The Best Hunt of My life

oil change warning ?

oil injected and new oil this year (merc oil),with only 3 hours of running

Make sure you have a good battery connection. That was happening to me a few years ago I would be going down river and the alarm would start going off. Shut everything off check it over start it back up go down river same thing. Cleaned terminals tightened nuts good to go. Voltage drop.

My guess it is the water pump. I just had mine replaced on a merc 50 4 stroke. I kept getting the over heat alarm as well, but still had a steady stream coming out. After the replacement it peed like a race horse, at least twice the flow and no alarm.

Just had the same issue on a 60. Check the thermostat.

Thanks for your quick replies guys ,I will check it out monday .

That gets a from me.

When will my supply arrive?

Approx 12 years ago, I heard of a hunt for the phyically challenged in the area that I hunt in North Dakota.

It is a group of sportsman that came up with this great idea for those who have a hard time deer hunting after being disabled.

The first year they were working through a group called UFFDA. United federation for Disabled archers. After year one, they started their own group called Twist of Fate.

This group puts on an annual hunt from 12-20 people throughout the United Sattes and either men, women or kids of any age. Some are Parapeligic, Quads or in a wheel chair or on crutches.

There soul cost is to get to the camp. If they do not have clothing or a cross bows, that also is supplied to them.

Everything else from the meal, licenses,lodging and deer processing is covered by this group.

I knew some of these fellows as they hunt in the same general area that we do and told them if they ever needed any help, I would be more than willing to give a lending hand for whatever I could help with.

Year 2, I was asked if I would guide one of the hunters for the fall hunt. Season 11 is now upcoming this fall and I love it to death. It truely is the highlight of my fall.

The hunters arrive on Wednesday or Thursday morning and we hunt every morning and evening through Sunday morning.

Our success rate runs on averge close to 75%.

If any of you ever have the chance to help with one of these tpye hunts, please do as these hunters enjoy the hunt so much that most times when one of them harvest a deer and gets back to camp, you will see many grown men crying from all the joy when the hunter returns.

I had one hunter who was the only one in a family of 6 from Wisc. that had never harvested a deer. He wanted to harvest one before his last day which was to be less than 6 months away the the weekend of the hunt. He did pass away that winter, rest his soul.

When I heard this, I really went out of my way to help guide this fellow to his first deer. The high fives flew when the bolt from the crossbow smacked the buck and dropped it withing 40 yards. Never in my life have I been so overjoyed for someone else to shot a deer including my trophy book bucks I have harvested.

If one ever wanted to see 2 grow men crying at the same time from joy, you would have seen it as it was a precious day for both Joe and myself.

In my 11 years, I have been lucky enough to put 8 of my 10 hunters to date with a deer.

We typically hunt out of a blind or a home made blind from brush in the woods. A select few can make it up a ladder stand but we have only had 3 of them in all the years.

I seem to not be able to find a bunch of my harvest photo’s but as soon as I do, I will post them.

That’s what makes my fall every season if I can get my hunter on a doe or buck.

Very cool story thanks for sharing!

There isn’t much better than sharing the woods withs with good people!

In all honesty, I love to help these people and the feeling ones gets helping them to get back into the outdoors cannot really be explained.

One never knows, any one of us could all be in this position one day and it sure is good to know that if that were to happen that we could still get out and enjoy what we all love to do outdoors.

This group of guys that put on this hunt are very devoted in seeing that all have a quality outdoor expierence while they are at the camp with us for 4 days.

I had a friend ask me once why I would take time out of my hunting time to help these less than fortunate people and I said if I have to tell you why, you would never understand.

As I always like to say, hunting is what you make of it and nothing is better than building shared memories and helping others who are less fortunate. Thanks for reminding us all.

Awesome story thanks for sharing!!

Posted for Tom.

Thanks Brian. I do not know why I was having the issues I was with this photo. I had tried a small copy of this but it would not go.

I guided Brian 4 years ago this fall. If I remember correctly, this was his first deer since his illness.

What’s so great is these people can shoot a doe and still have the hunt of thier life.

Brian above had no use of his legs and one arm was not very good. One has to get them set up in a blind and put the crossbow on a tri-pod and then hope the deer stands where you need it to. Sometimes one has to move the wheel chair so they can get a shot as they themselves cannot shift thier body very well.

Just getting them in thier wheel chair to and from the blind can be a major undertaking and it can take 2-3 people with some hunters due to thier disabillities.

There are times when one does need help from above to get the job done.

Very cool

That’s great

Awesome