7315br
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It's with great sadness we were informed by Dan's wife Karen today that he has passed away. Dan has had some medical problems the last couple years, but it is really shocking to find out he is gone.
He has been a close friend of mine since 1980. Dan and I hunted together for many, many years and I shot on the same squad with him also. He still holds a number of ATA and PITA trapshooting records and was the best adverse weather trapshooter I ever saw. We were shooting on the same squad in a 500 doubles marathon when he broke all 500 targets. I also had the pleasure of shooting with him when he broke the lone 100 straight at Las Vegas and Reno from the 27 yard line when the wind was was extremely bad.
Dan was always a gentleman at any shoot and was really funny to be around. He came to Alaska (when I still lived up there) many times over the years to fish with me and I hunted Quail with him on leases and a Ranch we owned together.
I realize this is not a trapshooting forum, but I do know there are people on this site that shot trap and knew of him. He is in the ATA Hall fame if some are interested in his achievements (there were many). He represented Perazzi shotguns for over 40 years. He was 78years old. He will be sorely missed.
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A few pictures added:
My favorite two guys to shoot with. Bonillas on the left, me in the middle, and Jim Hegarty on the right. 2nd picture early 1980's Pheasant hunt. 3rd picture of one of our Quail hunts ( Dan Orlich was with us on that trip...tall guy on the back row )...I miss him too.
He has been a close friend of mine since 1980. Dan and I hunted together for many, many years and I shot on the same squad with him also. He still holds a number of ATA and PITA trapshooting records and was the best adverse weather trapshooter I ever saw. We were shooting on the same squad in a 500 doubles marathon when he broke all 500 targets. I also had the pleasure of shooting with him when he broke the lone 100 straight at Las Vegas and Reno from the 27 yard line when the wind was was extremely bad.
Dan was always a gentleman at any shoot and was really funny to be around. He came to Alaska (when I still lived up there) many times over the years to fish with me and I hunted Quail with him on leases and a Ranch we owned together.
I realize this is not a trapshooting forum, but I do know there are people on this site that shot trap and knew of him. He is in the ATA Hall fame if some are interested in his achievements (there were many). He represented Perazzi shotguns for over 40 years. He was 78years old. He will be sorely missed.
7315br
A few pictures added:
My favorite two guys to shoot with. Bonillas on the left, me in the middle, and Jim Hegarty on the right. 2nd picture early 1980's Pheasant hunt. 3rd picture of one of our Quail hunts ( Dan Orlich was with us on that trip...tall guy on the back row )...I miss him too.
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