Sad to learn of his passing. Like many, I only “knew” him on AR. His posts were always insightful. It’s interesting how I have only met a few of you in person, but feel like I know many more of you from this great forum.

RIP, sir.

RIP

I talked to Bill occasionally to get his advice on what books to read and study. He helped with my writing skills. I am an engineer and cannot write without numbers, so he sorted that for me.

What many may not know was that he was integral part to SCI's rise as a hunting organization rather than a good old boys club. He hunted with C. E. McElroy several times, he ghost wrote many well known books, he edited the SCI magazine for many years. He helped SCI transition away from McElroy's club to a real club.

He lamented that SCI has lost its way lately but felt solid about the core members. He was a voice of reason for that group.

Good guy that left a legacy.

Condolences to his Family and Friends.

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Originally posted by dogcat:
What many may not know was that he was integral part to SCI's rise as a hunting organization rather than a good old boys club. He hunted with C. E. McElroy several times, he ghost wrote many well known books, he edited the SCI magazine for many years. He helped SCI transition away from McElroy's club to a real club.

Here's quite a bit from Wikipedia about Bill's life and accomplishments.

Bill Quimby

Did not know he received the Capstick award.

He was generous enough to offer an introduction to Fiona Capstick who kindly sent a signed bookplate from herself and Adelino for my copy of Winds of Havoc.

Rest in peace Bill,I enjoyed your posts. jc

I'm very sorry to hear of Bill's passing. I knew him for about forty years, and wrote a few yarns for him when he was the editor of Safari Magazine. He was a fine man.

TT

Bill always held a good hand, yet always close to his vest.

I respect that.

May he rest in peace.

Bill and I swapped a few books through the years. And being from Tucson I had met him a time or two. We often talked about flying up to see one of old friends Cpt. Brandt near Alamosa. But his health or mine kept us from doing that. Now the Captains gone also. I turned my pilot license in because of health and sold the plane. We seemed to enjoy much the same things. I have several of the books he wrote. He will be missed by me and those who knew him either in person or here on the forum. Adios Amigo, I will miss you.

Just seeing this thread - in JNB after a hunt. I communicated with Bill a few times.

Please give his family my best if you see them Tony.
He has always been one of the good guys to hunt or share a campfire with.

Sad to hear that. A real gentleman.

Prayers and condolences to his family.

RIP.... life is so darn precious!

Condolences to his family and friends.

Best regards, D. Nelson

Wow, gone already?
Just read about him going to hospice a couple nights ago.
Didn't get on last night and had a foul up the night before.

Tonight as I got online thinking I'd better send a note before getting sidetracked here.
I just got it sent and came over here to find out it's too late.

RIP Bill, we're gonna miss you.

George

Rest In Peace.

RIP Bill

Today I got a reply to my "too late" message to Bill.
from his Dau Stephanie.
Sent the obit, a long poem, and a couple other such things. I tried to fwd it to Saeed and was rejected.
I sent it to a few others on here and it seems to have gone thru. Hope someone will post it. That's beyond my experience.

George

Rest in peace, Bill.

Has an official obituary been published in a newspaper?

REMEMBERING BILL QUIMBY

By- SportsAfield

Hunter, conservationist, writer, and author of many bestselling big-game hunting books, he left his mark on the outdoor world.

Author, editor, publisher, columnist, and lifelong Arizonan William R. “Bill” Quimby has died at age 81.

From 1983 to 1999, Quimby was editor and publisher of Safari Club International’s Safari magazine, the annual SCI Record Books of Trophy Animals, and the monthly Safari Times and Safari Times Africa newspapers. From 1967 to 1994, he was the outdoor editor of the Tucson Citizen and a member of its editorial board from 1987 to 1994.



He was born in Tucson on September 30, 1936, and attended schools in Yuma before returning to Tucson in 1954 to enroll in the University of Arizona’s College of Business and Public Administration. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, he was employed in the advertising divisions of Levy’s and Jacome’s department stores, and at local advertising and public relations agencies. He founded and published Arizona Outdoor News, a regional newspaper covering Arizona’s hunting and fishing opportunities, for three years in the 1960s.

He was a founding member of the Tucson Art Directors Club and southern Arizona chapters of Ducks Unlimited and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He also served as the 1990 president of the One Shot Antelope Hunt’s Past Shooters Club in Lander, Wyoming.

During the 1960s, Quimby won several metalicas siluetas—long-distace, high-power rifle shooting contests—in Sonora, Mexico.

In 1973, the Arizona Wildlife Federation presented Quimby with the Conservation Communicator of the Year award for “outstanding contributions to the wise use and management of the nation’s natural resources.” In the 1980s he served as a member of a governor’s panel that advised the Arizona Game and Fish Department on fundraising methods.

After retiring in 1999, he divided his time between his home in Tucson and a cabin in Greer, and wrote or edited more than two dozen books on international big-game hunting subjects.

One of his books, Royal Quest, told of the hunting expeditions of Prince Abdorreza Pahlavi, brother of the last Shah of Iran. Another of his books chronicled the history of Safari Club International. His own memoir, Sixty Years a Hunter, was published in 2010.

Quimby received numerous awards as a reporter, columnist, editor, and publisher, and, in 2003, he became one of only three authors to be presented the Peter Hathaway Capstick International Literary Award, the highest award a hunting and adventure author can receive. He was inducted into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2006.

Quimby hunted in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and the South Pacific, taking more than sixty different types of big-game animals, including all ten species found in Arizona. Utilizing his knowledge of hunting in Africa, he moderated Safari Club International’s popular “Your First African Safari” seminars for nearly twenty-five years at the club’s annual conventions in Nevada.

He is survived by Jean, his wife of more than 62 years, daughter Stephanie Quimby-Greene of Tucson, and grandchildren Natalie Greene of San Francisco and Logan Greene of Tucson.

https://sportsafield.com/remembering-bill-quimby/

My condolences.

We're going to miss you big guy.

Sincerely,

Ty Beaham

RIP Bill, you will be missed and remembered.

Deepest sympathy to his family and his friends. He was a superb contributor to this Board.

Thanks for publishing the obituary, Ty.

Regards, Tim