Who in the world would want to be someones IDOL?

I wonder how all these IDOLS, feel about being IDOLIZED?

  RESPECTED  .....Completely different word and meaning.

QuoteOriginally posted by Iron Bull:
Who in the world would want to be someones IDOL?

  RESPECTED  .....Completely different word and meaning.

I RESPECT guys who work hard to get somewhere in life. I IDOLIZE my dad and mom.

I'd hope my kids would idolize me.

I agree with what everyone else says and i'de like to add Chester Stevenson and how about Will Compton.

We know what ya mean bud!!!!!    ..respect , for sure!....sounds like that show on TV I cant stand..American Idol...

I would vote for Monty Browning. I was lucky enough to listen to him speak in Denver a few weeks ago at our Colorado Traditional Bowhunters meeting.  What an inspiration and a positive soul. His story regarding the Cape Buffalo was incredible. Thanks

Gene and Barry Wensel and Dave Knipes

I'm not in to idol worshipping but have been impressed by lots of our past archers including Robin Hood, Geronimo, Ishi, Howard Hill, Fred Bear, and Ben Pearson.

There are probably hundreds or even thousands of archers in the past that shot better than the ones we know today. We can only imagine how we might do in a battle with thousands of other archers.

I would say that there are a number of guys that have changed my life through their work and writing.  I find that most of the inspiration for hunting has happened from books.  G. Fred Asbell's Ground Stalking book inspired me to start looking at the hunt in a different way.

Dr. Don Thomas' books changed my life. They did so to the point that I believed that I could hunt all over the world and achieve any goal if I wanted to.  I also ended up with a lab and started waterfowling and fly-fishing....reading 8-10 books by the guy has become a damn expensive undertaking.        I tell you what though it has given me a lot of joy and fulfillment, and I will be eternally grateful.  

Next up I would say would be Dave Peterson. I just finished his "Man Made of Elk" and the ethics and issues that are in it spoke to me in a very poignant way. I know the things that he brings up have changed how I view land use and inspired me to learn/do more on a local level about things that aren't right.  I will be looking into more of Mr. Peterson's work.

I am just finishing Mike Mitten's book "One With the Wilderness"  and I have a feeling that he has just changed my life in terms of hunting.  There will be a lot more solo backpack trips in my future.  I have wanted to hunt this way for some time and strangely Mr. Mitten seems to have given me the permission to pursue that dream no matter what other people say about it.

Those are a small list of some of the idols/heros/inspirations whatever you want to call them.  To me these guys are not the be all and end all, there are a lot of great hunters and inspirational people out there, these are just the ones that have affected me the most.

If you haven't seen the work from the above gentlemen I would strongly suggest that you do, of course like I said you have to be careful it might change your life.
Allan

QuoteOriginally posted by Danny Rowan:
Do not have any "idols" but have many friends whom I admire and respect greatly here.

Danny

   

Same here

Jay Massey  .

Yea, Don Thomas is pretty cool too.

DITTO to What Danny said.<><

Killdeer, always has been always will be.

Me and Ishi!!!!!

Fred Bear, Paul Schafer,Pope & Young, and everyone on the Trad Gang.com the willingness to share information and help out,those are the people that I idolize. Blake

Fred Bear; what a truly nice man met him 20 odd yrs. ago at a shoot. Still have the Bear Grizzly he signed for me.

Scott Bolson

Fred Bear has done alot for archery.Hunting video`s,the amount of bows and equiptment produced at the time,advertising.The list goes on and on.

MY DAD! THEN PAUL SCHAFER.

My personal trad hero/idol is Fred Bear but also anyone who mentors a new archer, young or old.