Sets in my collection #13: 1933 Planters Big Game Hunted Animals

Another set from 1933. That makes 4 of them...or literally half the different sets from the entire decade in my collection!

When I think of Planters, I think of Mr. Peanut, the mascot that defines not just the company, but the entire world of peanuts.

I don't think of trading cards.

Perhaps if I lived in the 1930s, that would not have been the case. Inserted with Big Game peanut bars were 25 smaller cards of Hunted Animals. (Although I've never heard of kangaroos being hunted, card #11). I did a search and could not find ANY reference whatsoever to the Big Game bar, not even a reference to these cards. I have no idea if the advertised "Trapped Animals" set was ever issued.

These cards are fairly small, about half the size of a standard modern card. The scan displays significantly larger than the card is.

There's a lot of action going on on this card- the buffalo has chased a man up a tree while a hunter takes aim at the buffalo, which looks to me like it's getting ready to try and knock the tree down and presumably, eat the man in the tree. (I am assuming the buffaloes are carnivorous)