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Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:59 pm

In the 1930s, Dauksza began a lifetime as an outdoorsman and explorer. Starting with an interest in fishing and hunting, he began canoeing in 1936. He made regular summer expeditions into Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska. He eventually converted his love of the outdoors into his full-time occupation, exploring in the summers and conducting film-lectures in the winter.[5][6] In the fall of 1959, Dauksza attracted the attention of a reporter for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix as he passed through Saskatoon in his Volkswagen van (dubbed the "Volksbeast") bearing "a set of rare double-browed Caribou antlers of 393 points and a set of 63-1/2-inch moose antlers as well as several lesser trophies."[7] The reporter published a feature story about Dauksza's adventures hunting, fishing, and filming for his "Alaska Adventure Movies" enterprise. A story on his adventures also appeared in the October 1959 issue of Outdoor Life magazine.[

Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:56 am

He does seem like an interesting guy, but perhaps the whole Wikipedia page would be of help here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Dauksza

Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:37 am

I almost posted the whole Wikipedia page, but I thought the folks on Samba whould be interested in the VW part of the story.

Sorry, I don;t have pictures--I have some hope that maybe somebody does.

Thanks for the bunny with a pancake picture Gary. It made me laugh out loud, I'm going to save it.

Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:07 am

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tipgAAAAIBAJ&...&hl=en
the link is right there in the footnotes

Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:23 pm

Very cool newspaper!! Over on page 27 they are selling two 1956 reconditioned, repainted Volkswagen panel vans for $1,2oo and $1,1oo respectively.