The following people are the first class of Inductees into the newly formed Traditional Bowhunters Hall of Fame, Inc. They were recognized on March 14, 2025 at the Compton Traditional Bowhunters Big Game Classic.
G. Fred Asbell | Jerry Brumm | Marv Clyncke | Scott Koelzer | Dan Quillian
Aug. 14, 1940 – January 7, 2023
Following a three-year stint in the Navy, G. Fred Asbell picked up a bow and fell in love with the sight of an arrow in flight. Soon after, he helped form the Indiana Bowhunters Association and served as President.
When offered a chance to move to Colorado with his employer, IBM, Fred jumped at the chance. Not long after the move, he served as a director of the Colorado Bowhunters Association, a newly formed organization where he showed his natural propensity for leadership. His willingness to get involved and his communication skills developed early and the traditional bowhunting world has benefited. He soon left the corporate world completely and, with Denny Behn, founded Bighorn Bow Company.
Fred wrote hundreds of magazine articles for numerous publications, primarily as Bowhunter Magazine’s hunting editor and Traditional Bowhunter Magazine’s shooting editor. His books Instinctive Shooting (followed by Instinctive Shooting II) and Stalking and Still-Hunting are bowhunting classics. He trained countless bowhunters through his writing, videos, seminars, shooting classes, and his constant willingness to engage with the public at hunting events.
Fred was a long-serving president of the Pope and Young Club (1984-2002) and a founding director, and later president, of the Compton Traditional Bowhunters. He was vocal in support of ethical bowhunting methods relying on skill rather than technology.
He was a consistently successful bowhunter who traveled to 32 states, 9 Canadian provinces, and several African countries while tagging 19 big-game species with his bow. Fred was a massive presence in the traditional bowhunting community, even in his later years as a partner with his wife Teresa in Asbell Wool Company, selling traditional hunting apparel.
April 3, 1942 – April 16, 2024
Jerry Brumm was born and raised in the Nashville, Michigan area. His name is synonymous with traditional bowhunting. He was an avid outdoorsman and after a 13-year career with Consumer Power, he and his wife Sharon opened Nashville Hardware and Sporting Goods in 1976.
With his friend, Rick Sheppard, Great Northern Longbow Company was formed in 1984, later to become Great Northern Bowhunting Company, after their introduction of recurve models, the Professional Bow Quiver, and other accessories. Because of his attention to detail and craftsmanship, Jerry quickly became well respected as a bowyer.
Jerry and Sharon travelled all over the United States promoting their traditional products and the traditional lifestyle. He was always ready to listen and advise both long term and new traditional archers based on his experiences living the traditional lifestyle. Jerry was a past officer in the Professional Bowhunters Society and helped establish the Michigan Longbow Association. Through the Michigan Longbow Association and then the Great Lakes Longbow Invitational, Jerry influenced countless numbers of traditional archers, both young and old! Jerry and Great Northern were very generous in supporting bowhunting organizations as well, such as the Professional Bowhunters Society, along with numerous state organizations.
Seeing a need for a place the traditional community could display their wares, he started the Traditional Bowhunters Expo in 1996. It quickly became the place to go for all things traditional bowhunting related. Jerry continued to support the traditional bowhunting community after retiring by attending many traditional events. He could usually be found at the Great Northern Bow, Great Northern Quiver, or the Professional Bowhunters Society booth.
A Colorado native, Marv Clyncke has been bowhunting for an incredible 70 years! He has never bowhunted with anything other than traditional equipment. His favorite animals to hunt are sheep and big mule deer bucks. Marv loves hunting in the high country! When not actively bowhunting for sheep, he also enjoys helping others who have been lucky enough to draw a sheep tag, with advice, locating animals and general important information.
Marv has been deeply involved with the Pope & Young Club, serving on its Board of Directors and also as an official measurer. He is a founding member of the Colorado Bowhunters Association, Colorado Traditional Archers Society, and a founding member and first President of Compton Traditional Bowhunters, among many other organizations.
As a writer, Marv has penned many magazine and newsletter articles as well as his book, Son of the Longbow. He is also a highly skilled knife maker, artist and scrimshaw artist. Along with his wife, Judy, they have contributed both artwork, time and money to many worthy conservation and bowhunting fundraisers.
Marv was the first person to kill the Colorado “Big 8”, all eight of the original native species of big game in Colorado including whitetail and mule deer, antelope, black bear, elk, cougar, bighorn sheep, and mountain goat. Colorado subsequently added Shiras moose to their big game seasons, so in 2017 Marv also killed one of those which qualified for the record books. All of these were taken with a traditional bow. Both Marv and his wife, Judy are honored members of the Colorado Bowhunters Hall of Fame.
Bio coming soon!
March 2, 1928 – February 20, 2007
Dan Quillian was a force for bowhunting in the southeast and beyond for half a century. He was born in 1928 to a father who instilled in him an appreciation of nature and wild places, eventually leading him to his lifelong love of hunting with a longbow. He passed that love on by teaching archery and bowhunting skills to thousands of people through his seminars, magazine articles, books, and a popular video – Shooting the Bow in the Traditional Style. Archery Business Magazine in 2001 named him one of the 25 most influential archers in the last quarter century, along with legends such as Fred Bear and Ben Pearson.
Dan worked tirelessly both to promote bowhunting and to fight the anti-hunting movement in Georgia and was instrumental in the state implementing one of the first bowhunting-only seasons in the south. He was a five-time president of the Georgia Bowhunters Association and a founding member of the Traditional Bowhunters of Georgia. In 1998, The Traditional Bowhunters of Georgia honored Dan with its first and only TBG Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dan was a prolific bowhunter; his lovely wife Sue once said Dan would happily hunt every day if he could. Dan took numerous whitetails in his home state and successfully hunted around the United States, New Zealand, and Canada. He immensely enjoyed a trip to South Africa with his son D.D., who has followed in Dan’s footsteps as a traditional bowhunter. Dan was also proud of the huge brown bear he arrowed in Alaska shortly before losing a foot to diabetes.