Members past & present

I have met two of our members who have passed away. I actually worked with klbzdad for a bit and got to know him well. He was an opinionated old cuss, but aren't we all? I met goofy elk on the Manti once and had a good conversation with him. I was saddened to hear about each one of them passing.

I met bux n dux at the expo a couple years back. He probably doesn't want me letting this little secret out, but he's only a meanie on the forums. He's a real pleasant guy to talk to in person. I met kinekilla at his booth at the expo this year. He was kind enough to share his knowledge with me about how to get your best value per ounce of expo beer. A real prince of a fellow. Speaking of beer, I really feel like I need to choke down a pbr with 3arabians one day. He can tell me all about his 1 arabian he still has and I can tell him about my 1 (also used to be 3) quarterhorse that I don't ever ride, but I feed it and watch it sh!t.

I kind of know Arl...er 2full, but I'm much better acquainted with his kids, nieces and nephews that I grew up with and are all around my age. When I'm up hunting my place I sometimes look out across Crystal and say, "Howdy, 2 full", but I don't think he hears me. Maybe someday I will come across a white chevy on the road and I will flag him down for a chat.

There's this one fringe poster from Alaska that only pops his head in once in awhile. He has tried to lure me to Alaska a time or two and it sounds tempting, but I have an uneasy feeling about it. I legitimately think the guy might be a serial killer or something. I discovered him posting on reddit once, so I'm almost certain he is a Marxist. I'm still trying to feel that one out.

There's a number of guys here I wouldn't mind meeting someday. Even the guys that I have butted heads with because they were too silly to realize that I was right and they were wrong. Maybe by the time league starts I will be brave enough to go link up with Airborne and the other trad guys for some 3d. Maybe if I draw my antelope tag in the next year or two I can talk CPAjeff into going hunting with me. Maybe someday when I'm passing through Evingston I will cross paths with Goob and he can help me perfect my fried possum pecker recipe. If any of you guys in the lower half of Utah County see a portly guy with male pattern baldness in a black 2020 Ram Laramie bitching about traffic and the out of control development, come say hello!

Edit: I forgot to mention I also met .35 Whelen who was kind enough to give me some bear goodies when my wife drew the Manti. I think I still have your turtle food floating around in my garage somewhere. I'll have to see if I can find it and share it with some lucky bear in Idaho this year 😂

I have no doubt having a PBR with CCG would be a good time that would end being the end of that 12er in one sitting.

I met mwscott72 right after I joined the forum. Crazy to think we’ve been buddies for almost 10 years now. Utah big bull took me out for swan a couple years ago and he’s a **** good dude and we’ve stayed in touch.

I never met cake boy but something about him ripping my heart out with his moose draw prank made us good friends. I’ll get up to Alaska someday to meet up and kill some baby critters with him.

I met ridgetop on mwscotts sheep hunt years ago and trigger on a late cow hunt.

Everyone I’ve met in person has been a good dude. I would like to meet cpajeff and talk anything but accounting. Airborne and vanilla would be a riot I’m sure.

Edit- not sure how I forgot to mention Packout here earlier considering I was sitting in the same room as 4 pieces of his work when I made the post.

It’s always a good time dropping off or picking up a critter from him and getting a chance to chat in his shop for awhile.


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Some of you may remember the good old fly fishing forum Utah on the Fly. Boy that place was a trip! Mods here would be banning folks daily if the shenanigans often pulled there were pulled here. Through the stream access fights I got to know a large number of members I'd had some serious knock-down, drag it out fights with, and almost universally we became good friends, some of which still to this day.

We need a big fight to unite us and get us all at a Wildlife Board meetings and the legislature so we can meet in big numbers. I shared my experience above because I operate on the idea that just because we argue online, I don't take it personally and I have confidence if I met the vast majority of you, I'd like you. I do have one example of an unnamed member that I have met and I legitimately don't like, so I leave room for the fact that there are some dudes that are just dinks. But by and large, I think most people are good even if I don't agree with them on certain issues.

Of course I've disagreed with plenty of people on this forum, and a few of you I've had some real knockdown, drag-out "discussions" over the years, but there are VERY few that I think would be crusty and unpleasant in person. I'll let you decide for yourself if you are one of the 2-3 that may fit that bill. 😜

PBH and W2U are guys I have fought with on multiple forums, but I have no doubt when we finally have a fishing trip together, we will become fast friends. They are good dudes, even if very wrong about essentially everything. I actually met W2U many years ago without knowing it until years later...at his wedding! 🤣 There are a lot of members here I have wanted to meet up with, and a few of you just recently I was thinking about reaching out to and saying we should do lunch, so this thread is timely.