREA YOUR FATHER WENT TO......
This area has about 15 miles of forest service roads that allow you to wander around for a while
scattered along these roads are primitive campsites where you can camp up to 14 days
Vermont Green Mountain National Forest Bingo Brook *
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=BGN080-041
Pine Brook Trail | Rochester Vermont
Use upper menu to see topography, etc.
This ride's general location is Rochester. The first few miles parallel Bingo Brook, which has unusual boulders and crevices; the trail section is densely wooded. This primo ride is good for families and beginners. If short and sweet is your style, this loop is for you. It begins with a pleasant, gradual climb on Forest Service Road 42, parallel to Bingo Brook, a scenic brook with unusually large boulders. You then climb more steeply, which affords scenic views to the south. Eventually you connect with Pine Brook Trail, a grassy, smooth, double-track trail that descends through the woods back to FR 42
Read more at Trails.com:
Pine Brook Trail | Rochester Vermont Mountain Bike Trails | Trails.com http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailId=BGN080-041#ixzz39HnJVRwK
THEY MUST HAVE ENJOYED THAT RUGGED EXPERIENCE GETTING AWAY TO PURE NATURE..........
My hubby went to hunting camp from his twenties to perhaps about age 50..........hasn't gone the past twenty years. None of them ever got a deer, however, it was three days away from work, with the hope of getting one. Neither myself nor the kids would have enjoyed the venison as we were "on Bambi's side" for survival.
Hunting is still big in Vermont........beginning with bow hunting & then rifle hunting which ends around Thanksgiving........