No more tears........

Keith was a great friend of sportsmen, we need the happy times of his time with us........... so here goes my favorite GunDude quote.

We are at a NRC meeting at Fort Ben State Park and Keith has his turn at the microphone speaking on high fence hunting......"****, prostitution in legal in Nevada, you want that here in Indiana? No difference between the product being sold."

The room fell silent.................

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Didn't know Keith really well enough to add much here. But, when I visited him at the hospital he was worried about his family and how they were handling the situation more then himself. He also talked about how he'd tell people to take care of themselves for the benefit of their family. I think he would say to everyone to take the time to cherish those around you more then maybe we all do. I know that what will be last time I ever talked with him, his thoughts were about others more then his own situation.

I have so many hilarious memories with Keith,,,it's hard to just pick one,,but here's one he would deny to this day..

Keith's new house was being built during the start of deer season,,but the garages were already constructed. Keith decided that the garage would be our base camp for the next few days, so we had cots set up,,an old electric heater and brats in the cooler.

After the evening hunt on opening day, he texted me to say he hadn't seen anything, and I texted back basically the same. Nada....

It was getting dark out, and he said that he would fire the grill up and start the brats. Good deal, so I started my journey across the dam,,back to "base camp". Upon arrival, I noticed the grill smoking, and a faint glow through the windows of the garage. I opened the door and immediately noticed that the electric heater was making the chilly garage rather warm and comfortable.

I also noticed that Keith had lit about half a dozen candles for light. My immediate response to him was that I thought that it was kinda romantic! He gave me that typical Keith "bite me" look. I then asked him if the lamp on top of the refrigerator worked? (he hadn't noticed that it was there) It did...and he blew the candles out and finished cooking the brats.

I told him that I appreciated the gesture,,and it would be "our secret". I received another "look"....

This pic was taken about a month ago, at Cataract during our last camping trip. Just a man and his 2 best friends.



Gonna miss ya, brother..

"Hunt on" rings a bell for me.

It has been said that "You can not control how long your life is, but you can control how deep and wide it goes." Keith's life is being cut shorter than we wanted but it went deep and wide enough to include us all. It went deep and wide by Keith being involved in conservation, hunting trips, fun times at his house celebrating veterans, and just being, well, Keith.

I will say this - Keith made his peace with the Lord before all this happened. We talked many times about God, faith, and grace. He had an understanding that he had made mistakes in his life but that could not keep his Heavenly Daddy from loving him. Over the past year, I know for a fact that he found peace in a personal relationship with Jesus. He mentioned it many times. I will miss our conversations and texts.

"Hunt on" my brother.

Thanks for sharing that, Brian.

We will “carry on” without Keith. But, it won’t be the same. I can’t say I was a close friend, but a friend of many years none the less. It is tough to lose a friend. I thank him for being my friend, and for all the good he did in this world.

I didn't personally know Keith but the thing about him that stands out the most to me was the fact that he didn't seem to let all the bs that gets flung here get to him. He was one of the few out there that was honestly above it, a true great person that wouldn't put a fellow sportsman down no matter their agenda or opinion. He was a gentleman and sportsman, that truelly cared about his game animals as well as their habitat. We truelly are losing a great sportsman and this is coming from someone who never met the man face to face and just conversed thru a keyboard with him. I envy you guys that were friends with him, I know all our your lives and outdoor experiences with him were better because of him. May peace be with him as he begins a new journey.

One of my favorites is his outlook on working or holding a day job of any kind. He always says:

"Work??? that's much too difficult and time-consuming!"

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The neat thing about this picture of Ernie, Keith, John and Travis is the girl just out of the frame to the right. Note that Ernie is looking at the camera but no one else!!!!

On our ride to the Hog hunt this year Keith told me a funny story about his first..Rifle Match..with is new "Garand"...a friend came up looked over his new rifle...then field stripped it for him left it in a pile of parts on the table and Keith was like

Dont forget the huge bag of popcorn we had at the meeting i think Keith brought it but it could have been Jack !! I think they could have ended the meeting after Keith's comment !!

I wish I had all the texts he sent me during IU basketball games over the years. Most of them referenced bringing Coach Knight back. Keith loved coach !!

Spent the night at his place one time when we hunted at goose pond. Anyway we noticed a cat on the hill side and I told him about it, he response was take it out. So I did and explained to him what it looked like and so on. He then realized it was the neighbors cat.lol Still to this day I doubt they know about it

Who is the two guys on the right side of Keith? I feel like I have met them a few years back

I know who they are and where they live...

These guys were also lost in the woods one day...


Maybe Keith's slice is gone now and he's pain-free rearranging heaven for the rest of us...

When they were skinny

I don't think anyone can fix that slice Jack

God those were some fun golf trips with Keith! He's going to be so missed on these forums and amongst his family and friends. I'm stunned that he's really gone now. I am happy however that he had time to make peace, ask for forgiveness, and have the opportunity to say goodbye to his family. Too many people's lives end unexpected and they never have the chance to say things they want to say. I'm certain that Keith took advantage of the opportunity that God gave him. We'll meet again Keith, and hopefully you'll have that slice figured out for the next time we play!

he still owes me a dollar.lol

Oh that is you?

Who is the guy. Between Ernie & Jack ?

That's Corey (Recon)...not Ernie.

Corey's dad.

Gotcha Thanks

Back In March I had to give back a gundude signed dollar bill I had won from him. He got it back on our last quail hunt.

Jack

Only knowing him on here I remember askin for prayers when my boy had heart surgery and when it was over and he was goin to be alright gundude says now raise that boy right. Thank you dude and I hope there really is a booner behind every tree at the happy hunting grounds

Keith and his awful swing


Ernie telling lies im sure

Yep my bad !!

who the **** said I look like Ernie??????

I say we start an Annual Keith Dutton Memorial golf outing???

Sorry Recon it was one of those moments it won't happen again

Pass the popcorn please.....