Patrick Mcmanus

3point · May 6, 2018

I was saddened to hear that Pat F. passed away in April. His books were quite appropriate reading during campouts and hunting trips with the rare clean humor missing these days.

DW · May 6, 2018

Loved readin his stuff grow in up!

#livelikezac

Phantom Hunter · May 7, 2018

I loved his story about ?The Care and Feeding of Kid Brothers?. Good stuff.

NECALI · May 7, 2018

Sad to hear. I've never laughed so hard reading his books. The grasshopper trap and my first deer and welcome to it were some of the funniest stories I've ever read. There?s a bunch of others also.

dirtclod Az. · May 7, 2018

Grew up reading Pat,grew old reading Pat.R.I.P...Retch Sweeney and the gang.

idahohuntr · May 7, 2018

Sad to hear. He was a class act and a gifted author.

canyoncrosser · May 7, 2018

I wonder if Rancid Crabtree will be in attendance...

deadibob · May 8, 2018

They shoot canoes, don't they?

sageman · May 8, 2018

I was reading the Grasshopper trap and my wife came in from another room to ask why I was laughing so hard! He will be missed!

tylercreek2 · May 8, 2018

road kill stew ,,,,

Coffeeman · May 8, 2018

Grew up reading everything he wrote still have several books in my library. Going to have to turn my son on to them. Gonna miss you Pat!

mtnrunner260 · May 8, 2018

South cox reads from Pat on his podcast Western bowhunter.

Cow Tag · May 9, 2018

One of my favorite stories was about the time He went incognito at midnight looking for some "sausage gravy." I re-tell this one each and every year at elk camp in Colorado.

mdbrown · May 9, 2018

I went to his play in Mccall Idaho twice in the 90s
The first time he was there, It was great

NECALI · May 9, 2018

Oh ya, "The night the bear ate goomba" is hilarious too. I think that's what it's called. He had a knack for telling stories that made you feel you were right there seeing it for yourself.

mozey · May 9, 2018

LAST EDITED ON May-09-18 AT 07:05PM (MST)[p]Wow--I didn't know he passed away. Now I'm going to go pull out my collection and reread it all again. I don't think it's even possible for me to laugh as hard this time as I did the first time, but it's going to fun testing my theory. One of my all time favorites was about a gaseous old hound in the backseat while young Pat was on a date with his first love...

nontypical · May 10, 2018

The best part of Outdoor Life magazine.

dirtclod Az. · May 10, 2018

First page read in Outdoor Life magazine was always
"The Last Page"

DeerMadness · May 10, 2018

I saw him in 1997 and bought a copy of They Shoot Canoes Dont They. He signed it too !

OutdoorWriter · May 14, 2018

And another old OWAA acquaintance sadly goes "ashes to ashes, dust to dust."

McManus -- a one of kind -- was as funny in person as was his writing. Right behind me on a bookshelf sits an autographed copy of ?They Shoot Canoes, Don?t They?? He gave it to me at an Outdoor Life function at a SHOT show in the 1980s.

Pat wasn't too much older than I am, if I recall. That fact reminds me that my time to meet the maker probably isn't too far off.

TONY MANDILE

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