The Eternal Camp Fire with Chris Surtees

Terry Green · February 07, 2011, 01:31:00 PM

I spoke with Larry this morning about being lead to start this thread and Larry said he would be honored to have this thread be an on going story book of the hunts that will come out of Chris' memory. I think it will be very special to keep them all preserved on one thread to honor Chris' contributions to this site, its members, and the St Jude Auction.

Larry has told me more than once what TradGang meant to Chris, and when we was in Iraq for some 20 months TradGang helped him stay connected with his love of Traditional bowhunting and in touch with his his many friends. It was like therapy for him and helped him 'get away' when he could not.

There are a lot of items of Chris' spread out among many TradGangers, and more of Chris' items will become available on the St Jude Auction this year as well as some other efforts to spread his hunting equipment around.

If you have a hunting story that involves Chris through any connection and would like to share it please feel free to do so on this thread. If you have already shared a story here on Tradgang(seems like there was one but I can't remember by who at the moment) please post the link to the thread here.

Chris' presents at Solana Ranch 2011

A Collection of hunt with Chris at Solana Ranch 2011

Story by Curt Cabrera

In Honor of a Good Man

I have another little story I'll share soon and look forward to reading the many others that will follow.

cacciatore · February 07, 2011, 01:34:00 PM

Very good idea Terry,best way to honor a friend and a great member.

amar911 · February 07, 2011, 01:41:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by cacciatore:
Very good idea Terry,best way to honor a friend and a great member.

Amen.

Allan

Froggy · February 07, 2011, 01:55:00 PM

I'll second the Amen..

MJB · February 07, 2011, 02:02:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Froggy:
I'll second the Amen..

And I'll third it

Amen..

Covey · February 07, 2011, 05:14:00 PM

That's very cool, good on ya'll! Jason

ronp · February 07, 2011, 06:15:00 PM

Fourth Amen. Great idea and very deserving.

rastaman · February 07, 2011, 08:41:00 PM

Here is my link....

The hunt that never was....

February 08, 2011, 09:03:00 PM

Good plan Terry..

Terry Green · February 08, 2011, 11:04:00 PM

Thanks Randy. ....that's the one I was missing.

Mudd · February 09, 2011, 10:18:00 AM

I will support this one in anyway I can.

I'm sorry that I never got to meet Chris face to face but I feel we shared a friendship through our mutual tradgang family.

Thank you Terry for insuring the memory lives on.

God bless,Mudd

GRINCH · February 09, 2011, 10:26:00 AM

A true tribute.

hogdancer · February 09, 2011, 04:44:00 PM

A great idea, I was fortunate enough to meet Chris on a hog hunt briefly. We were supposed to go on a hunt that he had won on St.Judes and invited me to participate since we were bidding against each other, what a nice gesture, The hunt never happened or I may have a story to add.

Terry Green · February 12, 2011, 11:34:00 AM

Chris shows out for Compounders :

Larry and I went to Maryland to hunt Sika deer mid January. My main hunting gear got hung up due to the snow storm on its way back from Solana Ranch. I had to gather up all new gear that was strewn here and there.

Anyway, I took my Charlie Lamb Sunbear Longbow and the 1st selfbow I ever made....along with Some Arrow Dynamics and a quiver full of Chris' wood arrows that Larry had given me.

Before I left, I tried Chris' arrow out of the Sunbear, but that wasn't a pretty sight...it didn't want to fly at all out of that bow...but I threw the arrows in for the journey anyway.

We were out shooting in the back yard of the farmhouse we were staying in and I decided to go in get my selfbow and try Chris's arrow out of it. Some of the shots included a Coke Zero can sitting on top of the smaller block target.

When I came around the corner of the farmhouse I stopped instead of walking on up to where we'd been shooting with was around 20 yards or so. At this time the compounders from Colorado had just gotten their bows out to shoot. One was standing to my right, and other was standing to my left. And the one behind me said..."You are going to shoot from HERE"?

Larry was standing behind me so he could watch the flight also. Now, there were 3 targets out there, and one block target was in front of another large target. The targets were pretty shot up with hardly a 'spot' to pick, and Larry said, just shoot the can. I asked him if it was still there, and he said yes, then it came into focus and I started to draw.

Bought that time one of the Colorado boys asked..."You want me to range find it for you"....I let down my draw and said..."Nah,...I got a range finder right here" as I pointed to my right temple.....and I started my draw again.

Yep, you know it, I nailed the can with Chris's arrow and I heard from my right...."That was FOURTY TWO yards!!!....Fourthy TWO yards with no sights" ?!?!?!?!

I turned and looked at Larry, and we both were grinning from ear to ear. At that time, Larry and I both had the exact same feeling.

Yeah, I kept the can.

jcar315 · February 12, 2011, 11:44:00 AM

Thanks for sharing Terry.

Izzy · February 12, 2011, 12:48:00 PM

Kenneth · February 12, 2011, 01:03:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:
Chris shows out for Compounders :

Larry and I went to Maryland to hunt Sika deer mid January. My main hunting gear got hung up due to the snow storm on its way back from Solana Ranch. I had to gather up all new gear that was strewn here and there.

Anyway, I took my Charlie Lamb Sunbear Longbow and the 1st selfbow I ever made....along with Some Arrow Dynamics and a quiver full of Chris' wood arrows that Larry had given me.

Before I left, I tried Chris' arrow out of the Sunbear, but that wasn't a pretty sight...it didn't want to fly at all out of that bow...but I threw the arrows in for the journey anyway.

We were out shooting in the back yard of the farmhouse we were staying in and I decided to go in get my selfbow and try Chris's arrow out of it. Some of the shots included a Coke Zero can sitting on top of the smaller block target.

When I came around the corner of the farmhouse I stopped instead of walking on up to where we'd been shooting with was around 20 yards or so. At this time the compounders from Colorado had just gotten their bows out to shoot. One was standing to my right, and other was standing to my left. And the one behind me said..."You are going to shoot from HERE"?

Larry was standing behind me so he could watch the flight also. Now, there were 3 targets out there, and one block target was in front of another large target. The targets were pretty shot up with hardly a 'spot' to pick, and Larry said, just shoot the can. I asked him if it was still there, and he said yes, then it came into focus and I started to draw.

Bought that time one of the Colorado boys asked..."You want me to range find it for you"....I let down my draw and said..."Nah,...I got a range finder right here" as I pointed to my right temple.....and I started my draw again.

Yep, you know it, I nailed the can with Chris's arrow and I heard from my right...."That was FOURTY TWO yards!!!....Fourthy TWO yards with no sights" ?!?!?!?!

I turned and looked at Larry, and we both were grinning from ear to ear. At that time, Larry and I both had the exact same feeling.

Yeah, I kept the can.

:D

ronp · February 12, 2011, 04:12:00 PM

Yes!

macksdad · February 12, 2011, 04:35:00 PM

I'm sure there's gonna be alot of good reading to come on this thread. I think this is great.

Rob DiStefano · February 12, 2011, 07:26:00 PM

now THAT was priceless on too many levels, terry. just priceless ...