Bill Krenz' passing, originall posted under Back From the Stomping Grounds

[PepeLp]

So sorry to hear this. I never met him, but enjoyed his posts. My thoughts and prayers to his family. We are diminished............

[aklivin]

Never met him person, but his posts made me feel like I knew him as a friend. I always looked forward to his posts and his pics. My heart and prayers go out to his family and friends. He will be missed and it's unexpected events like this that show us to never take any day for granted.

[evanhill]

Bill was a true gentleman sportsman, drawn from the stuff of a tradition that is now almost gone. Case in point: When I first met him in person, I asked why he'd never hunted grizzly with a bow. He replied that when you do that, you do it with rifle backup and to him that wasn't the real thing.

I can't help but reflect... at the time he passed, I was down with my brother in Texas hunting with our uncles on their place. This was the same place each of us killed our first deer and quite a few thereafter. The same place I remember eating hearts and onions prepared by grandmother from the deer she'd shot that day. Lots of memories and lots of tradition. The same tradition that Bill represented during the time he spent here.

thank you, Bill Krenz.

[stid2677]

It is with a sad heart that I write these words. I very much enjoyed sharing his hunting stories and his advise. My heart and prayers go out to his family. May his soul find peace and may he forever roam the happy hunting grounds with bow in hand.

Via Con Dios

[Brent13]

Unbelieveable, heard last night that Bill Krenz had passed away before the start of our archery league night. He was spoke of in the highest regard and the publications he was responsible for were mentioned. I did not put it together last night that Bill Krenz was Timberline on this forum until just now, reading this very thread.....I did not know him personally, never met the man, but he was one of the reasons I would come to Kifaru.net just about every day, to read what Timberline had written. He told a story and backed it up with unbelieveable pictures, his additions here were never short of incredible. Someone mentioned about his thread about an entire deer in a Late Season pack. This archery season, that thread was with me in my pack. I printed it out in color so that I would have his words and pictures on how to prepare a deer using the gutless method. It is still packed in the top hood of my Longhunter, and will stay there until the day comes that I need to reference it. Truly a sad day, wish I would have met him, and will miss his many contributions to this site. Life is too short, way too short. A really good one has left far too early.

Rest in peace, Bill

Brent

[Ralph]

I'm reading A Wilderness Within, a biography of Sigurd Olsen when I came across this passage from Sig's writing, written upon the death of an old friend and hunting buddy: "There is a bond, stronger than almost anything else, between the men who have sat across campfires in the wilds. No matter what else they may be, the comradeship there is stronger than death."

It may seem an odd coincidence that I came across this specific passage at this specific time, when it is most meaningful - except I really don't believe in coincidence. I think things happen together because they are supposed to happen together and that thought is particularly apt at this time.

[GJZ]

Ralph, I've seen way too many things happen at a certain time that I personally feel everything happens for a reason. Not sure if it's a spiritual connection or not or something beyond explanation but the older we get the more it seems to happen. Sometimes were not comfortable with what takes place but often enough it always seems to make sense later on and many times something good can come out of something bad although we don't see it at the time. But the loss of a good person seems to be the hardest of all to take.
It would sure have been nice to meet Bill in person but this electronic campfire was th next best thing and thankful for that opportunity that brought us all together! Maybe someday day we will all meet again in the happy hunting grounds at a giant rendezvous in the sky....

[Ralph]

My old friend and minister would remind us from time to time that all prayers are answered, but sometimes the answer is "No". And if you can stand another quote: "And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."

[trapperJ]

I was fortunate to meet Bill when he came up to hunt brown bear a couple of years ago.I was not his guide but spent time with him around camp after he was successful.He was a very nice man and extemely knowledgable about hunting and nature.You could tell Bill wasn't there to just add another animal to the list but for the whole experiance.Don't get many like Bill in camp anymore.

I'm sure he's hunting in a better place now.

[AbnMedOps]

From yet another who never met the man face to face, but always enjoyed and learned from "Timberline". Rest in peace Bill. My condolences to his family and many, many friends.