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Author Topic: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing  (Read 1151 times)

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Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« on: January 07, 2024, 10:03:23 AM »
Today is the first anniversary of G. Fred Asbell's passing.  Great man gone to the great beyond.  We have lost several great men/woman in January.
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2024, 12:06:21 PM »
I can't believe its been a year already, seems like just yesterday.

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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2024, 12:33:12 PM »
Surely doesn't seem like a year has gone by since we lost GFred 'the man'.
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2024, 01:34:05 PM »
Yes, a great guy!
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2024, 05:56:02 PM »
I never met  G Fred in person, I only know him through his books and articles. But I do know that bow hunting lost one of its greats a year ago today.

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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2024, 09:58:18 PM »
Met him at PBS San Antonio.  Wore one of his vests to Mass tonight.
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2024, 10:06:36 PM »
I had the pleasure of meeting Fred many years ago in Colorado, he was very helpful in the short time we spent together, what a wealth fo knowledge. RIP Fred.
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2024, 02:45:10 AM »
Bless him.Good man!

The 1st Traditional Archery book that I bought along time ago was his Instinctive Shooting book.Still shooting instinctive to this day.

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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2024, 02:59:35 AM »
God bless him and his family
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2024, 06:04:59 AM »
Super nice guy, he helped me through emails when I decided to start carving down a few shelf’s on various bows. 

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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2024, 10:53:03 AM »
Not too long after Fred died, my beloved dog died.  The night after my dog died, I had a very vivid dream where Fred was playing with my dog in heaven.  I only met Fred one time, at an instinctive shooting seminar he was putting on at Black Widow many years ago, so it was quite a surprise when he turned up in my dream.  But your post brought back a memory of that dream, and made me realize that the first anniversary of my dog's death will be coming up pretty soon too.
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2024, 11:35:11 AM »
G.Fred Asbell is one of my heros, I met him at the Elk show in Reno NV when he still had Bighorn. I have all his book only one is not signed and his DVD,
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2024, 05:21:25 AM »
I miss visiting with him . It has left a big hole in out Trad Community.
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2024, 01:19:20 PM »
Fred used to belong to a traditional bowhunting camp down at a hunting property in south Georgia affectionately known as Paradise.  Several guys here on Tradgang used to either belong to that lease or had the pleasure of hunting that lease.  Fred usually had a hudson bay long coat on and was a mountain of a man to me and he looked like what i imagined a mountain man would look like.   He was just one of the guys to us and is greatly missed.
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Re: Anniversary of G.Fred Asbell's passing
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2024, 07:54:37 PM »
A true Statesman for the Traditional Way. He was always ready and willing to help someone. He brought so much this way of life.
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