The Florida “palmetto jumper,” a combination dog-lunch-shooter wagon for use on the wide palmetto barrens. Two shooters ride on top while the dogs range ahead. When the dogs point the wagon halts about a hundred yards from the point and the shooters move up on foot.
Photo from The Standard Book of Hunting and Shooting, edited by Robert B. Stringfellow (copyright 1950, Stackpole & Heck, Inc.).
i have the” palmetto jumper” shown on this site, it is exactly as the pix, i got it from the owners sister, after the owner, ‘harry dyer ‘died, i’ve had it sence 1988. he was a city judge in stuart, fl., he built the car in late 30’s. boo
That is awesome! If you have photos, we’d love to see ’em!
i have a lot of pix of it in woods and at their camp, but i dont know how to post pixs.???
If you want to email them to me at Deanna.Pop.Tart@gmail.com I will post them for you!