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Author Topic: G Fred Asbell has passed.....  (Read 7770 times)

Offline joe ashton

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #80 on: January 09, 2023, 09:04:43 PM »
He will be missed.
 I read every word he wrote.
Watched all his videos.
And had the pleasure to meet him on a few occasions.
 Prayers for his family.
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #81 on: January 09, 2023, 10:59:01 PM »
The legacy of G.Fred can be measured by the stories told about him by his friends.  God's Peace

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #82 on: January 10, 2023, 06:07:40 PM »
May God rest his soul.  Prayers for Teresa and family.
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #83 on: January 10, 2023, 11:14:45 PM »
I'll try to keep this brief, but it may get a little lengthy. I first met Fred in either 1967 or '68 so I've known him a long time. He worked at IBM at the time. Fred, Bob Pitt and Pat Wolf were all bowhunting buddies from Indiana. And all three were world-class bowhunters at the time. There weren't ANY better in my opinion. It's been a very long time so don't hold me to these details.
    Fred wrote about an elk hunt he and Pitt went on in Montana if I remember right. It was a terrible hunt. The guide was very inexperienced, and the area generally sucked. Not only did they not get any elk, but they also never heard a single bugle or even saw a track. Both Bob and Fred said the guide and outfitter were drugstore cowboys and a joke. To make it worse in the end one of them stole either Fred or Bob's wristwatch. I'm thinking this may have been in the late '70s or early '80s. I honestly can't remember if Fred's article about this hunt was published in Bowhunter Magazine or maybe PBS magazine. Either way, it was great and showed that even the best of us gets scammed occasionally.
    Well, me being a Wensel and them being friends, I couldn't let the opportunity pass. It was my pleasure to completely re-write Fred's entire story in reverse, like it was written by the outfitter/guide. I completely turned it around making Fred and Pitt look like inexperienced greenhorns. And in the end the cowboy claimed instead of a tip they left him his wristwatch. I have to admit, it was one of my better written articles the way I twisted it around. A month after Fred's version was published my piece came out (with fictitious cowboy names). I have to admit, it was really funny when you read both pieces back-to-back.
    Not long afterwards I saw Fred at a sports show/banquet and asked him if he saw that rebuttal those drugstore cowboys wrote about him? He looked me in the eye and said, "When did you first realize you were an A-hole?"  :laughing: :biglaugh: We both had a good laugh. He said he was going to get me back, but he never did. It's always been one of my favorite memories of G. Fred. Yes.. we'll all miss him... and I thank him for his friendship. BW AKA UB

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #84 on: January 11, 2023, 07:10:46 AM »
I'll try to keep this brief, but it may get a little lengthy. I first met Fred in either 1967 or '68 so I've known him a long time. He worked at IBM at the time. Fred, Bob Pitt and Pat Wolf were all bowhunting buddies from Indiana. And all three were world-class bowhunters at the time. There weren't ANY better in my opinion. It's been a very long time so don't hold me to these details.
    Fred wrote about an elk hunt he and Pitt went on in Montana if I remember right. It was a terrible hunt. The guide was very inexperienced, and the area generally sucked. Not only did they not get any elk, but they also never heard a single bugle or even saw a track. Both Bob and Fred said the guide and outfitter were drugstore cowboys and a joke. To make it worse in the end one of them stole either Fred or Bob's wristwatch. I'm thinking this may have been in the late '70s or early '80s. I honestly can't remember if Fred's article about this hunt was published in Bowhunter Magazine or maybe PBS magazine. Either way, it was great and showed that even the best of us gets scammed occasionally.
    Well, me being a Wensel and them being friends, I couldn't let the opportunity pass. It was my pleasure to completely re-write Fred's entire story in reverse, like it was written by the outfitter/guide. I completely turned it around making Fred and Pitt look like inexperienced greenhorns. And in the end the cowboy claimed instead of a tip they left him his wristwatch. I have to admit, it was one of my better written articles the way I twisted it around. A month after Fred's version was published my piece came out (with fictitious cowboy names). I have to admit, it was really funny when you read both pieces back-to-back.
    Not long afterwards I saw Fred at a sports show/banquet and asked him if he saw that rebuttal those drugstore cowboys wrote about him? He looked me in the eye and said, "When did you first realize you were an A-hole?"  :laughing: :biglaugh: We both had a good laugh. He said he was going to get me back, but he never did. It's always been one of my favorite memories of G. Fred. Yes.. we'll all miss him... and I thank him for his friendship. BW AKA UB

I know exactly the story you are talking about...I would love to read your "rebuttal". Thank you for some levity.
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #85 on: January 11, 2023, 08:49:08 AM »
Barry, that is a GREAT story. Thanks for sharing and starting my day off with a 'Wenzel induced smile'

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #86 on: January 11, 2023, 09:19:03 AM »
Jerry: It's Wensel not Wenzel  :goldtooth:

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #87 on: January 11, 2023, 12:18:06 PM »
Thanks Bense

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #88 on: January 11, 2023, 12:46:10 PM »
So sorry to hear this. Prayers and thoughts for the Asbell family...
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #89 on: January 11, 2023, 02:09:05 PM »
 “Jerry”  :biglaugh:   Barry I hope you Never change. :laughing:

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #90 on: January 11, 2023, 02:14:17 PM »
I just love you Harry Weasle !!!  :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #91 on: January 12, 2023, 05:39:41 AM »
Nicely done,  J.R.  I wonder how many got that one.

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #92 on: January 12, 2023, 01:45:18 PM »
Not many. Lol

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #93 on: January 12, 2023, 08:36:36 PM »
Rest in peace Fred. Prayers sent

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #94 on: January 13, 2023, 09:51:28 AM »
Teresa just sent us a new banner to put up in honor of Fred. Top left corner of the PowWow.  :campfire:
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #95 on: January 13, 2023, 10:35:40 AM »
Thanks for the heads up Terry, the new banner is a nice tribute.
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #96 on: January 13, 2023, 08:43:56 PM »
I'm sure Fred is laughing now at this thread.  I have some of his books and they aren't going anywhere.  God bless you Teresa.  :campfire:

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #97 on: January 13, 2023, 08:54:29 PM »
Yes, God Speed.  So thankful to have him in our mist of Trad Bouhunting. He certainly was a tremendous asset.

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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #98 on: January 14, 2023, 12:00:17 AM »
I spoke with a very dear trad bowhunting friend today and asked him if knew about Fred. He said he didn't, and then was quiet for a long moment.  Finally he said simply "wow, that's the end of an era, there will never be another like him".

I couldn't agree more.
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Re: G Fred Asbell has passed.....
« Reply #99 on: January 14, 2023, 09:41:25 PM »
Terry, how about starting something in Legends and Pioneers in honor of Mr. Asbell?
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