Buffalohntr and I are trying to help a friend who is in need of some support ;

One year ago this past July 11th Corey Creason found out on his 21st birthday that he had cancer. The type of cancer he had couldn’t be treated by chemo or radiation. Corey underwent a 14 hour surgery but was blessed when the doctors were able to remove most of his small intestine and part of his pancreas along with all of his cancer. He spent 22 days in IU Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN and lost 60 pounds during this time period. Despite his loss and downtime he was back in the fields waterfowling with his older brother Clayton that September, for the next year he went to his doctors appointments every three months. He has gained all of his weight back and is strong as an Ox . A little over a year went by and he discovered on February 6, 2007 that the cancer is back, however this time he has four tumors in his spine. The doctors are looking at what options are possible in the future.

Corey and his brother share a love for hunting, whether it’s deer, coyote, waterfowl., or turkeys. It is a passion they both share, understand and truly appreciate. Corey has a lively spirit and can always make everyone laugh. He enjoys life to the fullest everyday and leaves everyone with a smile.

The reason I’m sending this to you is because we are trying to raise some money to send him on a bear hunt in Canada with his brother in June of 2007. His brother had already booked a hunt with the outfitter last summer, so he is going in June. We have contacted the outfitter about opening up a spot for Corey to go and he said he would . He also knocked a pretty good chunk off of the price. We need to come up with 1600.00 to send Corey on a hunt of a lifetime and also share it with someone he loves.

We understand that everyone won’t be able to help out , but we are just checking to see if some of you would like to help in our quest to help him ........ Below is my cell phone number and email address or you can pm me for an address, i hate to leave it on the web......

Thank You and May God Bless You All,


Alex Grable Luke Whitkanack
Sullivan ,IN Terre Haute, IN * sorry we don't have paypal*

wetlandduΦyahoo.com whitkanlΦhotmail.com
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« Last Edit: May 28, 2007, 11:56:34 PM by INDY BOYS

several of you had asked me how this was going: i said we had some stuff comming in and would let ya'll know....... so here we go.....

we have had alot of support and almost reached our goal ...we have raised $ 1317.00 so far (AWESOME) ,but still would like to come up with the rest soon ...Corey will be going to CANADA on the 15th of this month....

So$ 283.00 is what we are short if anyone wants to help out ....

Thanks ,

Alex Grable

As of last night we have reached or goal for the benefit


Special thanks to that person and AIM LOW for all the help

Dear, Friends



How are you all doing today? As you might know my name is Corey J. Creason. As of July 11, 2007 (my birthday) I will have been fighting a rare kind of cancer for 2 years. It has been up and down for the past 2 years, but it has not got me down yet, and I am not going to let it! I thought I would give you an update on the bear hunt and my latest trip to M.D. Anderson, Houston TX .

Well about a month ago I had to go back down to M.D. Anderson for some tests and a check up. While I was down there I had some time to kill, so I was looking for something to do. My brother found a place called Hog Wild Adventures, it is about 1 hour north of Houston . So he called the guy “Billy Reeves” to find out more about the hunt. Billy was a super nice guy he ended up giving me a day of hunting for free. I killed 3 hogs and a 4 horned ram.

Then a few days after we got home, my family said “we were going to go out for dinner”. Ok, no big deal! Well when I walked into the dinner, I was surprised to see several of my friends sitting with my family, I was like what is going on? Well nobody would tell me anything. Then after we all got done eating Alex Grable said well Corey, your brother is going on this bear hunt and we want you to go with him, as he handed me the info on the hunt and the money. I couldn’t say anything, not a word. When I got my thoughts together I told everyone at dinner thanks.

Time could not go fast enough; I was ready for the hunt! I must have had my stuff packed 2 weeks before. When the day came all 5 of us loaded up the truck and a trailer at 8pm. On Friday night and hit the road to North Country Outdoor Services in La Tuque, Quebec (about 6 hours north of Montreal ) we made a few stops for fuel and food. Then we saw a sign for Niagara Falls , so we stopped there for about 2 hours. The night we arrived at the camp it was about 11pm. And there was nobody around, so we had to sleep in the truck and trailer till morning. When we got up, we unloaded our stuff, had some food, shot our bows and headed to the woods. The first night I saw several bears. About dark 9pm. I had this one come in barking at me, I was not sure what to think then she charged me not once but twice. I didn’t get out of my tree till about 11pm. When we got back to camp I asked the camp man Louie what to do? He proceeded to tell me that if it happens once it is ok and if it happens twice, well don’t let it happen a third time. So Monday we went back out, I had my brother help me carry the bait in when I got up in my stand the same bear was walking around out in front of me about 18 yards looking at me. So I got to thinking what are you going to do, then about that time she charged me again. She walked back out to the bait turned and came walking back in, she kept looking at me with every step. When she got to the base of my tree I thought well, this is far enough, so I drew my bow and placed the pin between her shoulder blades and squeezed the trigger, smack! The arrow hit its mark. The bear growled and hit the ground. Let out 7 death moans and that was it. I got in my stand at 4:30 and was done at 4:35pm. It was about 150 pound female!

Our party killed out by about the 4th day and we headed home. I wanted to say; Thanks to all you good people out there that helped let me enjoy this awesome experience! I had an awesome time and I can’t thank you enough! Here are some pictures of some animals.

Thanks Again, and Good Hunting!!!!!

Corey John Creason


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Excellent Corey!!

Awesome! Glad you got a bear.

And yes Justin we know this is the bowfishing forum. [:-]

Very Cool.
Congrats on the successful hunt.