Date: November 29th - December 1, 2023 Location: Neeses, South Carolina Heroes Served: 2 Details: WHHC completed its second annual deer hunt at the Phillips Plantation in Neeses SC. Our Heroes Bryant Goodson and Joshua Anderson arrived in camp at 1230 and they got settled in and on the way to their stands at 2 O’clock, Bryant started things off by taking a mature doe the first evening, and Josh passed on a doe traveling with a young deer. They returned to camp for a hot dinner made by Doc’s wife Cindy Bayer each night. The next morning our Heroes were up at 0430 for a hot breakfast and on the way to their stands at 0530. The highlight of the day was Bryant taking his first buck on the evening hunt. A nice wide 8-point buck. The remaining day and a half deer sightings were scarce, and Bryant passed on a small doe the last morning of the hunt. The final evening was spent around the fire pit talking about the hunting and making memories and new friendships.
Date: November 18, 2023 Location: Baytown, Texas Number Of Heroes Served: 1 Details: Hero Jay Cab and his two sons enjoyed an evening of Fishing in Baytown, Texas with Heather and Zack Scott from Zack Attack Fishing. Shortly after launching, the coolers began filling with fish and by the time the evening was over Jay had plenty of fish to share with his family. It was another great day on the water with a Hero and his family.
Date: November 16, 2023 Location: Baytown, TX Number Of Heroes Served: 1 Details: WHHC put out a post within a local Veterans group page in Houston, Texas and Wounded Hero Robert D. got ahold of us asking if we could accommodate his family for a evening of fishing. After a few days, we had a trip planned and he and his 3 kiddos had an action-packed evening yesterday. It was wonderful watching a Hero connect with his children and spending quality time together. Thank you to Zackary and Heather Scott from Zack Attack Fishing for providing everything we needed for this trip to be successful.
Date: November 15th-20th, 2023 Location: Tiskwila, Illinois Number of Heroes Served: 5 Details: All 5 heroes Chad Rozinski, Patrick Wickens, Daniel Barnes, John Drinkard, and Bernie Altman arrived safely and was greeted by Wounded Heroes Staff Members Jeffrey Kelley & Anthony Gray along with The Faville family who hosted this hunt on their 1,250 acre farm the Cloverleaf Ranch. After settling in, everyone was taken out to a nice restaurant for dinner.
The following day all of the heroes were picked up after having breakfast at their hotel and driven to the ranch where they all sighted in their weapons and also was met by Brook Stanbary, a conservation police officer, who gave everyone there Hunting license and Tags and went over all of the procedures. Each Hero was also presented with a Brand new Tactacam 6.0 Camera. We all had lunch at the Cloverleaf ranch and later on went to another fine restaurant for dinner. On day 2, everyone got up bright and early and left for the ranch at 4:00 AM, we then ate breakfast and the Heroes were taken to their hunting spots. It was a chilly 26 degrees and everyone saw plenty of deer. Hero Chad Rozinsky harvested a mature buck with his Crossbow. On day 3, nice bucks were taken by Daniel Barnes who was using a muzzleloader and Bernie Altman who was using a shotgun. On the last day of the hunt John Drinkard harvested a nice big doe. Patrick Wickens had several opportunities to harvest a buck but he passed and was hoping to get a shot at one of the monster trophy bucks he had seen. On the final evening Mr. Andy Faville treated everyone to another fantastic meal at a fine dining restaurant. Mr. Andy Faville and his entire family and staff went above beyond to make this event was an unforgettable experience. Our thanks goes out to them and we look so very forward to making this an annual event. Date: November 10-12, 2023 Location: Mayport, PA Number Of Heroes Served: 1 Details: WHHC staffers and veterans Steve Jackson and Anthony Gray were treated by Jeff Kelley to a Veterans Day weekend archery hunt at his beautiful farm in Pennsylvania. On Friday evening, the bucks were chasing and running does all over the property. No shooters gave either vet a shot. Veterans Day was on fire. Anthony saw a few shooters and connected around 4:30 PM on a nice 8 point. The buck decided to bury himself in extreme thick terrain down the other side of a mountain. It took Anthony and Steve 2 hours to pull him out! The guys parted ways on Sunday morning after a relaxing weekend at a beautiful farm! Huge thanks to Jeff Kelley for sharing his beautiful farm! |
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