Everyone,

I am putting together a project. Most of you know I work for the Paralyzed Veterans of America and run our Trap Circuit and our hunting program. How many of you would buy a raffle ticket for the chance to hunt Buff and plains game with Craig Boddinton, Ron Coburn (Pres. of Savage Arms and possibly Aaron Tippin (Country singer)? The hunt will be featured in Hunting mag and also filmed for TV. This is the brainchild of Craig and he is very passionatte about making it happen, focus will be you can do this despite being in a wheelchair. I am hoping to keep the tickets at about 10-$15 ea.

Thanks for your input, it will really help me out.

Doug

What percentage of the cost of the hunt (i.e. travel costs, lodging, etc) are covered?

Sounds like a winner to me!

Elkslayer,

I would like to cover everything except taxidermy etc. Included would be Airfare, lodging and day rates, trophy fees etc.
This is not in stone yet as I am still trying to put it all together. Response has been great from our sponsors so I am hoping that some things can be offset by them.

Doug

For a chance to meet and hunt w/those three,('specially Aaron) I'll definitely buy a stack. If I win, I'll even build a custom Savage rifle for the hunt.

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I would as long as they would let me hunt Buff with my 454 Casul as its the closest thing to a buff gun I got!! But Mr. Coburn would be pleased as I'd hunt the rest of the game with my Savage 110, 30-06. Then me and Col. Boddinton could argue about why you don't need a Magnum anything to hunt Africa!!

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The winner will definitely have a great time! I was fortunate enough to hunt with Both Craig and Ron a few weeks ago at hy hunting camp in Texas hill country and I have not had as much fun in years. They are both great guys and they really believe in what we are doing, our only source of funding is through private individuals and sponsors and they really push hard to help us.

Definately sounds like a winner.

Gunnut45/454,

Craig Boddington is now a 2 star general

Doug

How is he a 2 star general?

Doug-

I apologize for not making it out to the DU Festival to meet you.

As I told you by email, yours is an organization that I support. I'd be happy to buy a ticket or three.

Let me know when the details are ironed out.

I'll buy tickets.

As a reipient of a spinal injury, compresion fracture of L4 & L5 + rupture of the disc between, in the line of duty in the USMC I would definiately buy a ticket to aid veterans who did not recover as well as I.

I would like to know if the hunt will be on a private game farm so as not to be restricted to the .375 as the minimum caliber. I would prefer to hunt with my .300 WSM firing 180 gr FailSafes. If Ted Nugent can do buffs with a 10mm Glock pistol ........

Kudu56 and Coldbore,

I am not sure how he got the second star so quickly I have not asked him or seen any reference to it written anywhere.

Doug

Put me down for 10 tickets. In regards to Gen. Boddington's 2nd star, it is quite common for general and flag officers to "pass through" the ranks rather quickly. Whereas lesser ranks have statutory "time in rate" as it were, not so for the generals. One of my old bosses for example went from Captain ( 0-6) in 1989 to four stars by 1995. jorge