re: Deer Hunting 50 years ago (Update in OP)

You are sure bringing back the memories. In our camp, miss was a cut short tail put on the wall with your name and date written on it. If you killed a buck, you bought the case of beer for the elders while youngsters skinned the deer. If you were on the regular skinning crew, it meant you were respected by the elders and trusted with the task. Everyone stayed outside socializing and discussed the hunt and gave their opinions on what to do tomorrow. The Hunt Master always made the call. We shot any buck we saw and and did not need a rulebook to reference before the shot. Needless to say "not mature enough" was not heard.
The opinion that it was trash that hunted this way was far from the truth. Acceptance to the group required family connections, community standing, or respect to be permitted to join in. Those without hunted "reserves" back then(not that it was wrong). I now still hunt private land only, but long for the old days.