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I have just lost my best friend and hunting partner. Steve was a man of spirit and honor and a true best friend. Years ago, we became more than friends. He became my brother from another mother. Steve and I first met in Wichita, Kansas while attending college and training in Anesthesia. We studied hard, played hard, and hunted as much as we could. After graduation I came back to Oklahoma to practice and be with my family. Steve continued on with his life in Missouri. He married and had two wonderful girls. Life was a bit hard on Steve as he divorced and lost most of his assets in a bitter contest of wills. Steve pressed on with his career and his avocation. He was a frequent visitor to our home and spent much time reading my African hunting literature. We hunted as much as our busy schedules would allow and in these later years, Steve and I have made African hunting our main passion. We have made safaris in Namibia twice, Tanzania once as well as Zambia. We were to set off on our biggest adventure of all, a full bag safari in Tanzania this August. That can not happen now. Steve was a small man with a huge zest for life. He will be missed by me and the rest of his family and friends. Thanks for your indulgence. square shooter | ||
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Very sorry to hear this. ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again. A. E. Housman | |||
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There is certainly something very special about hunting buddies, shared campfires, shared joy and excitement over each other's trophies, shared jokes, a cold beer and a good cigar, etc. I would like to think your friend is on safari every day now. Mike | |||
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My sincerest condolences. | |||
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lb, Sorry! I know this was supposed to be the big one for you guys. You have my sympathy. Your buddy definitely was way too young. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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So sorry. Lost my best friend a few months back. We never have enough friends or time. Bfly Work hard and be nice, you never have enough time or friends. | |||
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Go anyway 404 and toast to him every night with a cool sundowner. Do something special in his memory for sure-I intend to have my ashes split into ten vials and ask my ten best friends to spread them while on a safari to Africa-Just my way of getting my buddies on another safari!!! Bob Clark | |||
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lb404, I know what you are going through...Look back on the great times and great memories with a fine brother.. You must go and take something of your best buddy to Africa and leave it there...Toast him around and campfire and honor him... Mike | |||
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Sorry to hear about your loss ib404. My condolences to you and his family. Salute him towards the African stars. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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So sorry for your loss.......samwise is right, you should still go on safari in August -- I'm sure he would want you to go -- do it in his honor...... "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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So sorry to hear this lb. You have my sincerest and most heartfelt condolences. I know how it feels...I lost one of my closest friends 7 years ago on my 30th birthday. He was only 32. And 59 is far too young too. I agree with Samwise. Do the trip...your buddy wouldn't want it any other way. When I was in Tanzania last September, I toasted my departed friends with a sundowner or three and I like to think they could hear it. Canuck | |||
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sorry about your loss,,it's the reason I'm content with aquaintences,,no investment,,no loss.GODS PEACE a good horse,a churchill sized Maduro,a true rifle,and 50 year old brandy.................. | |||
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Lb,Sorry to hear of your loss. Good friends are hard to find. Hang in there bro. ______________________ Age and Treachery Will Always Overcome Youth and Skill | |||
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I really thank you all for your coments. I really feel lost. square shooter | |||
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It seems that nothing saddens me more than the loss of a good friend and fellow hunter. Deepest sympathys  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Leonard, My thoughts are with you. Ray | |||
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Leonard, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. When good men sit with you around a campfire, Stephen will be remember in kind words and deeds. In that respect Stephen will always be among us. I know he will live in your heart and memories! Not a bad epitaph, that! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Sorry to hear of your loss. We all will lose hunting buddies if we live long enough. Hunt anyway. Look for new friends. There are lots of good people out there. Not to replace the lost one. No one can. Just to not miss all the good friends yet to come. Good hunting "D" Although cartridge selection is important there is nothing that will substitute for proper first shot placement. Good hunting, "D" | |||
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Sorry to hear of your loss. I also know what it feels like because I lost my best friend/hunting partner in 88, he was 23. It goes to prove you never know when your turn is up so enjoy life like there is no tomorow. I'm sure your friend would want you to go anyways. I for one would want my partner to go anyways, it wouldn't be the same but go anyways and remember the good times. Mike | |||
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