I'm am very sorry to say but Bud passed away last night in his sleep I would ask if everyone would keep his family in your prayers he will be greatly missed. Maybe some of you that knew him best could share some stories with all thank you.

He went home

Terrible news. I will miss him.

I am sure Bud and Belin are setting traps somewhere together.

In our thoughts and prayers.

Prayers sent.




Charlie

Prayers sent.

Prayers sent. Sorry for the loss

Bud,

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

I remember one year at the VTA convention, no one would break out the "peach" or the "apple pie" for fear of you going on a tear. Seems you had recently broken up with a long-time girlfriend and the danger was too great.

At my first VTA convention (2012), you wanted me to take you to town...seems you knew of a place with "dancing girls"...for whatever reason, I made the correct decision and refused the offer. Ha.

And arguing about everything up one side and down the other.
Those two were some special trappers and gave way more than they took in terms of promoting trapping in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
I hold the upmost respect for both of them for what they did for us.
I was at an Outdoorsman show one time in late winter/early spring and Bud showed up with a 5 gallon bucket with a giant live cottonmouth he picked up somewhere. He asked if anybody wanted it.
There were hundreds of people at this event and packed in pretty tight.
Who does that?! Brings a live poisonous snake just in case somebody wants it?!
Bud Jenkins, that's who.
The skin of that cottonmouth still hangs on my shop wall because I am the same kind of guy who goes to an Outdoorsman show just in case somebody shows up with a live poisonous snake to give away.

Dang, hate to hear this. Funny everyone is mentioning Belin at the same time as I was putting together a demo list for the first NTA SE and having a difficult time of it as it was short short notice to get the thing put together. Belin contacted me and said to get Bud to do a otter demo, id never heard of Bud, after Belin explained him, bless his heart, I knew I HAD to meet that guy and have him at the event, lol.

Glad I got to chance to meet him now. Miss ol Belin still also, maybe they won't have things too tore up around there by time the rest of us join them.

We have lost another great trapper. Bud was a lot of fun to be around at conventions.

He was giving a demo at a VA convention awhile back in front of a packed crowd. During his demo, Newt sneaked up behind him and yanked down Bud's britches. Of course Bud had no underwear on. He had a stick in his hand and as Newt got the britches down, that stick came around and whacked Newt a good one before he could back away. Bud just yanked up his britches and continued with the demo like nothing ever happened.

I don't think there'll ever be another Bud. RIP buddy.

was run`in beav sets yesterday morning about the time bud left for the other side. some how, i got an invite to a vta meeting out at his place in 1998. of course belin was a part of that. i couldn't of been happier to meet those two. made this yankee feel right at home. didn't get to see much of them, we would talk a couple times a year at some meeting and always felt the love of both. dang gone it anyways. as bud would always end a story, LOVE.

wow-bummer.

Years ago I got to know Bud a little bit through this website. We exchanged several messages, talked on the phone numerous times, and met face-to-face at a convention. He was pretty active on Trapperman around the 2002/2003 time frame.

I went overseas and lost contact with him. He stopped posting on Trapperman, and I just never reached back out. My fault. I did see a post some months back saying he was pretty sick.

Last weekend I was at Newt Sterling's Trapping School. A couple issues of Trapper's World were laying around and one had an interview with him in it. I read it and thought it was a great article.

Yesterday morning I thought about that article and found myself wondering how Bud was doing. Imagine my shock last night when I came home and read on here that he had passed away. Sad news indeed.

RIP Bud!

Here is a link to his obituary, I don't believe it has been posted.

http://www.wrightfuneralhome.org/obituary/howard-jenkins-jr

So sad. I'm sitting here looking up at the fine painting of a burrowing owl that Bud made and sent me last year. It is framed and on the wall of my office. I will surely miss him.

Larry Kline