I purchased the first copy of "Hunting Trophy Deer" I ever saw in a Memphis bookstore in 1977. I have read it many times over the years enjoying each read more than the previous one. I see it costed me $13.95, a bargain just for the photos let alone the knowledge I gained. John also owned the world's most photographed Sako. A .308 mannlicher stocked rifle complete with a Leupold.
I should also mention, perhaps someone already has, that Bob Munden passed away near Butte on Dec. 10, 2012 of heart failure. One of my employees is from Butte and mentioned several times that the happiest memory of his elementary education was when Bob came to school to give a fantastic shooting demonstration.
RIP John and Bob as there will not likely be any more like you.

Sorry to here of another old timer heading for that last great adventure. I was startled to here he was 84. Makes me realize I am getting old, which is a reason I have planned four major trips over the next two years, my energy is running out, but hopefully not my time. One thing about old age, you learn to pace yourself....I hope

John Wooters was an original and as much of a classic as the Model 88. May his soul rest in peace. His 88 shot better than the 2 I once owned. Maybe his caught the 3-inch affliction that mine had...

John Wooters had a way with the written word that could inform and entertain, even if you were unfamiliar with the topic. I'm in agreement with WAM, he was one of the classics. Where some of today's scribes can mainly write, Mr. Wootters could communicate.

Really sorry to hear Wootters is gone. Seems like nearly all the writers I grew up with have headed to the happy hunting grounds; something which not only leaves a huge void but also sends a little bit of a wintry breeze through your bones. I only live about 40 miles down the road from Ingram and hunt in that area fairly often, but unfortunately I never had the chance to meet Mr. Wootters. I feel like I know him though because I believe I have every book he ever wrote and enough scattered magazine articles of his to fill another couple of books. He was a fine writer and from everyone's account an even finer gentleman. He will be missed.

To Ripper III: Get a copy of Shots at Whitetails, by Larry Koller. It's a bit dated now, but a wonderful book nonetheless. Also, Book of the Rifle, by Jim Carmichel, and Horn of the Hunter, by Robert Ruark, from which you won't learn anything, but it's the best thing that's ever been done on Africa, and that is going some.

Oops that's Dave and Happy gotta proof my stuff.

You may not like the 7mm Remington Magnum, but you cannot fault John Wooters' logic for choosing it. The 7 mag, he once wrote, shoots .30-06 weight bullets at .270 Winchester velocities, not a bad place to be ballistically. I shoot stuff, he continued, lots of stuff, with the 7mm Remington, and as long as I do my part, stuff falls.

Dave: What cbanks said. Your material need to be published and not stored in the archives of Brown.

My brother attended a lecture by John at the NRA annual meeting in St. Louis during the late 80s. His topic was selection of the best rifle loads and cartridges for hunting the whitetail. He quickly became aware that the vast majority of hunters in the crowded room were from shotgun only areas. He deftly switched to the topic of reading sign, specifically, deer droppings. The man really knew his crap.

Shane,
clever, that.

I,too, remember that mannlicher-stocked Sako .308. The idea of "cbanks" is spot on. Who else can write these tributes and stories down for posterity in your style? There is a book waiting here!

I see that I bought Mr. Wooters' "Hunting Trophy Deer" in 1978 and the price on the dust flap is $13.95. I probably got it cheaper than that through Outdoor Life Book Club at the time.

We wouldn't have the useless politicos that we have today if we still had the good old boys from the 1920s. Losing these guys is a loss that I'm not sure that we can recover from. Those good old boys didn't accept the crap that we get shoved at us by the media. The WWII guys knew that the government was a SNAFU waiting to happen.

Sorry that is the .222 Rem.

Thank you Mr. Petzal, I've enjoyed the "total gun Manual"
...and look forward to new material.
Speaking to a buddy of mine at Beretta, he mentioned that Sako is thinking about introducing Sako ammo here in the US,...as well as their own AR...pending "Gov't approval"

Guys, now I see that F&S Editor John Merwin has passed. Our guys our dropping like crazy.

DEP, if Mrs. Wooters is still with us, please convey my sympathies to her and the rest of the family on John's passing. I read everything of his that I could find. Can you image the campfire somewhere, with John, Bill Jordan, Skeeter Skelton, Elmer Keith, Bob Brister, Gary Sitton, etc, seated around it, enjoying a touch of amber liquid against the evening chill and the stories they're telling? God speed and RIP, John.