Condolences To the Greg Anderson Family

[Mr.pacojack]

Over the weekend Greg was taken from his family in Arizona. I would like to express my condolences to his family. I know his Daughter Nikki was a active member on here for awhile. May you rest in Peace Greg, And may God give You the best of hunting grounds.

[sheba]

Greg had is own style and was a very unique individual. I hunted with him several times and we always caught game. My prayers go out to his family

Craig

[larry]

I knew, hunted with, and own two dogs from Greg's crosses. He was one hell of a hound handler to say the least. Greg died from an accidental shooting/gun goin off.

[vaughndog]

to nikki, andrew, their daughter, and rest of the family, sorry to hear the news of greg i hunted with you two weeks ago, had a great time , i know greg loved you all very much, from all the passion he displayed when ever he talked about you , or when you were around, i know he is in a better place and you will see him again, you are in our thoughts and prayers, vaughn.

[69er]

Thank you all so very much... This is very hard for me to type, so I will try my best to make it short.

My father, Greg, was an amazing man, I loved him more then life. He was my idol, my hero, and my best friend. I grew up around the hounds and the hunting. Many of my true family member are not people who share a relative or blood with me, but the people who camped with us year after year in La Sal Utah.
My dad taught me more then just about hounds, but life and how to be someone people wanted to be around, by being honest, someone people could trust, and no never take anything I didn't earn.

I will be keeping the main pack of Plotts as I can not part with them. I will not be dumping these dogs on bears, they are going to die old hounds on the porch of my house. I do not know about any pups I have for sale, when I decide what to do with them I will let everyone know.

My dad's wishes were to be cremated and his ashes to be spread along the rims of the Manti La Sal mountains. I would like to do this during the bear hunt as that will be when the bears will be running and the hounds will be roaring. We are not sure on a memorial service here in Arizona, I will let everyone know as soon as I myself find out.

Please, if you have any questions or would like to talk to me, call my dad's cell phone, (970) 596-4431 as I have it in my possession and am currently using it to make calls. If you do not feel comfortable calling my dad's phone, call my cell, (970) 901-2354.

Thank you all for your prayers and kind words, They all help take a little edge off.

Thank you, Nikki Anderson

[Rockcreek]

Very sorry to hear of Greg's passing! He was a great guy. All the Best Nikki and the rest of the family.

[az_gogetem]

the hound dog world has suffered a tremendous blow. What a fabulous soul we have lost. I did not know Greg (ol 69er as he told me was his favorite call sign on the ol radio) for a very long time, but i spent a fabulous 10 days guiding for him and his family on the october bear hunt last week here in Arizona and what a beautiful human being he was. I will surely miss him.

I had the privelidge to be introduced to sushi by Greggo and his family. A more experienced houndsmen you will not find, life of the party, stories for days (and 99.9% of them were true unlike a lot of the "power of the pen guys" as he called them) just a fabulous houndsmen, a fabulous FAMILY man, and a truly special person I was blessed to cross paths with that wiley old hound dog.

Nikki, Terry, Andrew, Summer and little Addy I love you all and if you need anything please do not hesitate to call on me, in the short time I knew Mr.Anderson or big daddy (every voicemail he left thats what he called himself) I gained SOOOO much respect for him. Never hang your head and remember everything he taught you. please Hang on to those things. He was an endless well of information. I wish I had more time to spend with him but it wasn't in the cards. we sure hit it off though and I will never forget the man that is for certain.

I will leave you with some of the most influential words he bestowed upon me, after a rough day of bear hunting and not knowing where the dogs were then havin activities at the tree get a little western and a little stressful he layed this on us/me back at camp, "we can yell and scream at each other on the radio, hell we can cuss each other, but at the end of the day if we can't laugh about it around a campfire then something is wrong, and that is the beauty of life, this is bear hunting, and sometimes its stressful and things might get a little crazy but thats just the way it is and thats why we love it." I'm not too ashamed to say that as I type this I have tears running down my face, but another amazing person has been taken from us and I just hope that one day we are truly able to appreciate all that he had to offer and all that he taught us. I'm done I can't type anymore. Please keep the Anderson family in your prayers, after sushi we were on the way back to greggo's place and he said "i'm not crazy right? (which was the general concensus i had heard from people who didn't know him) hell no he was not he was a family man and an amazing one at that, seeing how his granddaughter lit up his face was amazing and you could not help but smile. I will miss you buddy. forget gods speed, I hope you get to trek the mountains of the west with Cabo bloody bill and Sky for all eternity. I love ya big daddy and I will miss you. ps grab ol spider for me buddy, take her with you, she ain't worth much on bear but she'll help you out on them tough old lion tracks. and thanks for everything.

Mike Harris/Ray Charles

nikki you are one tough gal. you know I lost my dad at the same age and I only wish I would have been as strong as you. stay the course and call me if you need anything, like your old man said i'm family now, whether i like it or not.

[larry]

Greg was one of a kind. I learned more from that man about what I should expect and demand from my dogs than I have ever seen anyone implement. There are lots of great dogs out there, but not many of them carry all the qualities that Greg spent the time putting into his dogs. I have nobody but him to thank for showing me the light about several aspects of hound hunting. The things I learned from him have helped me achieve a next level far beyond anything i had seen before spending time with him.

Here's a couple pics of some dogs that Greg bred and raised that he was very proud of. We spent the day along the Blue river looking for lion tracks. We saw a mexican grey wolf that day as well, Greg hissed up the dogs to see if it would come closer to the truck on their barks, but it seemed more interested in the feed station it was near. We pulled over along the river to let the dogs stretch and play some fetch, thats right, his dogs would fetch, these pics were taken.

Three dogs in front from left to right, Saki, Dirty Deeds, and Cabo

Close up of Deeds and Cabo

[69er]

Ray,

I love you so much! I am so sorry that this has happened. My hunting family, and my extended blood family, are two completely different things... My dad, My mom, sister Summer, husband Andrew, and Daughter Addison are my family... I do not know anyone else enough, to love them more then many of the people I have hunted with, since I was born.

When told to write a paper in History about my family history, I knew there was only one path! Write about my brothers in Utah, the ones who get funny nicknames after only a day of being around my dad and I (We had enough wit put together to handle something as crucial as nicknames). Talk about the hooligans in Colorado, some of which we talked to everyday (When you live in Nucla Colorado that happens!). My uncles in New Mexico that religiously gave me some of the most amazing gifts on my birthday (When your birthday falls in the middle of the hunt in La Sal Utah, expect on hell of a party!) Even people like Mr. Mike Harris, whom I hunted with in Alpine for not very long, is in my heart forever as my red headed step brother!

Larry,

Those pictures, in addition to what everyone is saying, broke my heart. Cabo was put down the day before I had my daughter Addison. I did not call Cabo by his name, when I was talking he knew his name to be Brother. If I was having a bad day, I would go sit on his house, he would stand in my lap, and somehow, make me smile. After Sky Bird died my dad asked god to give him another Sky... A few years and lots of looking later Cabo was born... This time, Sky was a Brindle Plott that when I held his ears back looked pure pit. Cabo was a dear friend, as my myspace name will tell you, 100% Hair of The Dog, R.I.P Cabo, R.I.P Daddy!!, Cabo and my dad have left there footprints in my heart forever.


If anyone else has a story or picture that was with my dad or his dogs, please share them, I have enough stories with my dad to never stop talking (For those who know me, please don't say me not having somethign to say is impossible, I have a reputation ya know )

Ritchie Zicardi and I also thought of an idea last night. My dad always camped on the canal in La Sal Utah, if you ever knew my dad during the hunt, you know where that is. We would like to get some ideas flowing for a memorial to set at that camp site. My dad wouldn't want anything cheesey like dogs fighting a bear or something like that... He would want something calm, just to let fellow hound doggers know, that someone they have heard about, or read about, or maybe, even have a dog out of his stuff, can stand there and say thanks. I know my dad has given a ton of people advice, teachings, and the shirt off his back. I love my dad very much, I have fought for him, even told family that he is my hero and I don't like it when people talk bad.

Thank you all for the kind words, pictures, calls, and PMs (I'm not thanking you for PMS, even though it is a mans fault! )

Love you all,
Nikki.

[Buddyw]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I never really know what to say in these situations.. other than our thoughts are with you and your family.

[BEvans]

I have known Greg Anderson since I was ten years old. There are some really good memories that I will have about Greg, but the best memories of Greg will be of a young wild man that would go out of his way to come pick up a young kid to go train puppies. Whenever Greg would get a little wild and crazy on a bear hunt when most people had thought Greg had gone nuts, I would just set back and smile. Greg was a houndsman that truley respected the people in his life that had helped him out when times were tough. He never forgot those people. I know Greg loved his family dearly and also his hounds. May the Grace and Peace of GOD that is above all understanding (Philippians 4:7) be poured out on Terry, Summer,Nikki and family, you are all in my Prayers

[HoundDawg]

I never personally met Greg but one time on the Lasal's he came to our camp two or three times to meet me, we just never could hook up.

I was probably looking for dogs off on an elk race. But I had to chuckle because he told the guys in our camp, "I wanna meet this HoundDawg character. I've read some of his stuff on the internet and he's a bit tweaked in the head just like me!"

I have a redtick dog in my yard (well it's in California with Tony right now) but that father of that dog came from Greg's backyard.

I'm sorry for the family's loss and I hope as time passes their grief will diminish and their pain grow dimmer and they'll be able to remember better times and recall good times on the mountain with their husband and father.

Life is a fleeting thing and passes quickly, hopefully we can all live each day like it's our last. Rest in peace Greg and may his family find comfort.

[Ike]

I only met your father once Nikki, and that only happened because I went out of my way to make that happen. His name had come up many times in talks with hounddoggers, hell sakes, he even called me once and we visited a bit on the phone. But I knew that I'd never make a great enough effort to run him down in bear camp cause I just don't care much for crowds. He was up in my country last winter for a few weeks, and my work took me down past the cabin that he was staying in so I figured if I didn't make the effort then it would never happen. I'm glad I ran him down that one day and shook his hand, cause that was the last chance I would have gotten. Over only a few short visits, I figured he was an honest man who probably told it how it was, which is a quality I like in a person.

My wife and I sends our condolences and hope only the best for your family in the future.........

ike

[bency]

Im sorry for your lose...I owned a dog named Annie that was from Greg, and she an exceptional dog.

[rzhounds]

Ive known Greg a long time and in my oppinion there is not a better bear hunter out there, he knew hounds and bear hunting as good as anyone could ever imagine, he taught me more about bear hunting than anyone could, when he talked about I listened and asked a bunch of ?'s and he was always there to respond with a wonderfull honest responce. Nikki and I was talking and she reminded me of a time when we was in NM hunting bear I was in a pickup behind Greg headed to camp for the night when out of nowhere there is reverse lights coming right at us, we happened to be going over a bridge at the time and before we had time to even think the mountain side started coming down on top of us, there was vehicle sized boulders coming at us and me and Ryan Hogan a great friend of mine was freaking out we thought we was all dead but not Greg he was talking to Terry on the phone and videoing at the same time, Ryan and I was running from the mess and Anderson was running right at it hooping and holoring,talking to Terry and still shooting film, what a wild man and I loved him to death he will surely be missed by alot of people. Nikki was talking about nicknames, here is just one of the few I got from him. A couple years ago I let my hair grow out and anuone that knows me knows when my hair is long I have one heck of an affro, I got to camp after not seeing Greg in a few months and the first thing he said to me is "boy, that sure is some nappy looking hair you got, and on top of that you have gained some weight" so from that moment on the nickname Nappy just stuck. I have a lot of great memories of Greg but to many to share. My prayers go out to the family, and I hope through this tragedy GOD can touch many lives, because in my oppinion in a time like this God should recieve all the glory and praise, because he is all knowing and only he knows when it is are time to go. it is great to here all the great things about Greg he surely will be missed. Thank you Richie Zaccardi