By the time I got to 17, most of the old gang was off to the service or moved for the jobs.
Then I moved often and lost contact or someone I hunted or fished with moved.
The hometown is unrecognized and where I stayed for some years is now unrecognized.
The only thing that kind of stayed the same are the solo hunts and fishing trips. Glad to have gotten in some solo hunting when I was young. It prepared me.