Hello.
I am the Daughter of Sam Butler of WPB, Florida. He was friends, very close with Norman Padgett of West Palm Beach. They were hunting buddies, though as is the case of most hunters then, very selective of who they chose to go on hunts.
I have stumbled on the book 'Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Game Wardens in the Glades' and was happy to read Norman described realistically.
Norman was a legend long before they made him one.
Both men have passed, but I am looking for any stories of my dad and that of Norman. Dad died at 81, and after his only son died in 1972, did not pick up a gun to hunt again for decades. It was their great love together.
If you have any stories or your dad had any stories of either I would be so grateful.
Thank you.
I am the Daughter of Sam Butler of WPB, Florida. He was friends, very close with Norman Padgett of West Palm Beach. They were hunting buddies, though as is the case of most hunters then, very selective of who they chose to go on hunts.
I have stumbled on the book 'Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Game Wardens in the Glades' and was happy to read Norman described realistically.
Norman was a legend long before they made him one.
Both men have passed, but I am looking for any stories of my dad and that of Norman. Dad died at 81, and after his only son died in 1972, did not pick up a gun to hunt again for decades. It was their great love together.
If you have any stories or your dad had any stories of either I would be so grateful.
Thank you.
