When the bear is bigger than the outhouse, RUN!

An Exaggeration Postcard from Alaska

When the bear is bigger than the outhouse, RUN!

This unused postcard is from 2016.

The Jackalope and When to Milk It ...

The Jackalope

A native of the Western United States, the Jackalope is seldom if ever seen due to its intensive nature and lightning quick speed.  It can only be hunted legally on the 31st day of June between sunrise and sunset.  A permit must be obtained from your local AA.  This fatty beast often mimics noises especially the voice of an intoxicated human.  Legend has it that drinking Jackalope milk can drastically improve ones eyesight.  The best time to milk a Jackalpe is after midnight, as it sleeps on its back, belly shining in the moonlight.  

This postcard was mailed in 2015. 

 

A Fishing Exaggeration Postcard

Big One Got Away

I sure do love a great Exaggeration postcard!

This fishing one was mailed in 1972.

 

Catfish (Basscat)

“Narrows Basscat”

This 14 pound beauty was hauled out near Long’s Jetty by a local sportsman who battled her for over an hour before he could pull her in.  “A darn mean fighter,” he reported, “but them fleas is the worst part.” You can see the famed Narrows basscat at:
Jesse’s Bait and Tackle
110 Front Street (across from the Jetty)
Atchafalaya, Louisiana
(Mention this card and get 50 free nightcrawlers)

Exaggeration Postcard - Everything is Bigger in Texas (A HUGE Cow)

Everything's Bigger in Texas

Photos Bob Lang
2014

Duck Hunting

Duck Hunting
"Hang on Mac, We'll get him!"
Series C 30 Copyright 1910 by Oscar Erickson

Two Exaggeration Fishing Postcards

Fishing - 200# test lines are needed here!
You have to tire them out before landing them.

This is postmarked (to me!) in 1969 from my grandpa (I was 4).   The stamp is missing.
He writes, "How are you? This fish got away from me. Maybe I will get him another day."  He goes on to tell me the snow is up to my waist where he is.
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The  Fish Bite Good Here!
Someone cut the very top off the card and the bottom.
1968

Learning to Sail a Boat with a 'Helping Hand'

Florida
Learning to Sail in Florida is Easy with a "Helping Hand"
1993

Hunting Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers - They just get big in this part of the country!

One Very Large Crocodile in Australia!

Bugger!
Australia
2007

Exaggeration Postcard about Fishing

The Fish are Hitting Good Here! 

Exaggeration Postcard: Train Hold-Up by a Grasshopper, Real Photo

The Train Hold-up

Photo by F.D. Conard
Garden City, KS.
No. 43

postmarked in 1938 from Bunkerhill Kansas with a one cent 'Franklin' stamp

This is a real photo, exaggeration postcard of a grasshopper as big as a train.

Exaggeration - Fishing in Lynchburg, Ohio

How we do things at Lynchburg, Ohio
You are mine at last

fishing exaggeration postcard
1919

Exaggeration - Land of Big Corn

Island of Big Corn
(you would think if the cows were eating corn that big, they themselves would be a bit bigger)

Copyright 1909 by Marlin Post Card Co.

Exaggeration - Tomatoes from Hatch, New Mexico

How we do things at Hatch, New Mexico

Exaggeration postcard with tomatoes larger that the wheelbarrow
1914

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Hatch is a village in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,648 at the 2010 census.

Exaggeration - Florida Alligator

All the way from Florida

The Alligator is a native of the Florida Everglades.  For some time its skin has been fashionably used in the manufacture of bags, shoes, etc., and with this increasing use they had been hunted until they ere almost extinct.  To remedy this situation and supply the demand, several thriving Alligator farms are now in operation, where the breeding and care of alligators is the main industry.
1966

Exaggeration Fishing Postcard - Bigger and Better in America

Bigger and Better in America

Guiding this 2556 pound fish onto the 1000 pound capacity canoe wasn't as tough as catching it with a 10 lb. test line.

Charm Kraft, Ind. Inc.
printed in Ireland for John Hinde Curteich Inc.

printed in Ireland, yet going down the middle of the card is:
Grown..
Built...
Raised...
Stacked...
Piled...
Caught...
Weighed...
Harvested...
In America

Series 29/36

postmarked in 1996

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the sender writes.....

Yo, Boogerbrain,

Picked up this in Michigan last spring.
Yeah it's a pretty good fish - kinda average.  As you remember, however, we used fish like this for bait in Lake St. Clair -

Big Baby Car Mechanic

Keskin Color postcard from Istanbul, Turkey

I love how big the baby is compared to the car.
2009

Texas Jackrabbit

Texas Jackrabbit

Photo by Buddy Moffet
1999

Exaggeration - Sadling up a Big Jack Rabbit

"Only in Texas"

Saddling Up Big Jack.  It is not unusual to break these big fellows and use them for ranch work here in Texas.
2010