After reading G.F. Asbell's newsest story in TBM it seems that Fred and I share the same interest in canadien beer, Labatt's Blue to be specific. He's been my hero since I was kid. Too bad I never got the chance to say "Hey Fred, want another". Of course this would be sitting around the campfire after a successful hunt. :thumbsup:
Greg: cool thing was he would sit around the fire and tell stories and LISTEN to stories while sipping a beer - with average Joe and Josephine bowhunters. Still miss that man.
And then in the morning drink his coffee out of an old tin can.
Brian, did you know him?
VTer yes I did. I met him long ago at his museum in Graying Michigan.
I used to show the movies of his hunts at the Anderson Archery ' Bow Clinic's in Grand Ledge Michigan.
I had a chance to sit down with him several times and talk with him; and my family and I sat at his table for dinner. Our paths crossed a lot - and his friend Bob Munger and I sat down together in his camper parked on lake Michigan and picked out pictures for his [Mungers] book.
Fred was a kind man that was quick to take interest in everyone - he wanted to hear your stories as much as you wanted to hear his.
I never hunted with him - that would have been cool !
To only have shared his camp, lots of things run amiss thinking ,What If?
MAY THE SPIRIT OF FRED BEAR GUIDE OUR ARROWS.