Are people aware that Jakewire has passed away? Suddenly, at home, a couple of days ago.
I liked Owen. I wish we did more together.
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Are people aware that Jakewire has passed away? Suddenly, at home, a couple of days ago.
I liked Owen. I wish we did more together.
Yes, very sad news
Spent a lot of time on the phone with him
Very helpful and friendly to all that knew him
No I was not aware, Rest in peace Owen. Sorry we never got to have that beer mate :oh noes:
I was only talking to him a week or so ago, we are all poorer for his loss a true gent.
His absence will be felt deeply
Really sad to hear the news. RIP Owen, was a pleasure to have met & chat to you mate.
Yes, the world is a lesser place with his passing.
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That’s terrible news, RIP Owen
That is sad news
Cant believe it. He went out of his was last year to find and haggle for a new gun for me with out even meeting me. Was hoping to catch up when wallby shooting in a few months.
RIP Another of lifes gentlemen gone too soon
Crazy news
One of life's true good buggers, he rang only last week to see how we faired with the flooding.
Rest easy Owen
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RIP
Bugger. RIP Owen
Sleep deep old bean,leave a few easy ones running around up there in happy hunting grounds for when the rest of us eventually turn up.
condolences to his family.
Bloody hell, just read this, Owen was a great bloke, glad i managed to meet him, and shot with him, in the SI big bore shoot a couple times.
I wish his Family well, take too soon.
How very sad. RIP. Damn life is a fragile thing.
RIP, good bugger taken far too soon
Sorry to hear that - he often brought some maturity of years and good sense to a discussion.
Is there someone on this site who knows the family, and could carry good wishes of this shooting community to them?
Go well..
Was one of the truly great blokes on the forum, RIP old mate.
I never met Jakewire, but he always seemed like a 'good sort'
RIP
I am reminded to be grateful every morning I wake up.
Sad news indeed :(
Owen was often the voice of reason when things got a bit heated on the forum.
RIP
RIP Owen, darn but we’ve lost another good member.:O_O:
RIP Jakewire.
Too soon:(
Very sad indeed.
Owen was indeed a true gent who would go the extra mile to help anyone.
RIP mate
Very sad news, Rest In Peace Jakewire
Shitballs, what a stink one :(
he did seem like a pretty level headed bugger.
Condolences to his family
A very special friend to many of us you will be missed
Harry
RIP Owen, was good to meet you at the Big bore shoots. Will have to have a few whiskeys for you.
RIP Owen.
Same as others.
Never met him but would've liked to
RIP Owen
RIP Jakewire, as mentioned, always brought some reasoning along when the debating got heated.
Sad news. RIP.
Rest in peace Owen.
Only met you the once but losing you is a great loss.
Not just to your family and freinds but to the Forum, Southland, New Zealand and the World.
My sincear condolences to his family.
When we lose a good bloke, it makes the world a poorer place. RIP Owen.
My condolences to his friends and family.
This is sad to read. I'm new here and I've met and known two other memebrs I've been able to identify who are both top guys. I've had the pleasure of meeting and keeping contact with several members on another prominent hunting forum I partake in. There are so many great gents all sharing common interests around hunting and firearms that when learning of one passing on it's like a death in the family. That's life, but it still hurts.
RIP sir.
RIP, Owen sounds like the kind of guy anyone would have been privileged to have met.
RIP mate .rest easy your lifes toil is done .thoughts are with the family in these times.
Rest in Peace, wish I had met him.
Rest In Peace Owen. He got me some good cz rings a while back.
Well shit !!! , Have been out of coms, got back to Palmy & heard this awful news
Gees Owen for being the “safe n practical” man you were, going & falling off the perch so young was not the plan mate, this has come as a complete shock.
I know he had many mates & respect on here but Just a little back ground on Jakewire from my perspective, while I haven't known Owen for as long as others I had a privilege to spend some quality time over the past 12 plus years
My first contact with OJR was on the old FnH forum, he had written an article in NZ Guns about a Weatherby ultralight, a rifle I had on my bucket list ( & eventually brought ) we arranged to have a chat on the phone one Friday night, which in hindsight probably wasn’t the best plan, after a full on week & a few “Friday beevies” I basically fell asleep while talking on the phone lol, Ironically the last photo of Owen I found is of him falling asleep on a chair at the Kurow camp ground a couple of months back.
Jakewire was an “old school” bloke, he worked in the same carpet factory his whole life & while many owners n corporates came & went, he was a constant, a bit like on here, not only being a level headed mod but also a hive of knowledge with rifles & calibres etc
I find guys that are into guns can be great to chat & hang out with, Owen was always looking for his rifle – cal – scope “unicorn” & I think that’s why we bonded so well, we both have the same disease, many a time have we debated the topic & I’m still not sure we ever came up with answer even after a multiple whiskeys, coming close with his 6.5 swede finnlight - S&B combo though, he loved that thing & with good reason.
He also loved Wallaby shooting & I was lucky enough to spend a few days on the hill with him, Owen was my man when it came to Roo hunting, funny as the last time we went out mid November last year, he had decided for some stupid reason to muck around changing scopes over & his 6.5 was not sighted in, so only had his 223 to use. The thing was that being an ethical hunter ( something I really respected ) he had a limit of “no Wallabies past 300” with that rifle, ended up that all the ones we spotted were past his set range so I ended up doing all the shooting that day with my creedmoor, he didn’t feel like going back the next day hahaha
Funny too, as to many Owen probably came across as a bit of a quite or somewhat grumpy bugger but he was a genuine GC, I enjoyed my Friday night calls ( something I’ve been a bit slack with the past few weeks & now regret ) he could always pull you out of a slump if you were having a bad week, he’d been there & knew how life worked. He was also a big softie, while never having any kids of his own his wife Tina did & he became a great grandad, spending time with his little granddaughter was a true buzz for him, always made me laugh the thought of Jakewire going to the Christmas parade or the time she talked him into going to a kids film instead of the James Bond movie he wanted to see was classic.
We had some great times, last catch up Owen, Steve ( aka Wirehunt ) & I caught up in Kurow & then we convoyed to Cromwell on a lovely Saturday morning, fuk that was a great weekend. I feel very short changed, for Owens 60th a few of us were meant to go to Stewart Island, for some reason he postponed that trip & now that and the other mission’s we had planned they are never to be, I know I speak for myself & Wirehunt when I say - fuk mate what happened, this wasn’t the way things were meant to end, we should have had another 20 years of trips, shooting guns, catch ups & having a Jamison’s under the stars while listing to Lynyrd Skynyrd session, I’m gutted
Rest easy my friend