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Title: Hunter22
Post by: Bowguy on March 06, 2022, 05:32:40 PM
Been a few years, some may not even know of the man but he was an active guy here and good man in my opinion. I'm sure he's got some unbelievable call sitting beside him and the birds are always gobbling. Just the same remember and let's shoot one for him
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Gobbler2577 on March 06, 2022, 05:35:03 PM
He was one of the best for sure.  I found myself looking for him at Unicoi...

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Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Yoder409 on March 06, 2022, 05:35:59 PM
Quote from: Bowguy on March 06, 2022, 05:32:40 PM
Been a few years, some may not even know of the man but he was an active guy here and good man in my opinion. I'm sure he's got some unbelievable call sitting beside him and the birds are always gobbling. Just the same remember and let's shoot one for him

He was good people.   Yep.

:angel2:

I have a call in my accumulation that was made for him.  Has his name on it.   Kinda a neat reminder.   
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: grayfox on March 06, 2022, 05:49:46 PM
He is surely missed.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: paboxcall on March 06, 2022, 05:52:14 PM
 :agreed:
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: packmule on March 06, 2022, 06:05:04 PM
I was thinking of his "First Team" "Second Team" threads a few days ago. Always enjoyed those.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: bobk on March 06, 2022, 06:20:51 PM
  He was a gentleman.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: vt35mag on March 06, 2022, 06:32:24 PM
I have a mora/apple fiddlebox that was Rickey's and tried to call one to the gun with it last year. Came really close, but when the gobbler got to 50yds he made out the shooter (my dad). He stayed interested, he just circled around him and kept looking for me.
Will try and make it happen this year.

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Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Yoder409 on March 06, 2022, 07:27:35 PM
Good thread !!!

Thinking about taking my Rickey call and hunting it this spring.  It's a Mann purpleheart/cedar checkered short box.

Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Greg Massey on March 06, 2022, 07:32:21 PM
He had a great knowledge of calls and the turkey woods...and a fine call collection..
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Spitten and drummen on March 06, 2022, 07:37:14 PM
I was proud to call Ricky a friend. He and I had several phone conversations and traded alot of calls.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: dirtnap on March 06, 2022, 07:41:37 PM
Quote from: Greg Massey on March 06, 2022, 07:32:21 PM
He had a great knowledge of calls and the turkey woods...and a fine call collection..

I know he sure did have a pile of calls.  I always clicked on his stuff.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Yoder409 on March 06, 2022, 08:05:20 PM
Quote from: Greg Massey on March 06, 2022, 07:32:21 PM
He had a great knowledge of calls and the turkey woods...and a fine call collection..

He had an AMAZING collection.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: wbyman on March 06, 2022, 08:10:16 PM
I miss him!
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Bowguy on March 06, 2022, 08:10:55 PM
He sure had one heck of a collection
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Post by: Wigsplitter on March 06, 2022, 08:11:06 PM
He was full of information especially on pot calls- I bought several calls after seeing his recommendations
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: paboxcall on March 06, 2022, 08:12:15 PM
Quote from: Bowguy on March 06, 2022, 08:10:55 PM
He sure had one heck of a collection

A great collection but more importantly those calls were the best of the best.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: 3bailey3 on March 06, 2022, 08:16:41 PM
He was good people!!
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Old Gobbler on March 06, 2022, 08:35:13 PM
I miss talking to him on the phone , he sure was ate up with turkey hunting and collecting calls ..a fine gentleman indeed

I sit in the woods and in my turkey camps thinking of how badly I miss the old timers I hung out with, my "gone "family members who turkey hunting..miss them bad , some good members here too , the place made them very happy - thats why it's here ..for you !

I'll crack a cold for him , if I get a nice one it's Ricky telling where he's gonna be ...



Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Hobbes on March 06, 2022, 09:52:44 PM
I don't recall ever talking over the phone with him but we PMd back and forth quite a bit about Colorado back when I lived there.  He seemed like a great guy.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: REBELYELL on March 06, 2022, 10:21:32 PM
Rickey was good people. I sure miss talking to him. I try to keep my PM's cleaned out, but I never deleted the ones from him. I know he sure made me spend a lot of money.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: Mobeardhunter on March 06, 2022, 10:44:53 PM
When I first got on this forum I reached out to him about some custom calls, he was more than helpful to a young guy who had no clue and had only ever hunted with Walmart calls. He was a wealth of knowledge and turned me on to Bill Lyman and also gave me some insight on some strikers that I should get. He was a good guy and a valuable asset to folks who wanted to learn about turkey calls
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: WAGinVA on March 07, 2022, 08:01:46 AM
He also had a fine collection of friends and admirers.
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Post by: ol bob on March 07, 2022, 09:00:54 AM
He was a fine gentleman, always had time to talk even when he didn't feel like it. We need more like him.
Title: Re: Hunter22
Post by: tracker#1 on March 07, 2022, 09:41:10 AM
I still have our conversations saved in messages. When I was new to the forum he helped me out with lots of questions, greatly missed...