Your assumption is dead on. He was a very serious man, but had a great sense of humor as well. He would laugh so hard at something I'd say until he'd start choking on his own spit, then he's say something that made the next guy do that same thing.

I knew Dick Trickle personally and he sampled food off my plate at a wild game feed at a friend's house. I accidentally bumped into Annekka De Lorenzo at a bar and restaurant. She was then the Penthouse Pet of the Year. I did not realize who she was until the bartender told me who she was. Kirk Hibbert and his son Tucker fixed us an outdoor breakfast over a campfire at our hunting camp one morning .I met Paul Dobbins at several trapping conventions. Trapstickman is a close acquaintance of mine.

Went to college with Arnold Schwartzenegger.

Met Dick Vandyke in a bar outside of Minneapolis. He was on the wagon.

Met Richard Simmons in a hotel in Chicago. The plate on his Caddy read "R U 2 Fat"

I am so proud.