The Highlight of My Hunting Season and Why I had to Miss Out on Jigfest

[Seth]

I got involved with the Missouri Disabled Sportsmen group four years ago by helping guide disabled hunters during the antlerless firearms season in northern MO. It's honestly one of the best things that I've ever been a part of and really makes you reflect on life and how good most of us truly have it even when we don't feel that way at times. Anyways, for the past three hunts, my buddy and I have been paired up with a gentleman who has multiple sclerosis. The first two years were pretty uneventul for us but things finally came together this year and he was able to harvest a big ol northern MO doe. To some, it may seem like any regular deer, but so many of us were so invested and wanted this to happen so badly for this man that it felt like we'd shot a 200" buck of our own.

Some details on this hunt. Last year the land owner who provides the shop for everybody to stay in gained permission to a nearby piece of ground that he knew was loaded with deer. It's also very easy to access and allows us to drop off hunters right at the blind. An electronic aiming system was donated to the MDS group by a family who lost a disabled son that loved to deer hunt. They wanted to see it put to good use and this was the perfect place to do it. The last piece of the puzzle was a phone scope which allowed our hunter to have full view of the reticle without having to be up close to the scope. With all of those pieces in place, things finally came together.

Here's a video of the hunt. There's some added drama due to some equipment issues early on, but it just makes the successful part all the sweeter.

 

[Seth]

They dumped a bunch of pictures on to the Facebook group if you would like to check out more of what goes on during this event. It's set to public viewing so a Facebook account is not required to view it.

https://www.facebook.com/missouridisabledsportsmen/posts/4577751765634216?__cft__[0]=AZUECRitSBnVjtat1b9CFbkVlmoVisisxKALnLYDals6-gKbjTiRJ7FfM_Z0a8_-qDa2NoGn9kuthsLQHOdZ5XbGTrlNqbgVRDprCTRcQg4tISJ8dqUgrIi1oYhjef4qB1A8i46fGoGg2O8CXdiJJcQG&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

[fshndoug]

so cool congrats

 

[JestersHK]

So very cool of you to do this buddy.   My childhood best friend has MS and its terrible... glad you could help make and provide those memories for him happen.

Some very Honorable and Noble work your doing there my friend. 

[DADAKOTA]

Great job Seth.  MDS is an awesome organization and the folks in it are amazing.

[Seth]

44 minutes ago, DADAKOTA said:

Great job Seth.  MDS is an awesome organization and the folks in it are amazing.

 I'm glad I can be a part of it and help out. Pete, Randy and everybody else that put these events together really put their heart and soul in to it.