JWshooter

Mountainy Jack · 29-01-2011 12:43pm #1

It is with great sadness that I have to tell you all that JW left this world yesterday.

Some of you may only remember him from his passionate (sometimes over-passionate!) contributions to these forums; others from his fantastic exploits down through the years as the finest clay pigeon shot this country produced; others from his exploits as an expert and master deer stalker.

I will choose to remember him as a great friend, I will miss his steadfastness, his assuredness in his views, his confidence, his drive and enthusiasm.

One thing is for sure, the world will be a duller place without him.

marlin vs · 29-01-2011 12:47pm

I didn't know the chap personnaly, i'm shocked, may he rest in peace.

doyle61 · 29-01-2011 12:49pm

RIP. i enjoyed reading his posts. sad loss to shooting community

patsat · 29-01-2011 12:52pm

RIP. Never knew the man apart from on boards but had great respect for him.

It wasn't me! · 29-01-2011 12:59pm

RIP. Helped me get into stalking and was an absolute gentleman any time I spoke to him. A huge loss to Irish shooting.

arrowloopboy · 29-01-2011 1:05pm

Well put Jack,

God rest ya John

endasmail · 29-01-2011 1:07pm

holy ****
never knew him or met him
always enjoyed reading what he had to say
RIP

Chopperdog 2 · 29-01-2011 1:12pm

I shot with John many times on the Sporting circuit, an excellent shot and he illuminated this forum.

Rest in Reace John.

BELOWaverageIQ · 29-01-2011 1:12pm

May he rest in peace and our condolences to his family, a hugh loss of experience to Irish stalking and deer management.
Prior to that he was a huge loss to this site!, I always enjoyed his posts.

jap gt · 29-01-2011 1:23pm

rip

i think most on here will have recieved info from jwshooter at som point..

He was a gent, and knew his stuff

Jonty · 29-01-2011 1:35pm

RIP

dev110 · 29-01-2011 2:06pm

RIP John

Will be missed by all

Sparks · 29-01-2011 2:16pm

It's no secret that jw and I didn't get on well, but when he posted here about what he knew, you knew he knew what he was talking about, and I enjoyed reading those posts immensely. Terrible loss.

johngalway · 29-01-2011 2:19pm

RIP JW, thoughts go out to his loved ones.

stick shooter · 29-01-2011 2:43pm

He will be sadly missed . RIP JOHN

poulo6.5 · 29-01-2011 2:51pm

I have to say he brought a bit of Excitment to any tread he commented on and I always enjoyed reading his posts.
He will be missed. My thoughts are with his family now.

Rest in piece. Jw

meathstevie · 29-01-2011 3:00pm

RIP

clivej · 29-01-2011 3:07pm

As always John was good with his information and his posts here on the forum were colourful. I had the pleasure of talking with John many times about shooting maters.

My thoughts are with his family.

May you truly rest in Peace John.

murph226 · 29-01-2011 3:08pm

RIP JW

bunny shooter · 29-01-2011 3:18pm

I spoke to him on the phone a few times.

Never met him in person.

I had some craic with him winding up a certain Mod here

His posts were sometimes controversial BUT were always infromative on deer stalking.

Sad news.

Hopefully he'll still be hunting wherever he's gone ...................

RIP

tiny-nioclas · 29-01-2011 3:22pm

Sad news alright, i didnt know him personally but i enjoyed his posts,on here and another forum the last few years, to a novice like myself his posts were always very helpfull and when not, usually funny! He had a great sense of humour id say. No doubt he'l be missed by his community and the hunting circle, ligh do scíth a chara, RIP.

meathshooter1 · 29-01-2011 3:26pm

R.I.P John,lovely fella was on a lease with him a few years back very passionate about his hunting he will be sadly missed R.I.P

Dusty87 · 29-01-2011 3:35pm

RIP JW,
Got me my first infraction here did John

, got to know him over the phone, always good for a sneer.
Thoughts are with his family

RobFowl · 29-01-2011 3:48pm

RIP

I knew him only from the cycling forum here but he was as passionate there as anyone.

As he was a big Lance Armstrong fan here's a quote for him

"[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I would be judged on whether I had lived a true life, not on whether I believed in a certain book, or whether I'd been baptised. If there was indeed a God at the end of my days, I hoped he didn't say, But you were never a Christian, so you're going the other way from heaven. If so, I was going to reply, You know what? You're right. Fine."[/FONT]

johnner1 · 29-01-2011 4:05pm

May he rest in peace.

underthetumb · 29-01-2011 4:07pm

didnt know the man, only through his posts here, as a newbie to the deer stalking game, i found he was very helpful an informative, and to the point.
may you rest in peace jw

dCorbus · 29-01-2011 4:21pm

I'm truly shocked and saddened by the news of John's passing.

Whilst I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, our paths crossed on this forum and I knew him by reputation - From all accounts, the man was a bit of a legend in his own lifetime. Certainly, the world is a far less interesting place now that John has passed on.

Knowing of John's great love of hunting, nature, and the mountains in which he spent so much time, perhaps these thoughts may be pertinent:

If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?

Every part of this earth is sacred....Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of...man.

Our dead never forget this beautiful earth. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and man --- all belong to the same family.

May he rest in peace. My deepest sympathies and condolences to all his family and friends. He'll be missed.

dC

landkeeper · 29-01-2011 4:57pm

i never met the man but i admired the bloke cos he had the courage of his convictions and spoke his mind and took no crap good qualities in my book and was very very passionate about his deer stalking
R.I.P

deerhunter1 · 29-01-2011 5:06pm

patsat wrote: »

RIP. Never knew the man apart from on boards but had great respect for him.

Same here R I P

kerryman12 · 29-01-2011 6:30pm

Mountainy Jack wrote: »

One thing is for sure, the world will be a duller place without him.

well said.

RIP JW

cavan shooter · 29-01-2011 6:47pm

I never knew the chap but admired him for his passion about the subjects he loved. He will be missed

Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam

steyrman2 · 29-01-2011 7:06pm

tough one lads i met john a long time ago when he tipped around in his defender stalking met him in some strange places not the words he would use but i have great respect for him a big loss to his friends and family but a bigger lost to deer stalking a wealth of knowledge is gone forever i for one will miss him as i did know him may he rest in peace

macadam · 29-01-2011 7:14pm

RIP JW, only new him on Boards.ie as we shared the same interests, loved his posts and storys wheather on the Hunting forum or the cycling forum.
My deepest sympathies to all his family,friends and boardsies.

rrpc · 29-01-2011 7:19pm

I'm really shocked and sorry to hear this and saddened that I never got the opportunity to meet him. We had a loose arrangement to meet up when next he was in Rathdrum, but it was never finalised.

A man with a lot to say and a lifetime's experience to back it up.

GixxerThou · 29-01-2011 7:19pm

Terrible tragedy and the shooting community has lost one of its biggest personalities. John was a wealth of information and always had time to give advice to us amatures. Had huge respect for the mans ability and knowledge. Removal from Browns funeral home Enniscorthy tomorrow evening 6pm, Burrial after 12 o clock mass Monday, Rathnure.
RIP

ballistic · 29-01-2011 7:41pm

A terrilbe loss. May he rest in peace.

J. Ramone · 29-01-2011 7:51pm

From his posts here, it must be said he was a real character. I'm sure as much so in person.

Sad news. May he rest in peace.

4gun · 29-01-2011 8:07pm

I didn't know him, boards hasn't the same vigour since his departure form this media,
RIP

deeksofdoom · 29-01-2011 8:37pm

Shocked to hear of Johns passing, by a fluke I found out that John had bred the father of my GWP bitch here on boards.

Had a few telephone conversations with him but unfortunately I never got to meet the man in person.

Got a few infractions due to some heated debates here with him and if I had listened to some of his advice I'm sure I would have been banned of boards long before him.:D

He was sorely missed here over the last few months, I'm sure he's a terrible loss to his family and friends, may he rest in peace.

Grizzly 45 · 29-01-2011 8:53pm

Didnt agree with him on a lot of things,and he with me,and no doubt we both peed off many here as well,inc mods.But I will say from his posts he belived passionately in his line and wouldnt budge from it either.For that I respected him that he stood his ground against all comers.

May he be in the happy hunting grounds this day.

Tackleberrywho · 29-01-2011 11:37pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Didnt agree with him on a lot of things,and he with me,and no doubt we both peed off many here as well,inc mods.But I will say from his posts he belived passionately in his line and wouldnt budge from it either.For that I respected him that he stood his ground against all comers.

May he be in the happy hunting grounds this day.

+1 on that

I had many a heated debate and PM him. I would still have shook his hand if I met him.

I could see where he was coming from on some things, and vastly disagree on others.

I think I received and infraction or two as a result of those heated debates, but I respected him as if he knew I was right he would agree.
He never disagreed just for the sake of it.

My heart goes out for his family and friends and all those close to him.
I've been thinking about JW all day, hard to believe someone I never met in the flesh.

An excerpt of a poem I think JW would like.

He is off by the hills of the morning,
By the dim, untrodden ways;
In the clean, wet, windy marshes
He has startled the deer agraze;
And a buck of the branching antlers
Streams out from the fleeing herd,
And the youth is apt to the running
As the tongue to the spoken word.
They have gone by the broken ridges, by mesa and hill and swale,
Nor once did the red deer falter, nor the feet of the runner fail;
So lightly they trod on the lupines that scarce were the flower-stalks bent,
And over the tops of the dusky sage the wind of their running went.

John, I hope you rest in peace

buckshotbrolan · 30-01-2011 12:16am

Im very sad to hear of his passing. Allways enjoyed his posts.

Double Barrel · 30-01-2011 2:29am

With tears in my eyes.

In the words of the ancient Irish prayer :

May the road always rise up to meet you,
And the wind always be at your back,
May the sun warm you by day,
And the moon and stars guide you by night,
May you be forty years in heaven
Before the devil knows you've passed.

John, be safe on your journey!

target · 30-01-2011 9:30am

My heart goes out to John's family, he was a man I had a lot of time and respect for, a true supporter of clay pigeon shooting and one of the finest shot's I had the pleasure to see in action.

I remember a few years back when we tried to restart Double Trap shooting, it was John who came out and led the charge. I shot beside him that day and he wiped all of our eyes and did so with the charm and grace of a great sportsman. I'm sorry I never got to see John shoot on the ISSF World Cup circuit, I always hoped he would at some point. Such a great loss to shooting.

Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam

pm. · 30-01-2011 10:05am

RIP JW.

Vegeta · 30-01-2011 1:02pm

The fact that John made such a big impact on so many people (most he hasn't even met) is a true measure of the mans character, skill and dedication.

RIP John, you'll clearly be missed

sikastag · 30-01-2011 1:56pm

Only knew of him through boards. Admired his confidence and dilligence to his beliefs. Im sure he will be missed by all.

RIP

homerhop · 30-01-2011 8:38pm

Sorry to hear such bad news, as many others have said I only knew him through boards. He said what he had to say and you either liked it or lumped it. He stuck to his views and no matter what you had to admire him for that.
May he rest in peace.

Tackleberrywho · 30-01-2011 9:07pm

Just in case anybody has not seen the paper.

Removal from Browne’s Funeral Home, Enniscorthy this(Sunday) evening at 6 o’ clock to St. Anne’s Church, Rathnure. Funeral Mass tomorrow(Monday) at 12 noon with burial afterwards in Rathnure Cemetery.

macadam · 30-01-2011 9:24pm

I keep checking in here, its so hard to believe that the JWshooter has gone, whether it was shooting, hunting,stalking, buying boots, cycling, building and
any of the other topics he posted on you would think he was in the room with you by just reading his posts, its like loosing a very dear good friend.
Think we havent heard the last of this man yet, seems he was held in high esteem in everything he done, so sorry I never got to meet this guy.

Again RIP JWshooter

E. Fudd · 30-01-2011 10:35pm

I had the pleasure of being in one of Johns leases in Aughrim for 2 years. He was beside me the day I shot my first deer, and coached me right up to taking the shot, along with showing me how to field dress and giving me advice how to cook the beast. He was such a knowledgable man.
Very upsetting news to see in logging into the shooting forum.
John was a young, very fit man, and, far from being morbid, I can only presume it was a terrible accident?

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