Loss of another member.
 

It is with great sadness that I pass on that I received a call today from David Boyles wife today.
Drue informing me that her husband David passed away on December 7 due to complications from a stroke.
Although David and I never had the opportunity to meet in person we established a friendship, and I am very grateful for the many conversations we had discussing our love of shotguns and hunting, and doing some gun trading.
We had hoped to do a Mearns hunt this year but had decided it best to try and do the hunt next year when the bird numbers had a chance to recover.
We talked of the possibility to meet this year and shoot pigeons and Eurasian dove instead.
Unfortunately fate intervened.
David was a good man I am proud to have call a friend.

Phil, thanks for letting us know about David’s passing. One of the wonderful features of our Association and its forum is that we get to know folks we’d never meet otherwise. Even these distant friendships are meaningful. I hope David’s family finds peace, and my condolences to them…and to you, his friend.

Was David from Texas?
I remember David now, and he was quite a gentleman. He came to the Southern one year with his daughter/granddaughter?. He stayed in our hotel in Fuquay-Varina, and I shot a couple rounds with him at Drakes.
We also communicated by PMs for a while on a couple subjects.
Truly a loss of a good man.

Yes, David was from Texas and a fine gentleman for sure.

Sad to hear. David contributed articles in Parker Pages as well. He hunted doves over waterholes late in the day as I have often done. I also recall him hunting with younger members of his family. My prayers for all who mourn this loss.

This is such sad news... I loved David like a brother. He contributed many articles for Parker Pages and we often talked on the phone not just about our Parkers and hunting and related articles but we talked about our love for our wives and families too.
I owed him a call as he called me a few weeks ago... and now I'll never be able to call him again.
This is so very sad - David was a wondeerful Friend.





.

You are correct Harold. I shot a round or two with him and his daughter I believe at Drakes. RIP David.

Rest in peace David

Thanks, Phil. I do remember David and a couple conversations we had in the past of our guns, hunting and you! Somehow your name would pop up when we spoke. He was a good guy.

David was a great guy. I remember him and his daughter Perry coming to the Southern. I sold him a custom rifle in 257 AI which he loved and used to hunt pigs. Several times I asked him if he wanted to sell it back to me but the anser was always a definite NO!

David’s other daughter Amanda telephoned me today. We shared some memories of David and some heartfelt thoughts. I wished her peace and comfort in God’s arms.





.

I bought a 12 ga. DH Damascus gun from David back in 2017. I use it in regular rotation with my other guns for turkey hunting. Rest in peace David. I'll think of you whenever I'm in the field with the DH.

Back when I first started on the PGCA, I bought a set of twist bbls and fore end on eBay. David bought the whole backend on GB. He missed the eBay auction and asked me what I wanted for the bbls etc. I said you can have them for what I paid and he thanked me profusely. A really fine gentleman. He will be missed.

Had the chance to hunt with David a couple of times on my lease in Garwood. A gentleman that will be missed. I just talked to a young man yesterday that works for the ranch realtor David was with and he told me of David's passing.

Very sad news. I had some good correspondence with David through this forum and am sorry I never met him in person

David is remembered:
 

I just learned of David’s passing. David and I were close for a long time. In my grief I will share a photo today.

David’s daughter Amanda told me that David wanted me to have his Orvis shooting vest and that she would put it in the mail to me…
It arrived this morning, just in time for my birthday tomorrow, and it is a fine and supple leather vest. I will wear it to shooting events and PGCA events that I attend and I’ll remember David fondly when I do :bowdown:

.

Where is your snow?

2” in 2 hours and still falling but it’s 37 degrees.


.

Obituary

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...ry?id=60561469