Hunting & Fishing Virginia Hunting Legend Dies at 105

[Tucker301]

I've shared information about his amazing accomplishments the last few years.
At 105 and to have gotten most of that way on his own, well, you can't really ask for much more out of life.
Still, I'll miss seeing the stories of yet another successful hunt this Fall.

Godspeed!

 

[Blackkettle]

Its folks like this that make us be better men. Big shoes to fill.

 

[pmclaine]

An iron man that lived into the age of Snowflakes.

Can't imagine the change a 105 year old has experienced.

No other generation will witness that level of change.

Born when horses were prime movers died when the Russians regularly take US astronauts into space for a fee.

When he was a child people scoffed at the idea we would go to space and if they did go to space Jules Verne would shoot them there out of a cannon.

Now it's not out of the question we will go beyond the moon.

I do get melancholy when I think "Why couldn't I have been born in 1918 instead of 1968".

I'd of met a lot more guys like this one.

 

[Blackkettle]

True and thats what drives me, remember that the younger kids today need someone to look up to and be “that guy”. Its not an ego thing its a responsibility.
We have to remind ourselves ....who is carrying the torch?
I have many young guns I work with come to me and look up to me for knowledge but its not because Im so wise its because they are not.
So I have a responsibility to mentor them......as we all should.
Then the world would be a better place and kids would want to shoot and hunt instead of gaming and eating tide pods.

 

[Alabusa]

RIP Mr. Roberts

 

[Blackkettle]

Maybe his gift to you is to take his place.

 

[Swampr42]

Man what this ole feller seen in his time, what I would give to hear some of his stories. Godspeed Clyde!!