Heading to the Gila to film a handicap elk hunt! Ought to be a lot of fun, whacken em from the truck! ............wapiti7

Why do they want to shoot a handicapped elk???

Because they are easier to shoot!

Here are the pics from last weekend. We got snowed out on saturday, but it cleared early sunday morning and the elk were out in force. We got into about 200 head on either side of the road and I don't think that they were expecting us. The hunter made a great shot at 200yds!

Very nice! Looks like a pretty big cow.

Thanks, she was quite old. Her bottom teeth were
worn down to the gums and the ivorys were only about 1/4 inch in diameter. She was on her way down.

I killed a whitetail doe just like that and worried she was going to be tough as nails. She wasn't, I let her hang for a few days to get the rigor out. The meat was just as beautiful as if it had been a yearling!

Congrats to your hunter, he has many good steaks and memories ahead of him.

Thanks Ann, we are trying to plan some more hunts for him. We are trying to put together a handicapped hunting video and he is really excited to be a part of it!
..............wapiti7

By the way, the cow was taken with a muzzleloader!

200 yards with a muzzleloader is great! Beautiful cow

Weidmannsheil to the successful and skillful hunter! Way to go!
- mike

Thanks guys, were working on some more handicap hunts. I really enjoy doing them because the hunters are so grateful and excited! Next fall we have a few kids coming out to hunt as well.
.............wapiti7

Wapiti7,

Thanks for following up with this post. My Dad broke his neck 3 months shy of turning 40. He never picked up a gun to hunt or shoot until this year, 28 years later. He participated in a pheasant shoot from his chair, as he has use of upper body. He has started shooting trap again, too! I am very proud.

I, like alot of you, can't begin to imagine what it would be like to never walk, hike, hunt, or ride my horse again but it is folks like you and other organizations who make these types of things possible. Thanks again.

So, when you can't find a parking spot this Holiday Season, choose the one furthest away and enjoy the walk.

Champ,
We are glad to do it and I hope the future will allow us more opportunities to accomidate the handicapped and youth.
..........wapiti7

Hey, this is a pretty cool thing you are doing! I know there are handicapped folks out there who will never have a chance to go afield due to terrain and whatever limitations are imposed on them, way to break down the walls. Hunting is for everyone to enjoy, regardless of skin color, religion, language, OR handicap. My hat is off to you for making hunting a reality for folks who may not get a chance to hunt otherwise.

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Originally posted by wapiti7:
Thanks guys, were working on some more handicap hunts. I really enjoy doing them because the hunters are so grateful and excited! Next fall we have a few kids coming out to hunt as well.
.............wapiti7

Hey wapiti, your a great guy. Due a getting a broken neck a few years ago I am now a c6 quad and have just got into hunting again the last couple seasons. I would be interested in finding out about different hunts. Where would be a good place for me to go on a affordable antelope hunt? Like most in wheelchairs, money is in short supply.
Thanks

wapiti7,

Most excellant sir!!

Mike

40-65,
I am heading out this moring on an oryx hunt, but I will be back on monday. If you would like, we can visit next week about taking you on a hunt here in NM.
Thanks.....wapiti7

Hey, that would be awesome to talk about some hunts. I would also love to hear about your oryx hunt. I have some friends in Fort Sumner that were out for Christmas and they talked about oryx hunting there. One of them workes at a butcher shop there and he helped butcher some of them this year.
Thanks Eric

This is great.Congrats to the Hunter.Thanks to everyone who makes these kind of hunts available!!!

Thanks for sharing the story and to everyone who teamed together to make it all possible. We need more heartwarming stories like this...

The Handicapped Elk Hunt is a class act! Congratulations to all who made it possible. Good Show!!!!

Well yesterday was a success. Right off the bat we were glassing some oryx across a canyon and a young bull appeared below us. The shooter was my buddys girlfriend allison. She took a rest and asked me how far he was. I told her 291yds and it sounded like a truck hitting a watermelon! Well thats better than most of my friends shoot! So one shot did it and we loaded him up on a four wheeler and back to the truck. He was 29 and 31 inches, not bad for an hour depredation hunt! Anyway, 40-65, I am sending you a pm...............wapiti7
Sorry, no pics on the missle range

That would be awesome, wapiti

40-65,
did you get my pm?

That's really great! 200 yards with a muzzleloader?! Wow!

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Originally posted by wapiti7:
The hunter made a great shot at 200yds!

What load was he shooting in the Muzzleloader?

swede,
He was shooting my ultimate firearms muzzleloader with 200 gr of pyrodex pellets and our 290 FB-Xtreme bullet.
.......wapiti7

No I didn't. Waybe my profile isn't set up right or I don't know how to find it. You could email me I would for sure get it. My email is in my profile. Thanks

40-65,
Thanks for the phone call. If I can help you at all, please let me know. If there are any other mobility impaired hunters that would like to apply for a new mexico hunt, please let me know and I will be glad to help............wapiti7

Wapiti,
I enjoyed talking to you and thanks for the info. I havn't decided what my year will hold but I would love to hunt with you.

You said you can hunt javalina in Febuary and I am wondering if it would be possible to do it this year if it worked out.
Thanks

You will have to apply to hunt next Feb. I appreciate the phone call, just let me know what you would like to do......