Randy shared many of my thoughts about Marty. I am blessed to have been able to call him my friend. I am going to attach a link to a local TV news story about his death. In it, you get a glimpse of the kind of man he was.
http://www.ktva.com/family-remembers-matanuska-river-boating-accident-victim-avid-outdoorsman-439/ Marty was so proud of helping his grandson get his first moose, and if he showed me that picture once, I saw it ten times. He also talked a lot about how he and his family all pitched in to catch and process the salmon they would eat throughout the year. He loved his family mightily and spoke about his wife with admiration.
I will miss his stories around the campfire. I wish you all could have seen him share about the grizzly on a deer hunt. Marty just dealt with it like any other circumstance and made it through by keeping a cool head. He was unshakeable.
I could go on and on. In the few short years I knew him, he had a big impact on me as well as the others who shared our hog hunting camps in TX and LA. He was generous, strong, humble, funny, grateful for everything and saw the best in everyone.
Here is Crittergetter, Jon Kaw and akdd(Marty)
Crawfish boil after a hunt with TGer's Kevin Bilotti, Randy Madden, Michael Arnette, Marty Rinke
You will be missed Marty.
Darren