Gary March is alive and well just not hunting much anymore and for a time wasn't even doing much with a camera......as he puts it ALOT of life changes and those determined where he spent his time....when River, (his first AWS), passed, he pretty much stopped hunting selling his Estuary to Fred Slyfield. it now resides in the capable hands of Zack Houvener who still posts here......Debby and I stopped and had lunch with Gary when we went through Spokane back in Sept on the way to Florida.....he's getting close to retiring and looking forward to it.....and the BEST NEWs is he's getting back into hunting and photography.....plus he currently has two Water Spaniels..(though I can't recall if they are of the Irish or American variety).......
I wish I could say I knew what happened with Dave.....he was "there" one time and then seemingly the next he was "gone".......if he ever moved to Montana I never heard of it and that was rumored to have happened back when I was still in touch with him....I know that Judy and he are still show as owners of the property in the Applegate Valley so my thoughts are that they never made the move....
The last time I talked to Judy, (in the last year or so that we still were in contact Judy was by far easier to get ahold of), Dave was doing well, (this would have been a couple of years after the OLD FARTS HUNT), but then suddenly both of the phone numbers that I had for Judy and Dave no longer worked and I could locate no news ones......I had retired by that point and was no longer traveling to that part of Oregon and I'm sad to say we lost all contact.....I think about them often and this Spring if a planned trip to Turkey Hunt with a good friend who lives in that area does happen I plan on dropping by the property to see if they are still there.....been too long and I can only hope that the reason for the loss of Dave on the page is one of a change in where he was spending his time and not something more ominous.....
As the years pass I've always feared the worse because I know Dave deeply enjoyed the relationships he had with the people on the site and can't imagine those just shuttin off like a thrown switch......I continue to hope for a more positive outcome.......
Steve
