Freind of the family lost his lower left leg. He loves to hunt and has for years. Were he has been hunting they have allowed handicapped hunters to hunt alone. For this fall and then on all hunters (handicapped) must have a partner in the woods with them. How can I do this without him feeling like hes not doing anything?

Depends on the qualifications for a partner.
If there aren't any, is there a young kid in the group? This way the kid could help with the hunt and learn from the veteran while allowing your buddy to still be the hunter.


Also, how close does the partner have to be? You can both hunt relatively close to each other without being right on top of each other and have some sort of radio or signal if one of you gets a deer.


Just my $.02

If you have a video recorder, then tape his hunts.

I'm with stupid.

That second person has to serve some purpose other than to just sit there and watch.

Video taping was a good suggestion.

Could also rattle.

I like the rattling idea. That can at least be a real fun way to bag a deer together. Also, who says that you would be doing everything for him. My father and I usually take at least one or two days during gun season and hunt side by side. Flip a coin for who gets the first shot, its a blast. Plus you have two sets of eyes watchin the same amount of area - that helps! Otherwise, videotaping is always good and can be just as rewarding for both people.

I have to ask,WHY does a handicap person have to have someone hunting with them.


If we were talking a mental handicap,then I could understand but a physical oneshould be left up to the person that is doing the hunting to decide if he can do it or not.Especially in this day and age of radios and cell phones.


We have someone in our hunting party that is confined to a wheelchair(from a hunting accident) and hunts every year by himself if he wants.He has a permit to hunt from a 4 wheeler and usually takes someone with him but not for his benefit,but for theirs.

just sit with him and enjoy the company

My feelings EXACTLY. This regulation is very demeaning to those withlimitations,IMHO. I bet it wouldn't withstand a court challenge.

In the mean time, rattling, running a camcorder, etc. sounds like a great idea.

Sounds like a good idea to me!

I personally NEVER hunt alone anymore. I always have someone running the camera if im not behind it. Its a lot easier to spend time in the woods. Even though your deer hunting you can still have a quiet conversation it can be a real bonding experience.

I do however think that it is rediculous that they would require a handicap person to have someone accompany them.