I wanted to apologize for being so down on Buckmasters in my last post about scrape hunting. I did not mean to throw Jackie and his crew under the bus over their hunting tip, nor any other of the hunt mags. Because I certianly understand that they are all in business to make money, and while Buckmasters is a for-profit organization as well, they do a fine job of representing whitetail hunters across our country. They also run the non-profit Buckmaster’s American Deer Foundation (BADF) that specifically provides hunts for disabled hunters, especially kids.

David Sullivan heads it up, and he does a great job of connecting these disabled hunters with the many clubs, plantations and commercial operations that donate time and hunting opportunities to them. Cubbedge Hill has been proud to be a part of it by taking young hunters for the last two years. The picture above is of myself, Ross and his dad, Bob in 2006 after they spent 5 days with us.

Ross was almost killed in a car crash a few years ago, and his dad said that going hunting again one day was one of the things that helped him through his recovery. He is shown sitting in a new hunting wheelchair complete with a vice-grip gun rest donated through the BADF. And unfortunately while Ross did not kill a monster with us, he and his dad had a great time hanging out in our lowcountry woods.

I hear a lot of talk about creating positive images of hunters, but it is through efforts of organizations like the BADF that ACTUALLY does it! If you are interested in helping this great group, you can contact them through their website or email me, and I will put you in touch with David.

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