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The 4th Annual Low Country Chapter Wheelchair & Wounded
Warrior Deer
Hunt!
Tuesday, October 28th & Wednesday October 29th, 2008
3rd Annual Wheelchair/Disabled Hunt group photo
Nemours Plantation will once again be the focal point for our
4th Annual Hunt Wheelchair & Wounded Warrior Deer Hunt. At last year's 3rd Annual
event we hosted 23 hunters. The majority of them were wounded US Army
veterans who are recovering from injuries sustained while serving in Iraq and
Afghanistan. In addition to the veterans, we hosted a number of deserving
civilian disabled hunters.
Volunteers and hunters enjoy the chance to get acquainted and share hunting
stories.
At this year's event we expect to host a total of 40 hunters.
In keeping with our desire to honor the ongoing sacrifices and service of our
military forces, 20 of our hunters will be wounded Marine Corps
veterans from the Wounded Warrior Battalion headquartered at Camp LeJeune, North
Carolina. Young hunters facing life-threatening injuries or illnesses and
adult disabled hunters will also be participating.
Hunter Chad Sloan killed TWO beautiful 8 point bucks during last
year's hunt!
Through the generous support of private landowners, our
hunters will have access to approximately 20 of the most magnificent, private
plantations in the southeastern United States. These plantations are
managed to provide exceptional wildlife habitat and trophy quality whitetail
deer. Our hunters can expect to see a spectacular display of lowcountry
wildlife and plenty of deer during their time in the field!
Ron Schmeits, NRA 1st Vice-President
We have confirmed that
NRA 1st Vice-President, Mr. Ron Schmeits
and
NRA Secretary, Major Edward J. Land,
USMC (retired) will attend this
year's event! The NRA has agreed to become one of our Co-Sponsors and has
made a generous donation of $1,000.00 to our Disabled Hunter program!
Major Edward J. "Jim" Land
Secretary Land and 1st Vice-President Schmeits will address
the group on Tuesday and share deer stands with some lucky hunters on Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday morning.
NRA writer, Mark Ness will also be assisting a hunter in the
field and will write an article about his experiences at the event for the NRA's
"American Hunter" magazine.
The Honorable
John Dalton, Secretary of the Navy during the
Clinton administration, will attend the event on Tuesday to express his thanks
to our wounded Marine veterans for their sacrifice and service.
Brigadier General James B. Laster, Commanding General of the
Parris Island Marine Recruit Depot will be among the volunteers assisting our
hunters in the field!
General Laster has authorized the participation of the
Parris Island Marine Corps band and Color Guard! We can look forward to a
very special patriotic musical salute to our wounded Marine veterans.
Benelli Exhibition Shooter, Tim Bradley, will dazzle us once again with his
spectacular shooting!
We are very pleased to announce that
Benelli Exhibition
Shooter, Tim Bradley, will be joining us once again this year. Tim amazed
everyone at last year's event with his showmanship and his tremendous skill with
the full range of
Benelli shotgun products. You will not want to miss his
performances at midday on both Tuesday and Wednesday!
Through the generous support of
ThermaCell
our hunters will be protected from the ever present and abundant blood-sucking
lowcountry mosquitoes. ThermaCell has supported our event each year
with donations of ThermaCell units and
refills. ThermaCells make it possible to sit quietly and enjoy the
outdoors, free from the torment of swarms of buzzing, biting bugs!
Charles Allen, owner of
Knives of Alaska
and Diamond
Blade Knives has generously donated 6 Cub Bear knives with Suregrip
handles. We will put all of our hunters' names in a hat and 6 lucky
individuals will go home with a Knives of Alaska Cub Bear knife!
Speaking of knives,
Superior Sharpening Services of Bluffton, SC will be on hand during
the event to sharpen knives for our hunters, plantation owners and volunteers.
Hunting knives, fishing knives, kitchen knives - any dull knife will be
professionally sharpened free of charge!
Professional photographer,
Susan DeLoach,
of La Bella Vita Images in Beaufort, SC
has volunteered to attend the event on Tuesday. Susan will set up an
outdoor studio at Nemours Plantation and will be available to take any photos
that our hunters desire. Hunters with their trophy deer, Wounded Warriors
with Major Land or General Laster, kids with Benelli Exhibition shooter, Tim
Bradley, and of course, a terrific group photo. Whatever image you would
like to take to home as a souvenir of the event, Susan will take for you.
Chapter President-Elect, Pat Autore and his wife, Karen, will
set up a computer and photo printer near the outdoor studio. Pat will
print 8" x 10" photos on the spot and place them in protective photo frames.
We want all of our hunters, landowners, co-sponsors and distinguished
guests to leave the event with a group photo and any other photos they would
like to have taken.
The Low Country Chapter will have the largest trophy buck
killed during the event shoulder mounted by Leslie Ramsey of
Wild Game Deer
Processing and Taxidermy in nearby Sheldon, SC, free of charge to the
lucky hunter!
Dewey Richardson of the Black Death Deer Scent company,
www.op-dg.com
,will be attending the event again this year, and once again he will supply
scent and scent dispensers for all of our hunters. This year’s hunt takes
place during the dark of the moon and at the peak of the rut. Dewey’s Black
Death Deer scent will definitely put some BIG BUCKS in our hunter’s crosshairs!
Nick Yeary, owner of the Kripple Kreek hunting stand company
will have two of his stands at the event. His “Mann Stand” is an electric,
hydraulic stand designed to accommodate a disabled hunter and a companion.
Go to
www.kripplekreek.com for more information about Nick’s ingenious
invention. Nick designed and built the stand so that his paralyzed stepson could
once again pursue his love of deer hunting. Nick will demonstrate how quickly
and easily the Mann Stand can be put in place, attached to a tree and elevated
into hunting position.
We expect that there will be additional honored guests
attending the event, including
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
officials and a number of retired Marines from the Beaufort area and elsewhere.
The event will be videoed by professional videographer, Dave
Lavery, of
TimeLine Productions. Dave has donated
his services to assist
Safari Club's Expedition Safaris TV show host,
Mike Rogers,
in capturing video for use on an upcoming episode of Expedition Safaris on the
Outdoor Channel!
Each hunter will receive a "Goody Bag" of products generously
donated by our Co-Sponsors.
Safari Club
International has supplied briefcases, nametag holders, ball
caps, key rings, bumper stickers, decals and a cash donation to the event.
The NRA
has provided each hunter with orange ball caps, pocket knives, .45/70
Commemorative Silver Bullets and Multi-tools and a cash donation to the event.
TexasHuntCo and
Spec-Ops have donated Utility Bags and Recon
Wraps for all of our hunters.
Coming from the south, Nemours Plantation is on the right
side of Highway 17, several miles north of Gardens Corners outside of Beaufort,
SC. Coming from the north the entrance is on the left of Highway 17
approximately ½ mile south of the Combahee River bridge. Look for the brick
gates and the Nemours Plantation sign. Follow the road onto the plantation and
bear left after passing through the second set of brick gates. Go down the
avenue of live oaks and look for the event tents.
Your financial support makes these events possible. A
suggested Donation amount of $100.00 will pay the expenses for the participation
of a sick youngster, wounded veteran or deserving adult disabled hunter.
Click the link below to open a Donation Invoice that you can
print to distribute to your friends, fellow hunters and business associates who
would like to support these events.
Thank you for your support!
With your help the 4th Annual Wheelchair / Disabled Hunt will
be a great success and a patriotic event that we will remember for years to
come!
Finally, here’s some great news. Dirk de Bod is a Namibian Professional Hunter
who won the 2008 SCI International PH of the Year Award. Dirk has donated a 14
day Namibian safari to our Safari Wish Program!
We will work with The Outdoor Dream Foundation to choose a
youngster facing life-threatening illness or injury to participate in this
adventure of a lifetime. There will be a small reserve amount payable to cover
some of Dirk’s hard costs, but the safari will take place on his personal
hunting concessions and all of the trophies will be free to the hunter.
Visit Dirk's website at:
www.safarisnamibia.com to see photos of
what our lucky Safari Wish hunter will experience!
Click the links below for video, photos and stories about the
2008 Hunt!
Click the links below for video, photos and stories about our previous
Wheelchair Hunts.
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