who's your hero??

sneakem

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We all have roll models growing up and I think you can tell a lot about a person from there role models. I want to know who you all idolized in the hunting world as you grew up?
sneakem
P.S. i know he's not really a hunting icon but I would say Marty Stouffer for mine. He knew so much about the animals and I learned a ton about why animals do what they do!! :) If I had to choose a hunter it would be my hometown fav. Wayne Carlton. Did a lot for the industry. Gotta love the local boys.
 
David Thompson. He made Louis and Clark look like greenhorn pikers. If you haven't read about this guy and don't who he is, you would be astounded. His perseverence was unparalled.

A monomaniac on a mission.
 
CH Stigand, he was in the British military in Africa during the 1880's. Dangerous game hunter and Zulu fighter. Tough as nails.
 
Marty Stouffer!?!?! Im sorry but.....Bwaaahahahaaahhhaaa!

That guy was the biggest bullshipper on TV. Almost all scenes were set up, in a fenced area or something. Sorry to burst your bubble, but he knew as much about the real world of wildlife as a Mr. Walt Disney.

I'm sorry, I dont want to start a fight, just telling my true feeling about Marty.

I'd go with someone like Andy Russell or maybe Harry Selby. They both live/lived lives I would kill for (but for some reason haven't!)
 
And you know this to be fact??? Or is it just another of those thoughtless remarks with no factual base? Just curious. Seems to me he knows a lot about biology and animal instinct. You know I learned a lot of the things he's said to be true when I was studying in college. Or maybe college's are just another bogus institution that send people into the world with no idea? Just trying to ruffle your feathers a little :)
sneakem
 
Not to brag, but I probably know more than he does now, but my father was my outdoor hero as a kid. I thought he knew every thing and I learned a ton from him. Glad I had a dad that loved hunting and the outdoors, and was young enough to enjoy it with me. By the time my youngest brother came along, my dads health was lousy, and he didsn't get that same level of experience.
Yelum
 
My dad was a lousy hunter, and for the most part always has been... Was then, and always will be my hero though! :)
 
peter capstick. the guy gave up a career on wall street to chase his dream in africa. and made a hell of a living at it. wish i had the balls to do what he did.

i don't know about marty stoufer not knowing anything about critters, but i've also heard most of his shows were staged. either way, i used to watch his shows religously as a kid and still watch it if i catch it on.




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Jack O'Conner, Jim Zumbo, Gordan Eastman, ##### and Jim Cabela, Howard Copenhaver, Stan Potts and Jim Mills of the Safari Club in Thermopolis, WY to name a few.

Any self made man, who made it big and has filled a trophy room with a life of adventure hunting and fishing around the world.

WB
 
Jack Rohdes, he taught me how to hunt, he's passed on now has been for some time but i'll never forget 'em......
 
ME! just kidding.
I used to like Capstick until my p.h. in africa said he knew chapstick (that's what they called him) and that he was nothing but a self-aggrandizing boozer, who couldn't stay in a tree (leopard hunting) without falling out. Re-reading some of his books I believe it. He sure talks a lot about the sundowners.

I personally like Elmer Keith and Teddy Roosevelt.
 
Hornseeker said: "Marty Stouffer!?!?! Im sorry but.....Bwaaahahahaaahhhaaa!" and "I'm sorry, I dont want to start a fight, just telling my true feeling about Marty."

And why did you feel that you needed to share this with us? Sorry, but I stopped cutting down others "opinions" when I got out of high school. If someone states facts that are wrong, then have at it, but Marty meant something to Sneakem and what you think about Marty doesn't change that. It was a stepping stone for him learning to enjoy the outdoors/hunting. It always amazes me that people say stuff like this to someone on the intenet when they wouldn't standing next to the guy. I am sorry, but it doens't make me think more of your opinion, it makes me think much less of it.

To answer the question, a distant 2nd to my dad would be Jim Zumbo. The stories/books that he has written are about taking his daughters hunting and how he backpacked over a mountain to get in to some public land with mostly blocked access by private land owners have alwyas hit home with me. I also picked up some good hunting stories and tips along the way. Don't really care what anyone else thinks about him. He spoke to me and got me interested in elk hunting, to which I am now addicted!

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
Of the well known kind......I'd say Jim Shockey is up there as well as Chuck Adams. I don't know if I'd label them "Hero", but I admire them and what they have done in the hunting world.

But as others have said, hands down it would be my dad. He went to the great hunting grounds above 10 years ago this month, he was 48. Hunt hard and live life.

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-06-05 AT 12:46PM (MST)[p]Jim Corbett. Though his time was well before mine, his writing tells me he was as fine a naturalist, hunter and gentleman as you would hope to meet. I would love to sit across a fire from him just one night.
 
I heard the same thing about "chapstick". Not very popular in the dark continent at all. Have to second the vote for Corbett.
 
Marty S. was a scammer, those close up animal den shots could not have been made any where but a zoo. Every animal on his show from a weasel to Bighorn sheep made the same noise. cheek, cheek, cika cheek, listen next time you watch, it will make you crazy once you catch it. But his shows were cool to watch.

My hero was a neighbor guy I knew that ran huge trap lines, ran lion and bear dogs and lived an awesome life. Of course he died of a brain tumor in his mid 50's.
 
I think its great that so many people idolize the people the people that gave us the love of hunting. Our fathers and grandfathers, I hope that I can instill the same love of the outdoors to my chilren, as we all do I suppose. The next generation of hunters rest in our hands. How do we want to be seen as role models?
sneakem
 
Teddy Roosevelt. How else could we have an arguement about Fedral Lands and State Owned Animals without the ForeSight of Teddy when he created the National Forests?? He was a Man among OutdoorsMen. Too bad he/they didn't protect more Winter Range back in the day.

My Dad would be my hero on a personal level. The Man can shoot and antler size never mattered. Not even the 46" 5x5 he shot in the 60's.
 
Just as we all know television is subject to editing and staging.
How many of your favorite hunting programs and shows are subject to editing. All of them probably. How often do you see a horrible shot on TV. Not very often because it doesn't make good television. We all know it happens. We're all adults and know some of it is edited or staged. Its always the message or information it shares that counts.
sneakem
 
my ol' man. don't even have to think about it. and the marty stauffer deal, not only does he use tame animals and fences, he got caught at it and admitted it. remember his video he put out a few years back? he admitted that everything in it that he filmed was staged in one way or another. there was some footage that was real, like the moose stompin' the ol' man in alaska, but he didn't film any of it. everything he did in the film was phoney and that's a matter of record.
 
That's right Txhunter. I thought this post was "Who's your hero?" not lets beat up on others heros.

Lets take a look at Marty Stouffer. He made a show of wildlife in North America and provided many people and children who otherwise might not see these animals a way to enjoy them and hopefully foster a love of wild animals and wild things in people. Now there is moronic shows like "Who's my father" and "Fear Factor" that monopolize the airwaves. I'd take Marty Stouffer and a staged snowshoe hare and Lynx chase over the idiocy being crammed down our throats nowadays.

Capstick. I could care less if he ever shot an impala let alone 100's of marauding elephants. No one has ever been able to match his style and penmanship and the way he captured the essence of the Dark Continent and brought it to millions of readers is unmatched. His books are a pleasure to read and his tales of dangerous game are incredible. I'm sure most of the negative stories that were started and circulated were by jealous and envious PH's in Africa who only wish they had a fraction of the writing and story telling ability of this guy.

Its funny how some themes never change.

"Kick 'em when they're up, Kick 'em when they're down."
Don Henely in Dirty Laundry
 
>Below the belt, Mike.

All in good fun......

But in all seriousness. I dont know that I have a "hero". There are some folks that are deserved of high respect. John Browning and Teddy Roosevelt are just two that come to mind.


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I agree Capstick is a good writer and I still read his books. But this thread isn't called which writer do you admire most. Also, think about it. If you are writing a book about yourself, what are you going to say: I am the greatest shot in the world. All women want me. I never miss. I have a 12" (foot). Don't believe everything you read. Especially if someone is writing about their own exploits.

So he left wallstreet to hunt. Good career choice.
 
Dear ol dad. Wasn't much of a hunter but introduced me to backpacking, hunting and the outdoors. He can't get around much these days and tells the same stories over and over again, but I never get tired of listening to them. As far as a famous type hunter I respect, probably Dwight Schuh for his style of hunting and his professionalism.

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I too put my ol' man at the top of the list. Gave me a passion for the outdoors and taught me many valuable lessons.
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Fred Bear would be next on my list. I killed a starling with my Bear Little Bear recurve and sent him a pic of it. He sent me a letter and autographed picture and made me a horonary memeber of the Fred Bear Archery Club. It was a very Big Deal to a 10 year kid. Still have the picture.
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BTW Buckspy,
Carried on Thompson's tradition this fall on the river named after him.
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I would have to go with my Dad also. He waded ashore on Utah beach back in 1944. And was on the outskirts of Berlin when the war ended. He was with me when I killed my first buck in 1964, even though he wasn't much of a hunter himself. He is 90 now and in good health. We golf together once a week in the warmer months and he still beats me most of the time.

I also like Capstick even though I only knew him as a writer.

Steve
 
Thanks BC for reminding me about Fred Bear! One of the best. The biggest reason I got into bowhunting as a kid. I even wrote a research paper on Fred Bear and bowhunting in highschool, much to the chagrin of my english teacher.

And now, after a 20 year absence, I am getting back into bowhunting again. What changes in the last 20 years!

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
I use to go to a holiday inn located in thermopolis wyoming as a kid. I think the hunters name was james or jim. This place has trophy animals from every continent and climate. It's better than walking into cabela's. his hotel got me hooked on trophy hunting. i still stop there when i drive through even if i dont' plan on staying. here's a link to one of the rooms there.
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BC Boy thank you for mentioning Fred Bear. I couldn't believe I went through 30+ posts without seeing his name. I loved that story about a sparow...priceless. Ben Pearson was another amazing guy. There's an old video with Ben Pearson that if you ever get the chance to watch it make sure you do. He was amazing. He hunts pheasants and ducks with his bow and makes some of the most unbelieveable shots with his bow you'll ever see. He shoots a Griz. running at about 70 yards. I finally ruined the tape by watching it so many times as a kid. Howard Hill, Patrick McMnaus :), Daniel Boone, Browning, Chuck Adams, Enos and Nimrod!

Dub
 
LAST EDITED ON Jan-06-05 AT 09:27PM (MST)[p]I'll throw in a couple of Kirt's. Curt Gowdy and Kirt Darner. I loved to watch American Sportsman every week and reading Darner's books got me all jacked about muleys as a youngster.

Now I look up to guys like Larry Weishun and Jim Shockey. As for Marty Stauffer I liked everything he did. Sure it was staged but how else you gonna get a shot of Beavers making little beavers under a pile of sticks?!
 
My hero was always my dad, especially as a kid growing up.

The person I admire most? His name is Joe Foss. He was the former governor of North Dakota, WWII fighter pilot and hero, Former NFL commissioner, and Former Chairman of the NRA. He passed away about 1 year ago here in Scottsdale, AZ. I met him at a G&F meeting a couple of years ago and I quickly realized this was a man of high character and morals. Very honored to meet this man.

I wouldn't even turn around to see Bill Clinton but I'd drive all day for the opportunity to shake Joe's hand again.

Most admired Hunter: Chuck Adams Bar none!
 
I would agree with my dad being my hero! Would have never stepped foot in the wild without him.
The guy who got me hooked on mule deer hunting would have to be Ryan Hatch though....through his videos of monster bucks and amazing sheds it got me hooked on finding every antler out there and wanting to see monster bucks.
YB
 
My dad's always been my hero. We didn't have alot when I was growing up but I sure didn't know it at the time. He drove a school bus for a living but somehow we had enough to go out west every summer since 1976 without fail. He got me into hunting at an early age and then he all but quit. He killed his first deer ever on a trip that I took him on to Colorado at the age of 60 in 2000. He's the best in my book.
But as far as famous people go I'd have to go with Deerking followed closely by BuckSpy...

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For me it would be my dad and my grandfather. They taught me to hunt and fish and have always been there for me. Now as far as hunters/writers go I'd have to say Jim Zumbo, Peter Capstick, Jim Shockey and Craig Boddington. I enjoy all their writings and even though I don't read them as much any more, they sure fueled the fire for me when I was younger. Also all of you guys who are so dedicated and suck excellent hunters on this board. I think this board is blessed with a great amount of amazing hunters.
 
I know that this may be a little off the subject but I think the U.S. Military will always be right there with our fathers and grandfathers. Many have served and with out them we probably wouldn't have the right to hunt. So I just wanted to give those men and women a big hand!
sneakem
 
Hero: Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, Jr. USAF (Ret'd)
Author of " God Is My Co-Pilot".

Who I looked up to most in my life, my father even though I lost him when I was a teenager. Hunting was introduced to me by my Grandfather and Uncle and they will always be remembered for that part of my life.

Brian***
 
I think it's funny how many guys said their Dad's couldn't hunt worth a $hit, but where nonetheless their hero. I'd have to say the same thing about my Dad; never has been a real good hunter, but still my hero.
However, he did luck into a 5x6 when he was 16 years old. His biggest buck to date. Dwr pulled a tooth on the buck and aged him at 10. Even my Dad will admit that the buck was probably deaf.

cabinfever
 
The only fellas I have any respect for in the hunting world would be Larry Jones, Dwight Schue, and Will primos....I use to go to the Rmef convention every year just to listen to Larry Jones......
 
kingfish, I was wondering when will primos would come up. I would say #1 is my dad..hands down...but will primos is a close second.
Later, Brandon
 
LAST EDITED ON Jan-07-05 AT 01:43PM (MST)[p]Fred Bear- Hunting Hero / John Wayne-General Hero


No Guts...No Story!
 
Gabriel Dumont
He was the leader in the red river rebellion in Canada.
Conway Jenkins he was one of the best if not the best at conning someone usually a greedy person out of his money. What he is most famous for is taking Indian war ponies from the cohquered tribes and selling them to the U.S. army. Can't think of a better victum in the 1800s than the greedy army. How else do you think Custer and the boys were able to get into the forbidden Black hills. He was even honored with the name Conjob.
That meant an honor in that his jobs were so well planned that nobody got hurt. Some didn't even know that they were swindled. He specialized in the kind of jobs where there was no real victum private party anyway.
 
Great post. I'm glad that it has stayed on track for the most part. I agree with many that have been mentioned, and have to avoid some of the others. Like most, my dad will always be my hero. He's been dead for 18 years, but he was a helluva man. He was 6'6" and I've seen him chase bears with a stick - REALLY. And he could hunt anything, and fished well, ytoo.

As far as the others, most of my heros are from the past. I'm surprised no one has mentioned some great hunters from the native Americans. Ishi - the guy that taught Pope and Young how to hunt would be a good one. Another is Chief Washakie. He was a a great warrior, like Crazy Horse. Teddy Roosevelt is another I really like. Tom Horn was a real stud here in Wyoming; a crack shot at all sorts of critters, and I'm still convinced he was framed. Shockey is the only contemporary I really appreciate.

As for MM guys, it has to DK and BUCKSPY. They get big deer on public ground year in and year out. That's my list.
 
I think this is kinda where I was going on this post. I just wanted everyone to take a look at how many people we idolize and how they've affected our lives. We can see from this post that its not just the people in the spotlight that affect our lives, some are the most common. I just hoped that everyone would see that the things that are said and done on this post are not just heard here. There are so many people that our actions may influence, so many that really do look up to us.
Anyways, I hope the post continues it really awesome to hear all the names and all the people we didn't think about.
Sneakem
 
Jack O'Conner for writing all the great stories that I read when I was growing up. He influenced me to buy my first deer rifle in .270 caliber.

Larry Benoit - one of the first trophy horn hunters I ever heard about.

Lewis Wetzel - a frontier woodsmen who lived in the last half of the 1700's and who is a local legend.

My friend Greg who can see and kill big deer on one side of a hill while I am being skunked on the other side. Happens almost every year. This past November we even traded sides of the hill and the same thing happened.

"Searchin' for a 4 X 4"
 
LAST EDITED ON Jan-09-05 AT 10:19PM (MST)[p]Howard Copenhaver, one I listed as a hero died earlier this year. This thread made me look him up as I knew he was getting up there in years. Well he went to the happy hunting grounds in the sky in Feb 2004, I recommend reading his books. I'm lucky to have a signed copy of each, he wrote to me about always wanting to pack into wyoming but never had the chance. He totally changed my mind about outfitted hunts, the people that are guided are usually at the top of there profession, and didn't have the time to do it on there own, lived in the city, etc. He respected these men and offered his services with the attitude he could learn something from these men, not as taking city slickers into the hills...

Here is a little on Howard,

Howard Copenhaver, 89, was mentor to many other guides

Howard Copenhaver, a pioneer outfitter in the Bob Marshall Wilderness who shared his wealth of experiences in four popular books and was the unofficial mayor of Ovando, died Feb. 6, just a month shy of his 90th birthday.




He started packing visitors into the rugged backcountry of the Bob Marshall by mule string in the late 1920s, when it was known simply as the South Fork (of the Flathead.) The young conservationist, Bob Marshall, was just making a name for himself around that time with his marathon hikes there.

"I highly admired Howard," says Jack Rich, a Seeley Lake outfitter whose father guided and pursued other endeavors with Copenhaver in those early days. "He was one of my mentors. I grew up around him and my dad in the Bob Marshall. He was one of those independent, self-made men. And tough as nails. When you looked at him, you'd wonder how he could make it from breakfast to lunch. You had to look twice to make out his shadow. But he could go all day" in his grueling tasks as a rancher, logger and livestock handler.

A long list of past and present backcountry outfitters in western Montana got their start under Copenhaver's tutelage.

"You can't name an outfitter I don't know," Copenhaver said in an interview with the Missoulian in 2001. "About two-thirds of 'em worked for me."

One of those is Missoula's veteran wilderness outfitter Smoke Elser.

"I came to work for Howard Copenhaver as a young man from Ohio in 1958," says Elser. "I wanted to learn how to pack horses and mules. I went to the Whitetail Ranch in Ovando, which was owned by Howard Copenhaver and Tom Edwards. Howard and I hit it off right away and I became very close friends with him and his wife and kids."

Elser worked for Copenhaver from 1958 to 1964, when Elser started his own guiding business. For 40 years he's taught an "Outfitting and Packing" course that has been attended by more than 3,000 people. He says he still teaches the same methods he learned from Copenhaver.

"I learned all his techniques and horse-breaking skills, as much as I could absorb," says Elser. "He was the best teacher I ever had. He was my mentor. He taught me the basics of how to handle livestock, how to pack, and a lot about how to pack mules."

Copenhaver also showed him how to handle guest clients, according to Elser.

"He was a master at what I'd call homegrown communication ability," he says. "He didn't try to use a lot of big words. He'd walk up to you and put on that big smile, and say 'Hi. I'm Howard Copenhaver.' I've been able to make a very successful business myself by following his example. He never thought he was better than anybody, or less than anybody, never mind if it was the son of a president of the United States.

"He was my Montana father," adds Elser. "I'm the luckiest man in the world. I have two dads."

Copenhaver also was a master storyteller, an important trait for wilderness guides, who have to keep saddle-sore dudes entertained during long days on the trail.

"He lived 15 people's lives as far as experience goes," says Howard Fly, who worked for Copenhaver as a packer and now owns the Blackfoot Commercial Co., a gas station and convenience store in Ovando.

Copenhaver shared those experiences and his knack for storytelling in four entertaining books that also include a wealth of local history. His books are "Copenhaver Country," "They Left Their Tracks," "More Tracks," and "Mule Tracks: The Last of the Story."

His backcountry adventures - like the time he spent an entire day being chased up one tree after another by a grizzly bear that had claimed a hunting client's elk - provide much of the grist for Copenhaver's humorous tales.

But one of the most fascinating stories in "Mule Tracks" is an account of the trip he took with his mule string to the New York World's Fair in 1964. The fair coincided with the centennial celebration of the establishment of Montana Territory.

Copenhaver was invited by the Montana Centennial Commission to be part of the state's delegation that traveled to the World's Fair on the Montana Centennial Train. At cities all along the route to New York, the Montana delegation stopped to stage shows and parades that featured a cast of 300 people, including Indian dancers, cowboys, cowgirls, miners, farmers, ranchers and artists, as well as stagecoaches, a wagon train and 175 head of horses and mules. The train's cars were decorated with artwork of many Montana artists.

The tour included a visit to Washington, D.C., where the state's centennial "Wild West Show," paraded along Pennsylvania Avenue and circled the White House. They were greeted by Montana Sen. Mike Mansfield, President Lyndon Johnson and other dignitaries.

When Johnson made his appearance, Copenhaver's book recounts, he got a startling Montana howdy from Kitty Quigley, Miss Montana Centennial.

"I'll tell you what," Copenhaver wrote, "Kitty sure put the cowboy trimmings on that high-toned affair. Like a flash, before anyone could stand, Kitty lets out a cowboy holler and jerks out her two six-shooters, which were loaded with blanks, and shoots into the air. Where they came from I don't know, but we were surrounded by FBI men who had Kitty pinned down and degunned. Almost scared her to death. President Johnson took his place at the mike, and laughing, he greeted us all and gave a welcome speech."

Copenhaver said the trip to the World's Fair was one of his most memorable adventures.

"It was a great trip," he said in the 2001 Missoulian interview. "It doubled the number of people that came to Glacier and Yellowstone the first year."

For more than 60 of his 89 years, Copenhaver showed visiting hunters, anglers and sightseers the splendor of the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

In "Mule Tracks," he spelled out what it takes to be a successful outfitter:

"First, you must love the outdoors and people, also have the ability to learn stock, and your country. How to pick a suitable camp. How to keep your guests out of trouble. In other words, you have to be a half-baked psychologist, a veterinarian, know how to put on a Band-Aid, cook and shoe horses and be one jump ahead of everyone on the trip. If you're caught with your pants down, you're in trouble. Also, make time to tell stories. It's all cow college without going to school. A-number-one in an outfitter's job is to learn how to make your guest see all this beauty through your eyes. He's not used to what he's seeing all around him. You have to point it out as you see it."


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One of the greatest outdoorman that ever lived, my grandfather. He named half of the mountains in Washington, built half of the trails, and what made him great, he lived off of the woods. He would go into them in the fall, and come out in the Spring with a load of firs. He could watch a bee and tell you where his hive was to get honey, he could name every flower there was around and what it could be used for. From saving peoples lives with his sled dogs, to whaling, etc. If it was outdoors, he knew it, and thanks to him, my Dad came along MY HERO!

For famous people, I would choose Hemmingway or Jack Oconnor. AS for Marty Staufer, he had great kid shows, but I sure hate a fake! Capstick was a great writer even if he was a panzy.
 
My dad has always been my hero. He's the best, hands-down!

After this weekend however, I have a new hero emerging: MY 10 YEAR OLD SON! He brought home an almost strait 'A' report card on Friday, learned to snow-ski on Saturday, and was nailing bulls-eyes with the .22 Mag on Sunday in preparation for his first Javelina hunt next month!

It's amazing to watch your children grow.... ;-)

S.

:)
 
WyomingBen, i too own a signed copy of each of his books, and howard is definately one of my biggest hunting heroes. I live in missoula, which is very near were howard lived in ovando, and my gandfather worked for Howard for a few years in the sixties.
Another hero of mine is Roland Cheek, who is also from this area and was a guide in the bob marshall. His book, "The Phantom Ghost of Harriett Lou" is bar none the best elk book ive ever read.
 
I would have to say my hero is definatly my friend aaron. He has talked about his hunting skills many times to me and he shot a spike buck a few years ago.
 
No one said Rutnbuck sigh. Wow what a bunch of great names! So much have they offered! So many are heros in my book! None more then Patric McManis. I don't know if he ever killed anything but I know with out him I would probably be normal. Hats off to the guy. I would probably still be married if I didn't try some of his tatics on my x. Like make her ride in the back of the truck for 3 days while hunting the back woods. Truck never did look the same. And what a ruckus she made. Not to mention the dents she put in it. Other greats are turtle hunters of MM. I am kind of taking a liken to the cat twins miss bessy and best. Wonder what to wonder next. Right now I am thinking Founder has put together a site that might take all. A lot to learn here.
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-28-05 AT 00:48AM (MST)[p]Mine isn't a famous TV hunter or a big name. I would have to say my Grandpa and my Dad. We had the most fun together and they always tried there best to put me on deer. It seemed almost every year my Grandpa would get a deer and was always teaching me things. He passed away a week after 9/11 but we had 1 awesome hunt before he went. The year before he passed my brother, Dad, Grandpa and myself were all drwan for a X zone in California. We ended up taking 4 Nice bucks before Sunday evening of that weekend. One of my role models in hunting and my decisions in life is my Grandpa. I have shot 6 bucks sice he passed away, and wish he could have been there or could have heard the story about the hunt. Not knowing he was going to pass away on his drive up for opening weekend, I now try to get as much time in with my other role model. Luckly my Dad and I are very close and I couldn't pick a better person to be in the field with then him. Whether it is sitting in the marsh calling in greenheads, making conversation in the bass boat, or hunting muley's, I have pictures and a little story behind each one. I don't want my memories to fade away like a breeze in the evening.
 
My real hunting heroes are my father and grandfather, both of whom are gone. They didn't know they were being heroes, just passing on what they knew and were raised with. As I will do with my kids. As for a larger than life hunting hero, Dale Earnhardt. mtmuley
 
My son, he shot his first buck at 8 years old, has shot a buck every year since then. he is now 22 years old, has two bucks over 30", one great cactus buck with 19 points on one side and 21 points on the other side, and two other bucks that score over 165, has shot deer with muzzleloader, bow and arrow and his guns. He has the best eyes of any person I have ever hunted with, can spot a antler tip in the brush a mile away and the most important thing I have watched this young hunter pass on more mature bucks then you would ever beleive.
 

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