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Title: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on March 22, 2011, 04:08:17 PM: Anyone interested in spending some time with one of our Veterans while enjoying a good day fishing or few days hunting?? Our SCI Chapter hooked up with an organization that takes our Vets on fishing trips or hunting trips after they have served overseas in combat!! Seems to me it could be a win-win for all involved. Just think of the stories you will hear while sitting on the back of a boat or in the woods! If anyone is interested, I will set you up with one of the founders of the Organization. You can check them out at http://www.freedomhunters.org (http://www.freedomhunters.org) This is a great idea and we are working with them as a sponsor as well as trying to setup some trips for thier Vets.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: vandeman17 on March 22, 2011, 04:46:00 PM: Not sure what I could provide but I would be happy to take one out duck hunting or try and help them find a deer or elk. That would be alot of fun!
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: junkyard on March 22, 2011, 05:13:15 PM: I have made three vets my "all time" huntin buddies. However if there is one down my way and wouldn't mind hunting with a bunch of "good ole boys" I'm in.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on March 22, 2011, 06:17:20 PM: Awesome, thats great guys. The more we can get on this the better. Anthony tells me he has guys here in Washington that are looking for trips but he doesnt have but a couple people out this way that can help. So, the more the better. Keep them coming!

PM's sent to you both. Thanks again.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Camp David on May 04, 2011, 11:28:28 AM: Please let me know how i can help. I have some property in Elk Wa. I'll be up there last few weeks of May and I'd love to sponcer a someone from the local military on a turkey hunt.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on May 04, 2011, 11:46:54 AM: Thanks Camp David! I sent out an email to Anthony Pace over at Freedom Hunters. I am sure he will be very happy for your assistance and I am sure he will be contacting you.

For those of you who have volunteered, please post your experience after the event. This will help others feel more comfortable volunteering as well!
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: HEADSHOT on July 05, 2011, 10:55:17 PM: I am down with helping, and hunting? Still active duty and am recovering from spinal fusion been serving since 1997... i ALSO AM GOING TO BE HELPING A RETIRED VET THIS YEAR IF HE CAN HEAL BEFORE THE SEASON. hE WENT IN FOR SPINAL FUSION 1 MONTH ATFER MY SURGERY! I am helping him heal and he hopfully will be with us this year's rifle deer season!
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Kuduman on July 06, 2011, 11:00:27 AM: BallisticsNut:
Count me in. Typically I do a spring turkey hunt for youth and if time and weather permit for a disabled Vet. Next year will be no different. Sometimes I have difficulty finding vets that can hike up hills and chase birds so I have established landowner relationships with several great people that have even offered to cut in access roads that will accommodate wheelchairs that way I can cater to every possible situation. I have a list of a few vets that I will forward to HEADSHOT because the fall season can be quite hectic around my shop. I think he's taking a vet out to Republic this year for a deer hunt.

HEASDSHOT...... Check your other post out and let me know if you want that list.

GREAT JOB GUYS.........
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BiggLuke on July 07, 2011, 09:21:23 AM: Cool organization.
I live in Bremerton, WA... If you have any guys in the area interested in some hunting, I definately wouldn't mind giving back BallisticsNut.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 08, 2011, 07:30:35 AM: Sorry for the late response, been out of town alot these past few weeks.

Kudumana and BiggLuke, send me your contact info via PM and I will get the ball rolling. At least get you on the list as a potential Sponsor.

Thanks!!!!
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: rangerGSP on July 09, 2011, 08:13:46 PM: I would love to take a fellow Vetran pheasant hunting this fall over a couple of pretty good German Shorthairs in Southwest WA
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 10, 2011, 02:12:42 PM: Quote from: rangerGSP on July 09, 2011, 08:13:46 PM
I would love to take a fellow Vetran pheasant hunting this fall over a couple of pretty good German Shorthairs in Southwest WA
PM Sent.

Thanks! :tup:
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Da stump on July 11, 2011, 04:03:28 PM: i am a vet and would enjoy taking another vet out hunting or fishing. My larger boat and jeep are in Alaska with my son (teacherman) but i do have a 17 ft coleman canoe. as far as hunts, i will be going to Chopaka lake in Oct. for a special doe permit. Might have a couple more with me but room for more. Chopaka is in the sinlehekin unit 215. I would like to go elk hunting in the natches or bumping area's and no partners yet. The elk hunt would be colder and warm gear is needed to be along. With that said expect 75 degree days and hot nights. Really thou Nov. in the mountains anything can happen. I usually camp at crow creek campground and hunt up towards sand springs and ravens roost. Totally awsome area and a camera is really recommended. I am not a guide but have hunted since i was 6 yrs old and grew up in montana. My son is Teacherman and many of you know him and have seen his trophies. He is now residing in Alaska. Poor kid having to hunt moose, caribou, and bear. I just got back from there and we went fishing for kings and sockeye. We really Knocked them dead with daily limits everytime we went. Did some pike fishing too. Anyway there you have it. I am 60 yo and doing well this year. I have a disable hunting permit and all that entails.
sincerly
Dale

(Da Stump.)
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 12, 2011, 06:08:07 AM: Dale,

Thanks for the offer. This sounds great! Send me your contact info and I will forward it off to the person in charge and have them get in contact with you.

Thanks again!!!
Ed.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: outdoorstoreys on July 12, 2011, 06:36:29 AM: I have been out of the corp for awhile now, and would help any vet at anytime. Count me in. I bow hunt every season. Pick one.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 12, 2011, 08:26:18 AM: Quote from: outdoorstoreys on July 12, 2011, 06:36:29 AM
I have been out of the corp for awhile now, and would help any vet at anytime. Count me in. I bow hunt every season. Pick one.

Awesome. PM sents. :tup:
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: bmccalister on July 12, 2011, 10:21:13 AM: I would be interested. I am always looking to make new friends and as a vet myself I understand how hard it can be to find a good place to hunt, fish, or camp.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 12, 2011, 12:42:14 PM: Quote from: bmccalister on July 12, 2011, 10:21:13 AM
I would be interested. I am always looking to make new friends and as a vet myself I understand how hard it can be to find a good place to hunt, fish, or camp.

Thanks for you interest :tup: PM Sent.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 12, 2011, 03:28:28 PM: Quote
hi again i wanted to send you my contact info. Hope to here from ya
Dale

Got your info, recommend you edit your post and remove your phone and email address though. You should get an email soon.

Ed.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: HEADSHOT on July 23, 2011, 11:04:29 AM: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,73404.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,73404.0.html)

can we work togehter on something???

Support Getting Service Members back to the field!
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 23, 2011, 01:43:00 PM: Headshot, sure! Send me a PM with your contact info including email address and phone and Ill have someone contact you with some details.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Da stump on July 28, 2011, 06:01:27 AM: hi again Balistics nut, just a couple of things. First one is if you get the opportunity could you delete my personal info that you have in one of your posts, i erased mine but of coarse can't touch yours. The second is if it is possible i would love to meet my vet to get to know him or her a bit before we head into the woods. It would make it a bit more comfortable for both of us. I think this is a great concept and hope to hear from a vet soon.
da stump
Dale
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: jackmaster on July 28, 2011, 07:03:07 AM: i am a disabled vet as well but i can still get around, we set are huntn camp up ina place where they close the gates, it will be almost 4 miles to camp but its fairly flat ground, i will be more than happy to take a vet, we will be staying in a wall tent with a cook shack, with tv and dvd player and of course a big stove, we hunt blacktail and the weather is usually pretty crappy and we have to do all are huntn on foot, i would also like to meet the vet that we would be huntn with ahead of time
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 28, 2011, 07:04:15 AM: Quote from: Da stump on July 28, 2011, 06:01:27 AM
hi again Balistics nut, just a couple of things. First one is if you get the opportunity could you delete my personal info that you have in one of your posts, i erased mine but of coarse can't touch yours. The second is if it is possible i would love to meet my vet to get to know him or her a bit before we head into the woods. It would make it a bit more comfortable for both of us. I think this is a great concept and hope to hear from a vet soon.
da stump
Dale

Info removed.

You should have recieved info from Anthony Pace by now. He is the coordinator for these outings. If not, send me a PM.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Da stump on July 28, 2011, 07:48:51 PM: hi balistic nut, didn't hear anything from Anthony pace. Hope it didn't get sent to my spam. i am pretty ruthless with spam.
Da stump
dale
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 28, 2011, 09:06:57 PM: On the phone with him right now. Working out some logistical details to make this process a little more seemless. Ill post something shortly as an update.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Da stump on July 29, 2011, 07:46:04 AM: i hope to hear from you guys soon. Your post number 221 still shows my private info. In your spare time if you could delete that it would be appreciated.
Da stump
Dale
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 29, 2011, 08:04:14 AM: As of recent, FreedomHunters.org has had an influx of volunteers greatly in part to the good folks here at HuntWa. Due to this, they have been a bit overwhelmed with requests and trying to match those requests with volunteers. I maybe taking a more active role in this process and help to create an online service that will match hunters with volunteers. Moving forward, we will need a little more information from our volunteers especially those willing to take a Vet on their hunt. We will need specifics such as proposed dates, type of hunt, location (not sweet spot location just area specific by closet City or natural resource) and the availability of hunting gear. As for Fishing excursions info such as dates, type, location and gear required would be helpful. These things we will ask offline and not within the forums.

There has been a couple requests to be introduced to the Vet prior to the excursion, when ever possible we will try and make this happen but not always the case due to travel restrictions.

One other item has been brought to my attention and that is the Hunters Safety requirement. It seems this has caused some grief in the past. There is a loophole in the system with a one time exemption for first time hunters. The exemption request cost $20 and the hunter must hunt with another certified hunter that has held a license for the past three years in the state of WA. This person would be a Sponsor and his information would be required in order to obtain the exemption. (not required for bow hunting)This would add a bit of pressure to the Volunteer, as the exemption is a one time exemption.

Anyone else familiar and have comments on this exemption??

We really appreciate all the volunteers, with such a short time remaining before hunting season starts makeing this all happen will be a challenge. I will be creating an online calendar based upon our volunteers information and attempting to match up hunters. Please keep an eye on your email for information.

Thanks again! :tup:
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on July 29, 2011, 08:06:15 AM: Quote from: Da stump on July 29, 2011, 07:46:04 AM
i hope to hear from you guys soon. Your post number 221 still shows my private info. In your spare time if you could delete that it would be appreciated.
Da stump
Dale

Sorry Dale missed that one. :yike: Removed.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Da stump on July 29, 2011, 10:46:32 AM: thanks ballistic, hope to meet my vet soon. I am a ham radio operator, a prospector, a fisherman (Ruined for the state of WA by fishing in AK). I was raised as a hunter although anymore don't get a lot of hunting in. Prefere just to go out and shoot one.
Da Stump
Dale
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: coyotemadness on July 29, 2011, 11:36:41 AM: I'm a disabled vet looking to learn to river fish for the first time this year. Any vets in snohomish or skagit counties want to come along and attempt to learn with me, BS about deployments, and generally make fools of yourselves, are certainly welcome. New to fishing but old to hunting so no skill sets to share, just the ability to talk your ear off. Let me know
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: cornfeed on August 26, 2011, 09:17:58 PM: well i spent 18 months in the middle east and i know what they went through... i have pvt land near orting and i would love to take a few elk hunting.....
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: seth30 on August 26, 2011, 09:24:39 PM: Still active duty, joined in 97 8) Would love to go on a cougar hunt with hounds :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: p-ohana on August 26, 2011, 09:53:15 PM: Active duty since 93, I'm willing to try anything new. Will be hunting early ML deer and elk before leaving in mid- november for my next duty station.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: saltwaterhillbilly on September 05, 2011, 02:13:18 PM: hey guys I'm new to the site and about to return home from deployment myself been in for 7-1/2years , how do i get set up to do a elk or deer hunt when i get back within the next month or so? Ive never been elk hunting but have deer hunted in my state of Indiana where I'm originally from. i plan on trying to wing it and do a little upland bird hunting when i get back an have been chatting with another fella about possibly teaming up for a upland/duck hunt when i get back i tried to access the freedomhunters.org website but cant seem to do so from over here, thank and hope to hear back from some of you.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: BallisticsNut on September 07, 2011, 12:52:09 PM: Sorry for the late response. For those of you that are vets looking for assistance and being part of a hunt go to
http://www.freedomhunters.org (http://www.freedomhunters.org) go to their contact page and find the email link. Click on that link and send an email. In the subject line put
"Attn: Anthony Pace"

In the content, tell him that Ed Blackburn was your referral.

He has many volunteers and will be coorindating all hunt requests.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: h20hunter on September 07, 2011, 01:03:41 PM: pm sent.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: timfranseen on September 11, 2011, 08:53:03 PM: Salt,

If I dont get deployed this winter I'd be more than happy to go duck hunting. My friend is from WA and should be back from his dep around decemberish and has got quite a bit of knowledge on WA. It would be central WA but he is Active Duty as am I. Just a side note from Indiana too.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: wreckerman5357 on September 12, 2011, 02:22:04 PM: I could help with a spot on a turkey hunt sometime in May. I have controlled access private land in Southeastern WA that would facilitate hunting for someone in a wheelchair.
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: huntaddictsteve on September 14, 2011, 11:49:36 AM: I am a combat veteran still on active duty and just wanted to share some information about a great organization that I had the honor of dealing with last year called The Sportsmans Foundation For Military Family Members. It is a non profit organization that gives hunting and fishing trips to combat veterans and their families. Their hunts are sometimes aired on the outdoor channel as well as versus. They funded and coordinated a whitetail hunt for myself and my family down in Texas, and it was a experience that I will never forget and will treasure for the rest of my life. I encourage all veterans to contact them and apply, and from what I have seen maybe some people on this site might consider contacting them if they would like to donate their time to help out some combat veterans. Their website is:

huntforvets.com

I think they have been having problems with website, but their phone number is on the site. I just want thank all of the comments on this site from people that support the military, and the people that have helped military members or willing to. It is great!!!!!
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: cookingdaily on November 20, 2011, 06:50:12 PM: I would like to hook up with a vet to hunt or fish with, Bad knees and broken body but good attitude.LOL

Drop me a line Semper Fi

Chris
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: bigcans on November 21, 2011, 08:54:15 AM: HECK YEAH, ANY VETS WHO DUCK HUNT OR WANT TO DUCK HUNT IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO HUNT WITH YOU. i'VE BEEN HUNTIN DUCKS 37 YRS, AND HAVE A BLIND ON MY 18FT ROUGHNECK. EASY LIVING! HUNT RIGHT FROM THE BOAT. I'M IN lONGVIEW, GOD'S BLESSINGS TO ALL WHO SERVE IN OUR ARMED FORCES
Title: Re: Take a Vet fishing or with you on a hunt.
Post by: Camp David on November 21, 2011, 09:06:37 AM: Hey Vets...Send me a PM if you still have a unused Archery Deer tag. I'll be in 124 for the late season chasing white tails.