I guess its been close to twenty years since I first read his books. I still have the notes I took from the first book. I ordered the first book over the phone from him, and was surprised how willing he was to talk whitetails and give advice to a complete stranger!  He was very, very nice to me. He is most definitely on the Mount Rushmore of Great Whitetail Bowhunters.
My deepest condolences to Ryan and his family.

Sad day for sure.  I will cherish Rogers' books forever and always remember our phone conversation about deer hunting.  He talked to me like a good friend, I just wish I could have met him in person.

Condolences and prayers for the family. Such a sad loss.

Sorry to hear of the sad news, my condolence to the family  

I missed this thread being busy with work. Saddened by the news! I got the privilege of meeting Roger at our local Waltonian Archers Club Toddville, Iowa during the early 80s. I was glued to his Whitetail presentation during the Rendezvous and he demonstrated the sharpness/cut-on-contact benefits of the original Snuffers through deer skin leather and rubber band loom testers... He was and is a Legend that I got to learn from for which I am grateful! My buddy and I both bought a package of broadheads that night. Sure wish I had them still today...

My condolences to Ryan and family, along with my prayers that God might see you through this difficult time.  

It saddens me to hear this as R.R. was one of my heroes. I have read his books, and I called a spoke with him a few years ago, he was very nice and told me hunting stories and tips for probably an hour. He later sent me a picture of him with one of his big bucks, the picture had the story hand written on the back. He was truly a gentlemen, and he will be greatly missed. Prayers for Ryan and the family.

I truly hope the younger guys just getting into this stuff  understand the community that is available to them in the traditional bowhunting world. As a young man I pestered Roger via phone for hours trying to glean bowhunting knowledge and he was more than accommodating. Two of the other guys I was always bugging have already commented on this thread. It's not even necessarily about bowhunting success. It's about how to live a good life in a world where it seems to be increasingly more difficult to do so. Ryan....if you and your family read this....my condolences. Know that your father has left a major impression on many of us and has given us a blueprint to be followed as bowhunters.

May you rest in peace, Roger.
I still have your book, and intend to pass it on to my grandson.

Sad loss for bow hunting but greater loss to his family and friends.  My condolences to you all.

Condolences to the family !

RIP Roger, you will be missed.    I had the privilege of living down the road from Roger for many years.    He hated poachers more than anything.    One night I was driving by his house slowly to see if he was in his chair, nothing, so I kept driving to the house.   Next thing I know, here comes a truck barreling down on me.   I pull over and here comes Roger, "oh, its only you".   Yeah Roger, who'd you think it is.  "These damn poachers ride by my house, I thought you were one of them".   A few weeks later,  I come down the road at dark, pass Roger's house and make it around a turn, when all of a sudden here comes a set of headlights on my tail.   I pull over  and it's Roger. He said,  "dammit, its you again".   Yeah Roger I live on this road.   He started laughing.   He said, "do me a favor, if you drive by my house at night, honk the horn so I know its you".   I said no problem.

Roger will be missed. I have his books and had the opportunity to meet him a couple times. I remember as a young man following his every story. I hope the young guys can understand what a gifted hunter and shot he was and what he meant in a world that didn't have social media to learn about hunting big bucks.

I have always enjoyed Roger's contributions to this world.

RIP, Prayers sent to family and loved ones.

Rest In Peace Roger

RIP.            

Thoughts and prayers to the Rothhaar family, and friends!!
Great guy - open & honest. I bought his books from him, they weren't just signed, they were inscribed (very personal) and he included photos with individual stories written on the backs of them. They are treasured items.
Lastly, I've always enjoyed shooting his Snuffers-still my favorite broadhead!
Rest in peace Roger!
Randy

Prayers sent

A Roger story I'd like to share.

The first Great Lakes Longbow Invitational was in 1985. After a couple of years It drew large crowds of longbow shooters from across the country. Roger showed up at the shoot one year and we told him he had to shoot a longbow and wood arrows on the coarse. He put his recurve and aluminum arrows in his truck and borrowed a longbow and some wood arrows and shot around the coarse.

Afterwards I ask him how he liked shooting a longbow and wood arrows, his answer was,   "It was better than getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick"        
 

Roger's obituary

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bucyrustelegraphforum/obituary.aspx?n=roger-c-rothhaar&pid=187868538&fhid=27702

Back in the '80s Roger did a seminar in Terre Haute, IN. After the seminar I had the good fortune of having dinner with Roger and Gabe Shafner. Gabe, who was a fantastic whitetail hunter in his own right was so excited to meet with Roger and share tales and tactics. After the dinner Roger told me how excited he was to meet Gabe! Two of the best whitetail hunters in the world, asking each other questions and swapping hunting stories...great times!

One year at Cloverdale, Roger stopped by our camp. We invited him to try some of the summer sausage we were having and he really enjoyed it. As he got up to leave he winked at me and told me that the sausage might be going bad, but he would be happy to get rid of it for me! He left with a smile and half a role of sausage! ;<)

Roger's passing is a great loss to the whitetail hunting world, but nothing compared to the loss that Ryan and family is experiencing. Prayers to all the friends and family and a thank you to Roger for always being willing to share your knowledge with anyone that asked. Rest in Peace.