Event Scheduled for Mobility-Impaired Hunters in Missouri

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First posted on 07-16-2007

Hunters who use wheelchairs are invited to a dove hunt Sept. 2 at Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area in Mississippi County. Volunteers from the National Wild Turkey Federation will help hunters to and from the field and retrieve downed birds. For more information, call Larry Neal, (573) 334-8881, or Tim Hendershott, (573) 335-9350. (Missouri Dept. of Conservation photo)
The National Wild Turkey Federation and the Missouri Department of Conservation once again will team up to provide a safe, high-quality hunt.

SIKESTON-Missourians who want to hunt doves but hesitate because of mobility impairmnts can put aside their reservations and pick up their shotguns. The Conservation Department and the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) are sponsoring a special event for disabled hunters Sept. 2 at Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area in Mississippi County.

Event organizer Larry Neal said the event draws participants from all over the state. Typically scheduled on the first weekend of dove season, the hunt provides fast shooting for participants. Up to 15 hunters can take part in the event, shooting in an area reserved for their use. Members of the NWTF serve as guides, helping hunters get to and from the field and retrieving downed birds. Participating hunters are enrolled as members in the NWTF’s Wheelin’ Sportsmen Program.

Participants should plan to arrive at Ten Mile Pond CA headquarters before 6 a.m. They need small-game and migratory-bird hunting permits and hunter education certification cards. For reservations, call Neal, (573) 334-8881, or Tim Hendershott, (573) 335-9350.

-Jim Low-

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