Babe was a Shooter!

[THE PILGRIM]

Just the other day I saw online that Babe Ruth was a shooter and a hunter.
Among other things he liked to hunt gators down in Florida.
Here he is with a Gator that he took with a Springfield.

 

[Shark Bait]

He was sure to bring enough gun

 

[Rudi]

He was a champ in many ways.

 

[lawandorder]

Hemingway's favorite was hunting Sharks with his Thompson. They had to hide his magazines when when he had too much Whiskey.

 

[turnerriver]

Hemingway's favorite was hunting Sharks with his Thompson. They had to hide his magazines when when he had too much Whiskey.

Looks like his son took the magazine…

Regards,

 

[gjgalligan]

From the title I was expecting something different in this thread.

 

[SMSgt]

Babe went for the little ones. I get bigger ones in the canal in my backyard.

 

[Muddyboot]

Babe went for the little ones. I get bigger ones in the canal in my backyard.[/QUO


I never liked the idea of living somewhere where a feral dinosaur lurking in a canal could eat me or my poodle.

 

[sjmjax]

Interesting.
But, not the “babe” I was expecting to see.

 

[Dashriprock]

He liked turkeys, too.

 

[SMSgt]

Babe went for the little ones. I get bigger ones in the canal in my backyard.[/QUO


I never liked the idea of living somewhere where a feral dinosaur lurking in a canal could eat me or my poodle.

The poodle deserves it.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I always knew many of our heros were hunters also. Clark Gable, Ward Bond, Gary Cooper and many I can't recall. Many baseball players also. They did not want it known for political reasons.

 

[Onomea]

Interesting.
But, not the “babe” I was expecting to see.

Here ya go:

 

[Buford57]

I recall an article from a WWII era American Rifleman entitled "Babe's in the Woods" about the Bambino's Maine moose hunt with a .401 Winchester. No longer have the magazine.

 

[SMSgt]

I always knew many of our heros were hunters also. Clark Gable, Ward Bond, Gary Cooper and many I can't recall. Many baseball players also. They did not want it known for political reasons.

Or could it just be it didn't matter to anyone then?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Robert Stack was a top Skeet Shooter.
ROBERT STACK
Bing Crosby and Phil Harris were enthusiastic Wing Shooters who shot every bird they could.
Phil Harris - early one morning on an Oklahoma Quail Hunt, the Host Guide arrived to pick up Phil and Bing at the Hotel Cafe.
During the discussion, Phil said, it’s going to be a long day Jack.
The Guide replied, my name ain’t Jack!
Phil said, wasn’t talking to you!
He picked up his hat to reveal a bottle of Jack Daniels!

 

[anoblefox]

My wife's father (now 102 years old) shot skeet with Robert Stack and Earl Gardner in San Diego, Calif

 

[soFlaNative]

I thought of Mildred Didrikson.
While great on the track, the field and the links I would think she would have managed a long gun.

 

[Alpo]

My wife's father (now 102 years old) shot skeet with Robert Stack and Earl Gardner in San Diego, Calif

That Erle Stanley Gardner, of Perry Mason fame?


I sat there looking at your post, thinking how that second name sounded familiar, but like political assassins - John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray - I've never seen it with just two names. Always with all three. Just "Earl Gardner", especially with the first name spelled that way, was throwing me.

 

[glenwolde]

Buddy Hackett was a big collector....