“KINDNESS OF STRANGERS” TOUR (Part 1 of 6)

In the autumn of 2006, shortly after I was diagnosed with ALS, my wife and I embarked on a two-week whitetail safari in the Southeast. My hunts in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia went smoothly thanks to the help and generosity of people we hadn’t met before this trip.

Here’s the story of my deer hunt near Wilmington, NC:

EVOLUTION OF MY SHOOTING SETUP

(PART 4 of 4)

SHOOTING OFF AT THE MOUTH 

            Dealing with ALS has taught me the true meaning of “adaptive shooting gear” because I’ve had to keep adapting my strategies and equipment to stay in the hunt as the disease progressively eroded my strength and mobility.

Here’s how (and why) I began using a sip-activated trigger control:

           

SURPRISES

DOUBLING UP ON SC DEER

            As explained in the post “Evolution of My Shooting Setup (Part 2),” in 2008 I bought an LM100 gun rest and BT-100 trigger control from BE Adaptive (www.be-adaptive.com), along with a Trophy Shot scopecam. My buddy Ron Wagner offered to assist me on a deer hunt that fall at our favorite lodge—Bang’s Paradise Valley Hunting Club (www.paradisevalleyhuntingclub.com) in Ehrhardt, South Carolina.

            Here’s the story of our first hunt as a team:

           

EVOLUTION OF MY SHOOTING SETUP

(PART 3 of 4)

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            Dealing with ALS has taught me the true meaning of “adaptive shooting gear” because I’ve had to keep adapting my strategies and equipment to stay in the hunt as the disease progressively eroded my strength and mobility.

Here’s how (and why) Ron and I made my setup more agile: