Its only in the mindMeet Hunter
I gained this information from another forum board. The original poster of this knows Hunter personally.
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I felt compelled to tell yall about a special friend of mine, this pretains to archery. His name is Hunter. Going through high school I sall a boy 2 grades above me, he wasnt like me though, he was missing both his legs and left hand and only had 2 fingers on his right hand. He played trombone in our band. I got to know him and learned he had a passion for the outdoors. I didnt fully know hunter then, thought how could this boy hold a gun? Climb in a stand? How could he fish? How could he do alot of things? Of course that was several years ago. I learned hunter was born with a rare illness and by age 3 he had lost those limbs. One day I sat down with him and we got to talking bout huntin' and how opening weekend for rifle was right around the corner. He talked like he was no different than anyone. I arrived back to school after opening weekend and he asked me if I had any luck, I told him "nope, yourself" He had shot an 8 point... I went to his hunting lease the next weekend and he wanted to show me his stand, His dad built it for him, It was a piece of art, sheer genious! there was a hut on the ground he pulled his 4 wheeler into, then from inside the hut a ramp which he crawled up the tree, and about 20 feet up, a box blind was perched at the top. The stand over looked a beautiful powerline and hardwood bottom. He called me last year during muzzle loader season and said " Igot the big one" He had taken a big 12 point. Hunter also helped start an organization called dream catchers which helps kids who are disabled be able to go hunting. This has been very successful. I myself have always been a big bowhunter, But hunter asked me how he could get into bowhunting. He purchased a cross bow and that same after noon he shot a doe from 40 yards, he was so tickled.
Now this is what I wanted to tell yall about, I sat down with hunter this summer and we talked about hunting as usual, And he said this " Ya know dev, Im thinkin crossbows are for handicapped people, what you think about me shootin a bow???" I was puzzled, I thought about it and came to the conclusion that it would be impossible for him to shoot a compound bow." He went to several archery shops and researched. He didnt want the kind that locked into place, he wanted the challenge of pulling it back.
He called me last week and said "Boy you gonna help me sight this bow in?!?" I was in shock, he bought a bow and built a brace to hold it in his left hand. Im currently building his release. And practicing with him a few days ago, the boy can shoot!
He's taught me lessons in life, just because people say you cant, dont me you cant! He's over come so many odds and now will be climbing into a tree with his bow OCTOBER 1st to stick a big one hopefully. Wanted to share part of his amazing story with yall. Ill keep ya posted on his luck, Thanks and happy hunting.
His big 12 point
A big Bass he caught
A nine point he killed last year
I thought Id show you all some pics I took shooting with hunter
the other day so you can see how he holds his bow.
Note how he holds the handle, he uses pressure to hold the bow up (pulling with the release, pushing with his right arm.
Now this is Determination!
