Rothhars

bowtough · June 23, 2011, 08:51:00 AM

Lil late in posting this,but there I was sitting at the Zipper booth talking with Bill and Tracey at Cloverdale and I happen to look up and who walks by but Mr. Snuffer himself, Rodger Rothhar.
Ryan was in his company and I was a lil hesitant in approaching that kind of greatness,But realized I probably wouldn't get such an opportunity like this again soon,so I took off after them. It's very refreshing to meet people of this stature and find them to be friendly and very approachable. Even with an air of humbleness about their achievements. Ryan even gave me his card for his deer tracking dog and told me to call him anytime day or night if I had one I couldn't find. Was certainly a thrill meeting these two giants of our sport and finding them to be all that! Makes me proud to be a Traditional bow hunter and travel in the same ranks as wonderful people like these.

Bill Carlsen · June 23, 2011, 09:09:00 AM

When my first wife's father died we had to go to Ohio to take care of things. While there I decided that I would call Roger to see about his Snuffers. Long story short, I spent two days with him. Ryan was still a toddler at the time. No better people in the business. He was the one who got me to put away my compound bow as I also met his friend, Don Assenheimer and wound up with one of his bows. If I had a way to digitize the slides I have of that meeting I would be happy to share them.

Kelly · June 23, 2011, 09:11:00 AM

Not to be picky but it is Roger Rothhaar, not Rodger Rothhar.

bowtough · June 23, 2011, 09:46:00 AM

I appologize for my spelling discrepancies,I stand corrected, thankyou. My sincere apologies to the Rothhaars. :(

IndianaBowman · June 23, 2011, 12:23:00 PM

I'm pretty sure their name has been spelled wrong more than right.

While I haven't had the pleasure of meeting up with Roger personally, I have been fortunate to hunt with Ryan. He's a strong little guy and one of the best shots I've had the pleasure to shoot with.

They are both the real deal when it comes to hunting big deer.

DWT · June 23, 2011, 12:27:00 PM

I caught Rogers seminar at compton, seemed real down to earth and quite humble. Loved his veiw of the outdoor channel.

RkyMtn Joe · June 23, 2011, 01:00:00 PM

I'm a pretty good speller as a rule and I usually have to look it up to get it spelled correctly.

Roger's "Whitetail Magic" is the BEST book of big buck hunting stories I'ver read. His "In Pursuit of Trophy Whitetails" is the best instructional book on hunting the "big boys" is also the best of that genre to me. I wish he'd update us with another book on his pursuit of those big old Iowa bucks---I know it would be a fascinating and entertaining treatise.

Joe

Rick McGowan · June 23, 2011, 06:31:00 PM

I bought some Snuffers and a book from Rodger at the first PBS banquet in 1986 and there was this little kid running around, years later I ended up guiding that little kid(Ryan) on a water buffalo hunt in Australia. He is a killer too, I had to try a hold him back from killing every big boar hog around. I think his recovery distance on the first three averged out to about 15 FEET!

Stone Sheep · June 26, 2011, 10:48:00 AM

The Rothhaar's are just good people. I was happy to see them at the Compton shoot.

Rando · June 26, 2011, 12:36:00 PM

Agreed!!
I ordered both of the above mentioned books from Roger and he spent a lot of time with me during several phone conversations some years ago... and while my exploits & accomplishments pale compared to his, he was as genuinely interested in hearing about my bowhunting experiences as he was in describing some of his. And when the autographed books arrived he had also included several photographs of recent whitetail trophies with very detailed descriptions of how each was taken, score, etc. on the backs of them. Excellent books - QUALITY PEOPLE! Would love the opportunity to meet Roger & Ryan some day.
Rando

brian brooks · June 26, 2011, 08:21:00 PM

Very,very sweet people.Rodger showed up at my house years ago,to talk hunting in N.Mo. for some reason cant remember now,think something with work, i didnt show up.Was at his place after this and as usual still same ol good guy.I even got to see ryan while there.The salt of the earth these people are.Some of the best people ive ever met in this sport.Need to go see um.Not to far.Will be there this summer Rodger.....Brian

Zbone · June 26, 2011, 09:27:00 PM

"Loved his veiw of the outdoor channel."

DWT - Ahh, you can't leave up hanging like that...8^) Fill us in...

joe skipp · June 27, 2011, 04:02:00 AM

Bring along a case of Mountain Dew and you'll have a friend for life!