Two categories here; family and non family. Non family would consist of gun scribes, I'd love to go hunt anything with John Barsness or else go antelope hunting in Wyoming with the late Bob Milek and my .25-06. Lots of you have mentioned Elmer Keith and that would be great; (using my .44 Redhawk of course). Family would be my late uncle Marty, he hunted in his younger days until he got too busy with his career, family, mortgage, etc. etc.. I've inherited his Marlin 30-30 and will be carrying it up into the woods this fall in his honor. Along with the German Luger he brought home from Germany in 1945. We once talked about using something like a 9mm or 38 Spl. to put a wounded deer out of its misery. They can do the job nicely when the range is measured in inches instead of yards. Couple years ago in a shotgun zone I had a wounded buck down but not dead yet with my 870 slug gun and used his Luger to finish things quickly at close range. But first I looked up at the gray sky and said; "Thanks Marty, I know you'd get a kick out of this!". For a minute it almost felt like he was right there with me.