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How Much Would You Do to Help Your Buddy Get a Deer?

Nov 16, 2006 @ 01:15 am by Moose

Would you carry your buddy up into a stand so he could hunt? Well when I read this story out of the Duluth News Tribune I was amazed at the friendship and the level of help one friend would give another.

Mike Mesia plans to hunt deer on this November afternoon. But he has something else to do first.
Mesia, 44, approaches his four-wheeler, where his friend Mike Stauner is waiting. As they have done countless times over the years, Mesia leans over and hoists Stauner onto his back. Stauner, 43, throws his arms loosely around Mesia’s neck. Wrapping Stauner’s legs around his waist, Mesia lugs his buddy up a ramp to an enclosed deer stand.
Inside the stand, Mesia slides his friend into his waiting wheelchair and returns to bring Stauner his deer rifle.
Now the hunt can begin.

The entire story is worth reading and here is a link to it. Before you dismiss the chance that you will ever be faced with a situation like this you better consider some things. With the war on terror and the frequent attempts to bomb our troops we are seeing a lot of veterans with disabilities. Any of us could be involved in an accident that results in a disability.
There are many groups the work to help the disabled hunter with the Wheelin Sportsmen program being probably the best known.
In North Carolina some of the game lands have handicap accessible blinds and stands.

The hunting blind — a “huntmaster classic” built by New Heights, Inc. — elevates disabled hunters up to 20 feet. The trailer-mounted, hydraulic blind accommodates up to two people and features a cover to protect users from inclement weather. Paralyzed Veterans of America donated the $12,000 hunting blind to the Wildlife Commission

I reported about an upcoming hunt at Camp Lejeune for the disabled, opportunities abound that one can help with we just need to be on the lookout for them.

I hope I never find out for sure but I think I’m the type of person that would do everything possible to help a friend even if it meant throwing him over my shoulders and carrying him into a blind.