This man pointing and directing it all is Ron Jones.  Oh my gosh!  How do I put into words what a truly great man, Christian, fellow hunter this guy is?  He is the land owner that donates the use of his land, blinds, and even his turkeys so that all of us handicapped hunters get the chance to be out on opening day.  As I said Ron is also a hunter so he could truly have a huge sanctuary of his own to hunt.  For some reason this man chooses to let us put wheelchair tracks all through his farm and scare the living turkey crapt out of his birds with our calling Thank you Ron from the center of my heart, and I mean it.  The young boy and most of the hunters who have not killed a turkey before or since their injuries are so excited to go hunting, it is an emotional event for all to be out there and see the sunrise and set on what was a wonderful weekend.  There are very few dry eyes by the end of the hunt and the hunters tell the story of their hunt or show off their trophy bird.  Ron is passionate about this event and wants each and every hunter to harvest one of his gobblers, so placing the stand and the hunter’s with their guides is almost an obsession for him.  Thanks again Ron for your effort and donations.  He also gives away a shotgun in a random drawing to one of the lucky hunters.  Your right, I did not win the gun.
 

Here is the lunch line, a catered event with Tennessee barbecue and all of the side items that make for a superb pork sandwhich and dinner.  Same thing was held for breakfast in the morning with food and drinks available for all of the hunter’s and guides.  I think Ron paid for this all too.  It was more than enough for all of us and the time we all got to spend hunting, eating and swapping stories is what the true spirit of hunting is about.  I only wish Uncle Ted Nugent could have been there with us to celebrate the event.  This chapter of the NWTF goes way above the call of duty on this project.

Here is Bryan Pearson and I owe him a huge thank you!  His wife to be Britney and her brother also gets my heartfelt thanks too!  Thank you for inviting me on this great trip.  I got to meet a great bunch of hunter’s and sportsmen that I would not have known if not for your invitation.  I know there are several of the guys that I will be hunting with in the future and sharing e-mails and phone calls about adventures in our chairs.  Thanks again Bryan and Britney!

Here are some of the turkeys I got to call in and see from my blind.  The first one is a bearded hen that I should have harvested as she had a 7 inch paint brush of a beard and it is a legal bird to shoot there.  But a local taxidermist White Feather had donated a full turkey mount to the highest scoring bird and I really wanted it   I should have taken her; but my greed sent me home with a full heart and mind from the memories and friends I made, but with an empty hand… no bird on this trip!