Jim Dougherty

[NIGEL01]

RIP Jim

He was one of the best!

[duncan idaho]

A true gentleman and a archery legend. R.I.P , Sir, your battles with cancer were long and hard, my deepest respect.

[RAU]

RIP Jim

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by NIGEL01:
RIP Jim
 
He was one of the best!

HOLY COW...and I won that print in the St Jude Auction.

God Speed....He will be missed.

[G. Fred Asbell]

G. Fred Asbell...I knew Jim Dougherty, mostly from having served with him on the Pope & Young Board and other organizations over the years, and he was extremely important to bowhunting, particularly in the '60's and '70's. He was a Californian and worked for Doug Kittredge at the Bow Hunt while he was still going to school, and archery and bowhunting were in their infancy. He probably made his mark when he started writing for Bow & Arrow magazine. In later years he also wrote for Petersen's Bowhunting too. Jim served as an officer in many, maybe even a majority, of the archery/bowhunting organizations in the early years. He worked with Ben Pearson eventually, and, I think, became a VP. Someplace in there he moved his family to Tulsa (5 boys & a wife). Jim was a very strong family man and many of his writings included them in the plot. He was a very talented writer and an excellent leader. I once told him that while we all considered Glenn St. Charles the founder of Pope & Young, I considered him the "Saviour". Jim came into the prezs office at a difficult time for P&Y and pulled everything together and took the organization down the road on the straight and narrow.He was a valuable man throughout his life and career. I would call Jim a private man, given to talking about hunting and fishing, and rarely himself. We will miss him and his steadfast hand on the wheel. God rest you Jim, and keep your family safe. G. Fred Asbell

[Charlie Lamb]

commercial with Jim

[Steve O]

Always looked up to Jim Dougherty. He was a great example of the bow not making the man. His back page in Petersens Bowhunting was the only thing worth reading in that magazine for many, many years.

[cacciatore]

What a miss his loss,I tell you one thing my brothers of the bow,take care of your buddies since they are alive.

[NIGEL01]

Neat commercial.  Thanks for sharing.

[Walt Francis]

Originally posted by Carcajou:
Send an arrow skyward on behalf of Jim.....R.I.P.

Normally I do not shoot at grouse when they are 30 feet up in a tree or when hunting in prime grizzly country, I lose too many arrows and do not want to smell like a grizz meal. Having read the above post, I made an exception yesterday while hunting in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness. I got lucky and managed to put an Eclipse tipped arrow through the grouse's chest. The arrow kept going, up several hundred feet, out over the steep hillside and down into the thick timber. The grouse fell straight to the ground and was quickly finished off by Hunter. Hunter's young friend Ryan who was hunting with us thought it odd I did not want to look for the arrow. I just mumbled that ones for Jim, picked up the grizzly bait, placed it into my Bison pack, and then continued the elk and mule deer hunt.

R.I.P. Jim