Wondering if you guys have heard of this guy?

[Daniel Tremblay]

I have heard some stories about a guy named Dave Thompson. I've heard that he used to be a great hound hunter and lives here in oregon. Just curious if you guys have heard of him or known him.

[mike martell]

I KNEW DAVE THOMPSON REAL WELL, HE LIVED IN WALLOWA OREGON EVEN GOT MARRIED TO A GAL THERE NAMED PATTY KNIGHT, SHE WAS AS GOOD A COW GIRL AS DAVE WAS A DOG MAN, HE HAD SOME TOP DOGS, PLOTTS, RED COLORED DOGS, I REMEMBER TRYING A LION SO OLD MY DOGS JUST COULD NOT HANDLE IT, AROUND A DAY AND A HALF LATER DAVE WAS GRUBBING ON THAT SAME CAT, THIS WAS OUT OF TROY OREGON IN THE WENAHA WILDERNESS, DAVE WAS THE ONLY GUY I ALWAYS HAD TO DEAL WITH IN THAT UNIT BACK IN THE DAY AS HE WAS A RELENTLESS HUNTER, ONE TIME I HAD A LION TREED ON HOODOO RIDGE, WE WERE LOOKING THE CAT OVER, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A LION CAME BLASTING BY MY TREED CAT, THAN A HOUND THAN ANOTHER AFTER THE DOGS PASSED A YOUNG RED DOG STUCK WITH ME, WE TOOK OUR LION, THEN DECIDED WE WOULD TAKE DAVE'S RED DOG DOWN THE ROAD TO WHERE THE CAT CROSSED, WELL WHEN WE GOT TO WHERE THE DOGS HAD CROSSED , THERE WAS DAVES DOGS WITH THIS LION BAYED UP IN THE CULVERT!! WELL WHAT THE HECK WE WERE THERE SO WE JUST WATCHED DAVES DOGS BAY THIS LION, AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES DAVE AND HIS HUNTER STEPPED INTO THE ROAD, HE WAS FIRED UP, ASKED WHAT THE HELL WE WERE DOING AT HIS DOGS, I EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED, I TOLD HIM OUR RIGS WERE FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND I WOULD NOT THINK OF MESSING THINGS UP UNTIL HE ARRIVED, YOU SEE HE WALKED OVER THE MOUNTAIN, AND WAS MILES FROM HIS TRUCK, THEY TOOK A STICK AND LAUNCHED THE CAT, WE LEFT, HEARING THE DOGS TREE, THAN A SHOT RANG OUT !!!WE CAME BACK THRU THE SAME SPOT, THERE WAS DAVE STEPPING INTO THE ROAD, WE GAVE HIM A RIDE BACK TO HIS PICKUP, DAVE'S WIFE GREW UP IN A PLACE CALLED PROMISE OREGON, ON THE BREAKS OF THE WENAHA RIVER, CATTLE RANCHERS, WELL IN THE FALL BEFORE DEER SEASON WE WOULD GO UP AND ROUND UP CATTLE WE EACH TOOK TWO SADDLE HORSES, AS THE COUNTRY WAS REAL STEEP, PATTY ONLY USED HER ONE PONY, AS IT WAS AS TOUGH AS HER, WELL WHEN WE HIT THE TOP OF THE BREAKS WE COULD HEAR DAVES DOGS PLUM DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WENAHA RIVER TREEING ON A BEAR, THE GUY WAS AS HARD OF A HUNTER AS YOU EVER MET IN YOUR LIFE, HE DIDN'T MISS MANY BEARS, HE HAD A GUY FROM WESTERN OREGON NAMED MILT THAT HUNTED A LOT WITH DAVE, I RECENTLY ASKED MY FRIEND IVAN JUDD OF WALLOWA ABOUT DAVE HE SAID HE AND PATTY DIVORCED, NOT LONG AFTER HE HAD A MASSIVE STROKE AND WAS LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER IN BEND OREGON NOT FAR FROM ME, THE ONLY OTHER GUYS THAT HUNTED AS HARD AS I DID WAS A GUY NAMED TED CRADDOCK AND DAVE THOMPSON, BETWEEN THOSE TWO MEN IF YOU WERE GONNA CATCH A LION YOU BETTER GET AFTER IT, THIS IS THE THING I ENJOY THE MOST ABOUT HUNTING, AS IT HAS TAKEN ME AROUND THE WORLD ,AND GIVEN ME THE OPPERTUNITY TO MEET SOME HARD GOIN HOMBREYS,

[Daniel Tremblay]

Thats a crazy story to be treed with your own dogs and have one run right past ya lol. Thanks for sharing. Also that is some crazy country over there. Do you still hunt over there by troy?

[mike martell]

TRUE STORY, IF YOU EVER HUNTED THERE YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,LOOK AT THE OREGON STATE RECORD BOOK THIRD ADDITION IN THE LION SECTION ,THERE IS A PICTURE OF 4 LION HANGING ON A WALL TENT POLE, I'M IN THE PICTURE, IN THE DAY THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT YOU FROM TREEING 5 LION A DAY WAS THE TERRAIN, I NEVER TREED A LION OVER 4 HOURS OLD AS I ALWAYS ENDED UP SWITCHING TRACKS, THEY WERE JUST STACKED IN THERE , STILL ARE, MANY TIMES I HAD TWO TREES AT A TIME, LAST DECEMBER WHEN I WAS HEADING HOME FROM LION HUNTING MONTANA, I HUNTED THRU THERE, I FOUND MY FIRST WOLF TRACK THERE, I WAS SICK , AS THIS AREA IS /WAS THE BEST LION HUNTING ON EARTH, IF I SPENT A WEEK HUNTING, I WOULD CATCH 5-10 LIONS,ALL OF N.E. OREGON HAS GREAT HUNTING INCLUDING THE AREA YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT IN THE HELL'S CANYON AREA, I ALWAYS HUNTED OFF SNOW MACHINES, IT IS THE ONLY PRACTICAL WAY TO HUNT THAT COUNTRY, WHEN I TALK ABOUT RECENT HUNTS IT IS FOR BOBCATS, I HAVE SPENT CONCIDERABLE TIME IN THE MINAM, WENAHA, SLED SPRINGS, CHESNIMNUS,SNAKE,IMNAHA,UNITS, A WORD OF CAUTION , WHEN YOU READ THE OREGON REGS YOU WILL SEE POSTINGS ABOUT THOSE UNITS BEING EXTREMLY ROUGH AND INACESSABLE PACK ANIMAL RECOMENDED, (MAINLY APPLIES TO FALL ELK HUNTING) OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SNOW ITS ON FOOT OR MACHINES, WHEN I HUNTED THOSE UNITS SOMETIMES IT TOOK ALL DAY TO REACH YOUR DOGS AND THE NEXT TO GET OUT, MANY NIGHTS I SPENT HUDDLED BY A FIRE TRYING TO STAY ALIVE, TAKE PROPER GEAR, TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS, THE MOST MEMORABLE HUNTS I MADE IN MY LIFE WERE THERE,WHEN YOU COME DOWN THE MINAM CANYON DAVE THOMPSON LIVED IN THE WALLOWA VALLEY, I LIVED UP BEAR CREEK IN THE MINAM UNIT, ON THE HAWKINS RANCH, ANYONE WHO LIVES AND HUNTS IN OREGON AND NEVER WENT TO N.E. OREGON MISSED THE MOST FABULOUS HUNTING THERE IS ,THERE IS A REASON THERE'S GAME THERE, ROUGH A.. COUNTRY!! YES I STILL HUNT THE TROY AREA, I KNOW ALL THE RANCHES IN THAT COUNTRY, I HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL PRIVELIDGES THERE, SHOOT ME A P.M WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER I WILL CALL YOU AS SOON AS I GET HOME FROM B.C. I HAD SOME UNEXPECTED BUSINESS OR I WOULD BE THERE NOW, I CAN LINE YOU OUT OVER THERE, TAKE CARE , MIKE