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I’m in shock over this news, a guy that got to live the dreams of many many hunters, a North American sheep grand slammer, ex nfl player who started 2 major outdoor clothing companies. It reminds me of Anthony bourdain, some people seem to have it all and be on top of the world. I guess you never know. | ||
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Yup, just wow.... https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn...ken-by=kuiu_official Gave professional football a shot, had a cup of coffee in the NFL. After hanging up his helmet, went on to develop two technical hunting apparel and equipment brands: Sitka then Kuiu. I don't know him but, we've run in similar circles, he befriended enough investors and did his homework to create two brands which helped drag the hunting world into the 21st Century through design and technology. It was his vision and doggedness in convincing enough people that hunting could use the same technical products and innovations that were found in the outdoor industry. Unconfirmed but, word about is he was on a sheep hunting trip, Alaska possibly, with his young son and father when he took his life. | |||
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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
That's just flat hard to believe! I wore a KUIU tee shirt just today. Really curious to hear more about this. | |||
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There seems to be some speculation that he suffered from head trauma from his time as a football player. | |||
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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
Oh wow, that's really a shame! I see from his Instagram that he just finished a sheep hunt with Don jr. Really shocking turn of events. I feel bad for his family. | |||
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Hmmm. Repeated concussion / TBI from his football days, maybe? End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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I don't get why people still think because you're successful at one part of life that you can't have demons. Tons of rich people have proven this over and over. | |||
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Some people even become wildly successful trying to escape those demons. | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us  |
Or create those demons trying to become wildly successful then trying to stay wildly successful. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
It's trite, "but no matter where you go, there you are," and "sooner or later, you have to get to know the man in the mirror." | |||
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I don’t think anybody really thinks that, being surprised and thinking what you said are different things. | |||
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Suicide and mental health issues have been ignored for years. Stigma is somewhat less than it used to be, but still an issue. Most people will seek professional help for a heart attack, but not for depression short of maybe getting a pill from their doctor. People have come to believe that taking a drug will solve all of their problems. | |||
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| If you see me running try to keep up  |
Was reading about him recently and his ram “Goliath” he killed in Cali (August edition of Hunting magazine). Really sorry to hear this, it’s going to be tough for the family and his 10 year old son. | |||
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Yup, I believe his recent desert bighorn is also pretty darn big, I got to meet him at sheep show last year and listen to some of his talks. When I was first getting into sheep hunting, his advice on gear and training got me a long ways. Really a sad thing. | |||
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Pretty selfish prick to do that to his family I say ________,_____________________________ Guns don't kill people - Alec Baldwin kills people. He's never been a straight shooter. | |||
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Selfish prick is not what his family would say. They want donations made to CTE research. He died because he abused his brain, out of ignorance of the risks at the time he played football. https://www.google.com/amp/amp...-hairston-found-dead In an interview in 2016 Hairston told CNBC that he was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, which is a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. Research has shown that football players in particular are sufferers of CTE. The disease can only be confirmed after death. “I played linebacker, and the way I played the game, I led with my head. I played the way they tell us not to play now,” Hairston told CNBC. “I have all the symptoms of CTE.” ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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Disgusting He “died” because he killed himself, that’s fact You and I both have no clue what was in his head People should stop lecturing like they “know” All we know is the end Man up Get some help if you need it, don’t puss out Didn’t say he didn’t have a medical condition Enough with the “camouflage” about that That is NOT the issue He checked out He left his family without the one thing needed most... a husband and father I call BS Self absorbed prick His family may say, “give so others won’t go thru this”... Yeah, exactly, the pain of someone murdering them selves, because we are hurting so bad from his actions. I ain’t fucking buying it -No sale Pity? got plenty Got a pair of balls? Act like it Where was this alleged CTE when thousands, “played” the game, like my old man, with nothing more than a chunk of leather on their head? Oh yeah, that’s right... they went on to be members of the CCC or fought on some distant pacific island in worse conditions we can even imagine AND then came home and raised families, went to night school and acted like MEN What a nation of pussies we’ve become work every day, have for the last 11 years with those that have served in the most horrible, violent, gruesome shit life has to offer Man the fuck up, I say Or As Marcus Luttrell and his group preach, DON”T QUIT ! Of course, what does he and thousands of his comrades who have been thru worse shit than banging their head playing a fucking game, “know” about this kind of thinking? ________,_____________________________ Guns don't kill people - Alec Baldwin kills people. He's never been a straight shooter. | |||
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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
Jason Hairston's Wife Speaks Out After Former NFL Player's Suicide: 'He Was the Love of My Life' https://people.com/sports/jaso...peaks-out-about-cte/ | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
There is an excuse for everything these days. | |||
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