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      WHEELCHAIR HUNT 
Randy Banear Disabled Hunter "For me, if I put a deer on the ground, that's a trophy. For somebody else, they want a deer with a tree growing out of its head." But a day in the woods is no easy deal for Randy. Randy Banear Disabled Hunter "Boys, I'm telling you, it's rough." He stalks deer from an electric wheel chair. A motorcycle accident when he was 16 cost him his ability to walk - not his desire to do the things he loves. But the hunting is tough. Randy Banear Disabled Hunter "Get the gun up to my shoulder. Once I'm set up, I'll wait until everybody's moved away and I'll pull the gun up to my shoulder and I'll sit there. I'll spend hours just sitting like this, looking around." Hunters aren't allowed into the woods until half an hour before sunrise or about 6:45 a.m. Randy starts getting ready at 3:00. It takes a big committment from Randy and his wife Denise, but then again, the couple lives for this stuff. Randy Banear Disabled Hunter "I'd hunted before my accident, but the first 14 years I didn't think I could do it. Finally, I met up with some guys, shared some ideas, he went to work and next thing you know I was squirrell hunting in 1994. I killed the first deer of my life in 1994 after I'd been in a wheelchair." So they're off, hoping for a buck, willing to settle for a doe, just glad to be out and alive in the woods of West Virginia. Randy Banear Disabled Hunter "You've got to be real patient. You've got to get out, put your time in and just enjoy being outside." LINKS TO LEARN MORE Disability Services Hunting Sites in West Virginia W. Va. DNR Disability Services West Virginia Physically Challenged Access Roads West Virginia Disability Services Licenses Disabled Veterans can qualify for a free hunting and fishing license. Buckmasters American Deer Foundation Disabled Hunters W.Va. Hunter Education Association Links to Disabled Hunting 2005 West Virginia Wildlife Calendar Wonderful West Virginia Magazine The current issue of the West Virginia Wildlife Magazine WCHS-TV8 Online brings you the current Hunting Report updated every week during the hunting season. WCHS-TV8 Online brings you the current Fishing Conditions Report updated every week. |
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