Last Friday night I had the pleasure to meet Jay Fondren a Dissabled Vet from Iraq who was blown up by a road side bomb.

I was asked if I would set up aGuardian that was given to him by Bowtech, thank you for your support of our troops.

What does one say when asked such a question except hell yeah it is my pleasure to do that for some one who put it all on the line and paid a heavy price so I can sleep safe at night and do the things I love to do.

After setting the bow up I had young Jay come to the Bowtech trailer on Saturday morning where I spent a lot of time showing him how to shoot the bow and the wide eyed look and grin from ear to ear when he took that first shot brought tears to my eyes.

Jay is an outstanding young man full of life even tho his was nearly taken.

During the course of the Texas Trophy Hunters Extravaganza I spent a lot of time with Jay and arranging a few little surprises for him including a hog hunt at the Sycamore Creek Hog Hunting Ranch, thank you Troy and Lisa for doing this for Jay.

We will be taking Jay on his first bow hunt Sept. 21/22 along with a film crew so every moment can be caught for Jay to relive over and over, I just hope I can hold my emotions in check when he sticks his first hog

But in all honesty non of this would not have eventuated without Bowtech stepping up to the plate and giving him the Guardian great job to all those at Bowtech for making that happen.

Thank You BOWTECH
You have made a young mans dreams come true

Here is a pic of me handing Jay his new Guardian all set up ready to shoot for the first time.

Great story!! A small thank you to Jay for his sacrifice in service to our country.

Fantastic Russell, thank you for bring this to our attention.

Thank you Bowtech.

Thank you Jay Fondren for your service to our country.

Thank you to all our sevice men and women.

And if I'm not mistaken, that's the first picture of Ausie-guy I've ever seen on this forum in all these years.

Well done Bowtech and well done Jay .

Be sure to post a picture of that hog , when he gets it .

Dave

First of all I would like to thank Jay Fondren for his sacrifice for us and the rest of the USA. God Bless you Jay.

Also another huge thanks to Bowtech. A top notch organization with their heart in the right place.

Alos thanks to Aussie. Russel you may act all big and mean but your nothing but a big softie.LOL I think your right Rob it may be the first picture of Russel posted on this sight in many years. I can see why now. LOL Man Russel your uglier than I ever imagined. LOL JK buddy. great job.

There has been other pictures of me posted on here before

Bob ( The Rev) has posted a lot of pics of me on my trike, swing set and in my super man uniform[8D]

ROFL........great stuff there. [8D]

Thanks as well go to Jay as well as Bowtech, it's great to see a company that gives back and invests in the people that drive this industry. Very few manufacturers do this these days...........it's nice to see.

Wow, what a cool story!!!! It is nice to see companies step up and do the right thing, way to go Bowtech!!!!

Jay paid a large price to ensure our freedom and this is one neat way to give something back to him. I know it is very small in comparison to the sacrifice he gave, but we need to show the upmost respect for our soldiers.

First and foremost I'll echo what everyone else has said, Thank you Jay, and God bless all of the men and women serving this country, past and present.
Thank you Bowtech for doing something rarely seen by any company these days, supporting our troops. That makes me even happier with the bow choice I made, as well as encouraging me to promote their products to other people.
Russel, you seem like a class act all the way and I think you did something really special. Thank you too.
We need more threads like these on this board and others.

Thanks Jay, no words can ever repay you for what you have given all of us, and thanks to thousands of other soldiers as well. Thanks for stepping up Aussie-guy, and also thanks to Bowtech, I knew there was a reason I bought that Guardian this year : )

Good story