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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Al Snow on January 18, 2007, 12:48:00 PM
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It's being reported on another site that Dal Lowrey of Kansas has passed away after a long struggle with complications from heart surgery last spring.
I know many of you remember him, and his signature sign off:
"Friend of the little man, enemy of none."
Rest in peace, Dal
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This is a great loss for the Traditional archery community.
My condolences and prayers for his family.
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Dal was a good man and an inspiration. Sad day indeed :(
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A good man and will be greatly missed. :(
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Very,very sad news. Dal and I had the same operation within a month of each other. You will be missed by many.
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Condolences and prayers
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I had many coversations with Dal. The man was a wealth of information! Until we meet again Sir.
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Condolences
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Very sad news indeed. He has been a fixture on internet forums for as long as I can remember. My condolences to his family.
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Here is a picture of Dal at Spearhead Ranch. I never met the man but always enjoyed his posts.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/tphillips1645/Dal05.jpg)
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Dal was one of the first traditional archers I every had the pleasure to meet. Shot with him a few times, discussed bows with him a few times also. I went to Spearhead Ranch on his recomendation, it was one of his favorite places.
He will be missed.
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That is sad. He was a fighter.
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I was at the Spearhead ranch the year the picture above was taken - 2005. This was my first chance to meet him. He and his wife Karen are great people.
Very sad news......
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Very, Very Sad!! DAL was a great traditional archer.
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Had the pleasure of dealing with Dal. He was a fine gentleman. He will be missed.......Shick
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That's a great picture, thanks for posting it. He looks happy.
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It's misting rain and ice here in NC, good day to send an arrow off in honor of Dal.
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Dal and his family is in our thoughts and prayers.......stabow
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Dang... :(
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Dal was a super guy and he will be missed greatly... Prayers for Dal and his family...
So sorry, Jim
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Here is what I wrote on the LW:
I am stunned. We lost a GREAT LW'er today. Over the years I have seen a few like Dal leave us. Over on the Trad Gang we lost Barb and on the Widow Wall we lost Scotty to a drunk driver.
The internet has opened the world up to us increasing our community. I guess with the pleasure of that growth we open ourselves up to the pain of a loss.
I will really miss Dal Lowrey and I will pray for him and his family. This hurts.
Rest in peace Brother!
Bill Wright
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thoughts out to his family .
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Prayers sent from S.C.
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My heartfelt prayers to him and the loved ones he left behind. Godspeed Dal.
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:( Prayers sent out for the family.
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very sorry to hear this .i bet he is by the fire with all the ones whi have gone on before -- herb
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Dal was a good man and sure loved his Morrison & Widow bows. He'll be deeply missed.
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Happy Hunting Dal :campfire:
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Sad news indeed...
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Terry, You think you could post the Pic of Dal on the first page, on top of the forum for a few day ???? Kind of a rememberance????
Dal was one of the very first guys on the other site that helped me out when I first began. I would have worried most people to death with all the questions I PM'ed him about... But he always seemed to be more then willing to teach me and explain things to me. To me Dal is really what the heart and Soul of Traditional Archery is all about.... Something the other ways of hunting are lacking....
God Bless and keep you in his loving arms.
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Life is a big long Test, I have a feeling that Dal has passed it in flying colors.
I cant count the times he has answered my questions via E-mail. This one hurts.
God's Grace to his family.
Billy
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My condolences to his family and friends, Happy Hunting Dal.
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A very sad day. My prayers go to his family. Dal was a great guy an an example to us all. Until we meet again Dal.
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He was a fighter, but I guess the good Lord wanted him there by HIS fire side. You will be missed. Alan
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I always enjoyed Dal, rest in peace friend! :(
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Dal and I had some great good hearted ribfests on the LW, I will miss him.
Prayers to his family.God Bless.
Save me a spot at the fire Dal; we'll talk again.
BD
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Very sad. I sure enjoyed his posts, I respected his opinions on bows very much. He sure was one of the good guys. Rest in Peace Dal.....
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I never had the pleasure of actually meeting Dal other than through the internet. The Dakota in my Avatar pic was one he bought from Bob, and I picked up from him about a month after he got it. The man went through some very nice bows!
My recent hunt on Shiloh Ranch was actually put together by him. It was supposed to be a "Black Widow" hunt. Unfortunately he was unable to make the hunt in the physical sense, but I know he was there in spirit...
You will be sorely missed Dal, get after them in the happy hunting ground, and prayers to your family and all of your friends for the loss...
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Oh Wow !! Talk about a shocker...heard that he'd been sick for some time,but didn't expect him to not survive.
Shocked...prayers for the friends and family.He will be missed.
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The replies to this thread show the overall appreciation of the trad community of Dal Lowery, and rightly so. I never met him or actually talked to him, but sent a few messages back and forth. I admired his wisdom and willingness to give advise. I also admired how he was not afraid to speak his mind and stand his ground on controversial topics on this site and others. He was a good man.
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Very sad news.
It always made me smile every time Dal would say:
"I'm done buying bows, this is THE ONE!"
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I have never met the man but going from everyone's post he was a great man and a big part of alot of folks lives and trad archery. My prayers are with his family and friends.
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Sad indeed. Blessings, Dal.
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Dal was a fine fine person, and he will surely be missed by the traditional archery comunity. I never met him in person...only on the interenet, but that was enough for me to know his true character. My condolences.
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Dal certainly touched a great many of us on our journey into traditional archery. He was always a stable influence on LW, and was eagar to help anyone.
He was also my inspiration as a bow buying addict.
Happy hunting Dal!
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Prayers sent to the family from both Sylvie and I.
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Very sad news. I only knew Dal through the Internet but always enjoyed our contacts.
Prayers sent to the family.
Goose
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I hope his family see's this and knows he had alot of friends he never met. I said a few prayers for Dal as we exchanged info about our dads. He was a good one.
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What a MAN in every sense of the word. I spoke to Dal on the phone a few times about bows,and after just a minute he made you feel like you had known him for years. He will be missed and always remembered. Out Door Dan
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Prayers for family and friends. If anyone is in contact witht Dal's family, they should make them aware of the postings, here and on the Widowwall and ***********. I know it lifts my spirits to read these and I pray it would lift theirs as well. Mike
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I never got to meet Dal but I certainly considered him a friend. As stated above, he was always there to help in anyway. Dal & I traded more than a few bows! I'm sure he's watching with the perfect bow now :) My prayers to the family...Doc
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Godspeed Dal. You were one of the good guys for sure and you're contributions to traditional archery will be missed.
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Never had the chance to meet Dal, but have read and appreciated his posts for a long time. We'll all miss him. May he hunt in peace.
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Dal was a great traditional archer and hunter. He was also a very fine gentleman. It is hard to find enough words for the loss of such a good man. My sincere condolences and prayers for Dal and his family.
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Every time I saw Dal's name I thought of Spearhead Ranch, I know how much he loved it there. That is obvious in the picture. Take comfort in the fact that he enjoyed his life.
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Sad news...Van
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Like many others here my only contact with Dal was via the internet. Nevertheless I felt I knew him and had a great amount of admiration and respect for him. I am happy to see his Spearhead ranch picture posted, it was clear that was a place he really loved and felt at peace. Hopefuly his family will see this and see how many people cared for and respected Dal.
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Same here. Dal responded to more than a couple of my 'stupid question' posts "back in the day".
You go Dal ! ..and congratulations on a job well done. :thumbsup:
Godspeed and say hello to a few friends and family for me. :clapper:
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I bought several of his "rejects" :-) I will miss ya Dal.
Dan
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Dal not only liked his Widows and Morrisons, he was also into Howard Hill bows. Some of his best posts were about the virtues and nuances of 'tests' he'd done on the many sticks he owned through the years, complete with photos, descriptions and of course opinions....always offered with a healthy enthusiasm. You could feel the passion he had for stickbows, and for shooting. The man practiced archery like his hair was on fire and his fettish for fine bows was a bucket of water, lol. Geez, I'm going to miss him.
P.S. The longbow in that photo of Dal is a little 58" Morrison Cougar that I purchased from him after his antelope hunt...and promptly blew a slam-dunk shot at a whitetail with, lol. I still have a wall souvenir of that shot...a section of sapling centered with the imbedded broadhead that stopped inches from the deer's vitals. I no longer have the bow, but the hunting memory will always remain and so will my fond rememberances of how it came to be. Here's to you, Dal.
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Terrible sad news. Me and Dal used to joust a bit back in the early days of the LW. Then on the Widow Wall and again here. I never imagined from his initial descriptions of his health and the operation itself that this could be be the outcome. I always figured he'd pull through and be back shooting again.
Cheers my friend.
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Dal and I responded to one another a couple of times over the years. We had much in common. We were around the same age, shot the same bows, retired around the same time. I always respected what he had to say and always looked forward to hearing from him. He will be sadly missed. My heart goes out to his family and all that knew him.
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Goodspeed to the happy hunting grounds Dal..... :campfire: Terry
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Condolences. He looked like a happy hunter. I'm sure where he is the hunting is better.
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Prayers for his friends and family.
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So sorry for his family - may they all fully believe he is in a much better place now.
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This was so sad to hear. I will miss Dal...one of the really good guys in trad community.