Bob Brister, marksman, author, sharpshooter, conservationist and all-round great guy, passed away yesterday - a victim of cancer.
"The shooting world has lost a great friend and advocate," said Shel Bascom, a family friend for 25 years. "Bob immersed himself as deeply into shooting sports as he did into writing, and he was always helping new shooters. We won't see the likes of him again."
Brister played a key role more than 25 years ago in forming the Gulf Coast Conservation Association, now the Coastal Conservation Association, which started in a Houston tackle shop and has grown into one of the nation's most powerful marine conservation organizations.
He also was instrumental in bringing "sporting clays" target shooting from Europe to the United States and was recognized as an expert hunter, marksman and shotgunner.
Fare well, Bob, you will be sorely missed.
Ron
"The shooting world has lost a great friend and advocate," said Shel Bascom, a family friend for 25 years. "Bob immersed himself as deeply into shooting sports as he did into writing, and he was always helping new shooters. We won't see the likes of him again."
Brister played a key role more than 25 years ago in forming the Gulf Coast Conservation Association, now the Coastal Conservation Association, which started in a Houston tackle shop and has grown into one of the nation's most powerful marine conservation organizations.
He also was instrumental in bringing "sporting clays" target shooting from Europe to the United States and was recognized as an expert hunter, marksman and shotgunner.
Fare well, Bob, you will be sorely missed.

Ron