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#99449 - 01/01/12 09:36 PM One year later..........Tigger
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I'm posting here since this forum gets more traffic than the off topic section.

But one year ago today our HHM family lost a great friend. I was on the fence about posting since most of us have likely not though about it in a while but I still think of Dale quite often. Anytime I look at my antelope skulls in the living room I am reminded that he was supposed to be on that trip w/ Ernie and I. We spoke quite often, almost weekly sometime and always spent at least an hour on the phone and listened to each other retell hunting stories that we had already heard. We also shot together on many occassions at the SWPA B'n'B and even when him and Eric (his brother) would make the trip down just to shoot long range.

If you didn't know Dale (Tigger), just look at the "Top Posters" counter on the right side of the screen......the guy has been gone a year and still has the #3 position, not because he was a post addict but because he always had valid advise to offer and make good additions to a thread.

And when I think of Dale I always remember that he left a young wife, Linda, and three children.

Still missing a friend................Dan B.
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#99450 - 01/01/12 09:57 PM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: Dan B.]
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Dale was somethin' special, I think of him often.

Thanks Dan.
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#99454 - 01/01/12 10:50 PM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: s4s4u]
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i think of him often as well. he was a good buddy of mine that i miss. i've lost several internet friends, family, etc. we go on....to hopefully meet up again.
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#99455 - 01/01/12 10:50 PM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: s4s4u]
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I do miss him-- and his groundhog posts.

Thanks for preserving his memory

Good post Dan
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#99456 - 01/01/12 11:50 PM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: H2OBUG]
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#99457 - 01/02/12 12:37 AM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: TCTex.]
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Yep he was a great guy, I enjoyed talking with him and exchanging ideas and he's a lot bigger part of why I started my business than most people have any idea about. I still keep the card I got from his wife after his passing on my main gun cabinet in my front room. It has a picture of Dale on it and when I look at it motivates me, especially if I'm having a bad day with pain. I just remember how he handled his disease with such an up beat and positive attitude and pushed on regardless of how he was doing and in the face of something he knew could and did kill him.
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#99458 - 01/02/12 12:39 AM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: wapitirod]
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I miss him.
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#99466 - 01/02/12 01:15 AM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: Dan B.]
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 Originally Posted By: Dan B.
...the guy has been gone a year and still has the #3 position, not because he was a post addict but because he always had valid advise to offer and make good additions to a thread.


Well said Dan. I only knew Tigger on this site but learned a great deal from him. He is missed.
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#99470 - 01/02/12 08:36 AM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: pab1]
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Tigger always had good advice, provided me and others with a lot of laughs with the "Get Both" mentality and had an extremely positive outlook on his fight...I didn't communicate with him until late in his disease, and his words still have an impact on me.

Unfortunately, the "Get Both" advice has stuck!!

Miss you buddy.

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#99475 - 01/02/12 10:05 AM Re: One year later..........Tigger [Re: SChunter]
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I never met Dale personnaly, but talked back and forth often about "Charlie" hunting. We had talked about getting together for a few hunts. From our discussions I felt I knew him. I miss our back and forth. Thanks Dan.

Chuck - Rupe/PA

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