Did you ever get your Davy Crockett Coonskin Hat?

[Tempsontime65]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...heck yeah!!

 

[grNadpa]

I managed a decent sized horse rescue for more than 10 years. At one time I had the care and feeding of 30 head, including my own. I too am well acquainted with the shovel. Some of our horses went to therapy centers from here.

Your horse rescue had to be a similar fulfilling experience. Good for you. The dedication it takes is amazing. Particularly since the financial rewards are so puny. We just couldn't make a go of it financially, but so glad to have been able to pursue the opportunity.

 

[oldaunt]

Your horse rescue had to be a similar fulfilling experience. Good for you. The dedication it takes is amazing. Particularly since the financial rewards are so puny. We just couldn't make a go of it financially, but so glad to have been able to pursue the opportunity.

Financial rewards? I mostly paid for the privilege

 

[Pepper]

They weren't made of REAL raccoon fur, were they???

Yes. And my sister (and I) had one. And, Janice, my good-hearted friend, rabbit's feet were lucky for everyone but the rabbit. They were real, too.

 

[wcwbf]

Did you ever get your Davy Crockett Coonskin Hat?​

No
Had to settle for the straw cowboy hat at Easter
Had the yellow record though
Played that record over and over
Daveee....Daveeee Crocket.....king of the wild fronteeeeeer

GUNS!
Cap guns
With the black steer head on the white handles
Got that

... born on a mountain top in Tennessee...

 

[Rich29]

Yes, both my brother and I had one. We religiously watched the tv series.

 

[NorthernLight]

Davy, Daaaavy Crockett, King of the wild frontier.

 

[Gary O']

... born on a mountain top in Tennessee...

Davy, Daaaavy Crockett, King of the wild frontier.

Thanks, guys
I can still hear that little yellow record



I was never let to touch the player while it was playing



But
I did once

Davey got a scratchy throat

Hey, I was only three

Soooo, I went back outside to kill me a bear

 

[JaniceM]

Here in BC, many of us love our raccoons, couldn’t see wearing their fur.

They weren't made of REAL raccoon fur, were they???

Yes. And my sister (and I) had one. And, Janice, my good-hearted friend, rabbit's feet were lucky for everyone but the rabbit. They were real, too.

That sucks. And I honestly didn't know they were real- when my brothers had them it was probably before I was born, I never actually saw one of the caps.

 

[grNadpa]

Thought you might enjoy the composite picture I cobbled together for inclusion in my anecdotal YouTube playlist entitled "Papa's Childhood". (The anecdote relates that my mother regularly received notes from the teacher complaining that I was always late to first grade. Turns out I was regularly sneaking up on the school, hiding behind the trees, pretending to be Davy Crockett.)

 

[Rich29]

Does anyone remember Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners? There were a few episodes
where Ralph and Norton were members of the Raccoon Lodge and wore those hats.

 

[Pepper]