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Title: R.I.P. Tred Barta
Post by: PolarBear on August 12, 2019, 04:53:28 PM: The guy had an ego the size of Texas and the drive & determination to go with it. After all the crap that he went through after his spinal stroke, to be killed in a car crash in Canada is not the way he should have gone. I met him once and he was super cool and intense. Sad.
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Post by: Fl0und3rz on August 12, 2019, 05:02:48 PM: RIP.
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Post by: h20hunter on August 12, 2019, 05:05:03 PM: Wow. Rip.
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Post by: csaaphill on August 12, 2019, 05:07:01 PM: RIP all I can say for didn't know the guy but yeah RIP.
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Post by: Igor on August 12, 2019, 05:24:21 PM: I always thought he was kind of a PITA, however this article about him is downright funny:

Anni Mitchell and Tred Barta

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/fashion/weddings/anni-mitchell-and-tred-barta.html

Shy he wasn't..................
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Post by: buckfvr on August 12, 2019, 05:32:19 PM: Goofy as he was, I admired his mental and physical toughness. RIP
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Post by: Tenkara on August 12, 2019, 05:35:49 PM: Dang, I enjoyed watching the ''Barta way''.
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Post by: jdb on August 12, 2019, 06:28:04 PM: Sad deal
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Post by: Bob33 on August 12, 2019, 07:18:55 PM: I loved his shows. Entertaining and he often ended up without harvesting something, so unlike most of the fake hunting shows.
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Post by: Wanttohuntmore on August 12, 2019, 07:27:09 PM: Oh wow, my friend met him in Homer just 2 weeks ago.
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Post by: Crunchy on August 12, 2019, 07:31:51 PM: Loved watching his shows. Especially with the big guy Dan who was a pretty good guide.
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Post by: X-Force on August 12, 2019, 07:45:52 PM: He lived an epic life
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Post by: BLH69 on August 12, 2019, 08:14:44 PM: Always did it the Barta way! NO whitetails or stupid Largemouths. loved the guy, wish him the best. We'll go hunt chukar with a bow when I get there! RIP Brother.
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Post by: MADMAX on August 12, 2019, 08:31:54 PM: “ If you stand for everything, you stand for nothing.”
RIP
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Post by: fishngamereaper on August 12, 2019, 08:55:00 PM: . Always loved his shows and attitude...we all have an expiration...live in the now.

.rip sir..
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Post by: Tbob on August 12, 2019, 09:18:26 PM: I liked his intensity.. always enjoyed his show because of that.
It’s crazy how a trip down the road can change your life forever!
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Post by: Jellymon on August 12, 2019, 09:37:07 PM: His grizzly hunt with his recurve and wooden arrows is still the most exciting hunt I’ve seen on TV. :tup:
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Post by: cavemann on August 14, 2019, 09:05:05 AM: I always enjoyed his shows and he was a showman.. Sometimes that made him disliked but if you look at what he did for the hunting community behind closed doors the guy was the real deal. What he did with his platform after his stroke was pretty cool watching him fight a marlin from a wheel chair was a sight to see.

RIP buddy...
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Post by: JWEBB on August 14, 2019, 12:57:45 PM: Dang sad!! He was Very entertaining
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Post by: Moe the Sleaze on August 15, 2019, 09:49:36 AM: I've always wanted to hunt deer with a spear!
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Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on August 16, 2019, 06:24:12 PM: A Real Man's Man, for sure.
Doug
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Post by: brew on August 16, 2019, 09:02:15 PM: at first glance I thought he was a d bag...closer inspection I realized he was pretty cool. RIP my brother
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Post by: JWEBB on August 17, 2019, 01:50:15 AM: The more days that pass the more this sucks. Yeah he was an arrogant bragger, but he was also a good man who always tried to help the less fortunate. I know a lot didn’t care for him much but I always saw a great side of him. Gonna be missed Tred!
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Post by: TVHunts on August 17, 2019, 05:54:55 AM: R.I.P. Captain...a true outdoorsman.

Horrible way for him to go
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Post by: HillHound on August 17, 2019, 08:27:14 AM: If he wasn’t the definition of determination I don’t know who is. After watching years of his shows where he practically lived on the back of a horse I couldn’t imagine what he would do once he was wheelchair bound. To see him in the field still hunting in his tracked wheelchair or being carried through the brush by friends to get a shot at a treed bear really was inspirational. Horrible way to go, but that’s what I always say to my wife on my way out hunting. I will be safe but at the end of the day I have More chance being killed by a drunk/distracted driver on the way there or the way home then in the woods where I have much more control and ability to react to my surroundings
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Post by: GrainfedMuley on August 20, 2019, 07:14:40 AM
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Post by: Rainier10 on August 20, 2019, 08:46:03 AM: Wow, I was on vacation last week and missed this.

RIP.
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Post by: wags on August 21, 2019, 07:48:45 AM: T.B. was definitely an acquired taste. The first few times I saw his show I thought he was a real jerk.
After seeing some of his shows where he failed to take an animal, or shot an animal that many people wouldn't consider a "trophy", I started to really like the guy.