Herman Davison passed away recently, and we lost a good man. In the early Seventies, I spent some time with him as he made his rounds as a New Hampshire Department of Fish & Game officer. I was doing a story on him for New Hampshire Outdoorsman magazine. He dealt with the public firmly and fairly, mixing compassion and people skills with his officer survival tactics. For many years, he was the winner of the New Hampshire Police Officers Association annual handgun match, the de facto state championship for cops. He also taught shooting at the state academy.
Each year, I got to see him when we both shot the Pin Shoot in Michigan. This year, two months before his death, Herm was ravaged by the cancer that would soon kill him but still stood resolutely on the competition firing line…and still hit what he was aiming at.
He was the epitome of the “nice guy.” When my older daughter learned of his passing, she reminisced, “When I was little and we were all at the range, he always made sure I was hydrated and didn’t skip lunch.”
Herm had a unique, low-key sense of humor. He genuinely cared about people. He was the sort of lawman we all want policing our community.
Herm Davison is greatly missed by all who knew him. Godspeed, brother…
My condolences. Your daughter’s reminiscence speaks volumes of the man.
R.I.P. and God blesa, ‘til Valhalla. 🙏🙏📿📿👮🏻♂️👮🏻♂️🚔🚔✊🏿🇺🇸🇺🇸
Nothing but good memories of Herm in our home. When he first retired, he told us he was going to bolt his snow blower to the front of his truck, then drive South until he had someone ask, “what IS that thing?”. He figured he’d be far enough South by then.
A true New Englander, he laughed when Bonnie told him, “Well, I wouldn’t know what it was, and we have snow”…he considered the puny NC snow to be only a “heavy frost”! I’ll miss him.
Man, this is becoming the obituary column. Too many good people passing.
Sorry to hear another pin shooter passed away. God speed.
He sits at the Table of Heroes.
My Daughter’s in-laws lived in Dunbarton for a number of years. They measured the severity of the winter by how many times they had to shovel the roof !!!
Condolences Mas and all the friends that knew him. He was a good friend and mentor and lots of fun to be around. Which “reminds me of a story”. We all will miss him
Good to hear from you Georges!
One of the finest real men I have ever known!
My condolences on your, and daughter’s, loss.
Vince
Herm was one of the nicer men I have ever worked with. I spent a little over a year with him working on the prison transport team. Never a bad day, respected by everyone. Rest in peace.
Lester Eldridge