Robert “Bob” Gulman

Bow hunter

Bob Gulman started his association with archery when he was 25 years old.  Late by many standards but the man gained momentum quickly.  The year was 1952.  Three years later he helped to establish the Fullerton Bowmen by locating a permanent range and accepting the chair position on the range building committee.  Association with the building committee meant that he’d need to construct the new range.  Construction set well with this man, as he was already in the business of building things outside of the archery world.  In fact, for the next forty years various archery clubs in the Southern California area benefited from Bob Gulman’s generous donations of time, expertise and the use of his heavy construction equipment.

In 1965 Bob joined the Oranco Bowmen.  Again he was appointed to the Building Committee.  Bob was one of those souls whom never missed out on a work party at the range.  The term “90% of the work is always done by 10% of the people” applied to Bob Gulman.  He also gave of his time toward the Trophy Committee, where he built the Oranco Bowmen’s tournament trophies.  Later Bob also became a member of the Pomona Valley Archers of La Verne, CA.

During a 30-year period, spanning 1960 through 1990, Bob Gulman hosted a Tuesday night Archery Club at his home so that hunters could practice using broad heads on animal paper and 3-D targets.  30 years is a good run toward a weekly party.

Bob served on the CBH Big Game Committee, was a CBH Animal Measurer, a Pope & Young member and a P& Y official measurer, and a member of the Varmint Caller’s Association.  Bob was a Boy Scout Counselor and never failed to give archery a plug by exposing the sport to a young boy.  The man planted “archery seeds” within these youngsters.

But Bob Gulman is most remembered as a highly accomplished hunter.  He ran a string of hounds, harvesting Lion, Bear and Bobcat with his bow.  Bob’s generosity toward his fellow bow hunters and his desire to share knowledge of the hunt is perhaps best depicted in his annual commitment toward bringing along a different hunter each year into the Colorado high country.  Bob felt that in order for a hunter to truly experience an elk hunt, that hunter needed to experience the packing in of a camp on horseback, abide in the wilds of a highland meadow and share an evening campfire with friends.  Bob figured right.

Bob is no longer with us now but we can take pride in knowing toward the end of his life he had ample time to enjoy the sport of archery on his own terms, at his own pace, and in his own way.  Well-done Bob.