As I reported earlier in the week, Tyler gave up his hunting spot so that he could volunteer. We started out on Friday morning setting out ground blinds at food plots. We had all the blinds set up by 10:00 am. While we were getting set up with the owner of the farm, Mr, Eubanks, he told Tyler to load his gun and if he saw a deer to shoot it. This place is loaded with deer and really needs a lot of does removed. Tyler was happy to oblige
, but missed a big doe that was feeding in a shooting lane 
. All of the hunters arrived around noon and we had a great lunch before getting the hunters in their blinds. We used my 16', 4 wheeler trailer to transport some of the gentlemen in their wheelchairs to their blinds and got them set up with everything that they needed. Tyler and I wound up at an intersection in a dirt road and were sitting in the truck when Mr. Eubanks called on the cell phone to let me know that he had all of his hunters out and asked us to meet him somewhere to just sit and chit chat. I explained to him that in order to get back to the front of the farm, we would have to drive by the hunters and we agreed that we didn't want to disturb them and just wait until dark. Mr Eubanks asked if we had another blind, we did, and he said set it up and see if we could get a deer, he was going to do the same. We set the blind up in the intersection and Tyler drove the truck down the road and pullled into a cut row and walked back. We got settled in and where just talking about how beautiful the sunset was. Tyler whispered, Dad, there's a huge deer down the road. I got the range finder and took a reading of 274 yards. Now, here in eastern NC, a big doe will go 100 lbs, a huge doe would go 150lbs and this deer was huge. Tyler has shot his .243 at 200 yards on the range but has never attempted a shot on a deer at this distance. He asked me if he could take the shot and I said no because she was so far. He stared at her through the scope for a moment and said, Dad, I'm not arguing with your decision, but I've got a perfect rest and really feel comfortable taking the shot. I was trying to decide when he said, Dad please trust me. So, I agreed and picked up my binos so that I could see her reaction at the shot. When he fired, her back end went high into the air, and she kicked her feet straight back and flew out of the road. I heard the bullet when it hit her and knew that she was hit but didn't know where. I told Tyler to go get the truck and that I'd start easing that way. When I got about 100 yards from where she had been standing, another big doe stepped into the road and I layed her down right where she stood with my .270 
. Tyler pulled up and said, "you shot my doe? I said no, this is a different deer. I took the range finder and ranged the blind at 280 yards. Tyler walked into the brush on the opposite side of the road and found his doe! 274 yards is quite a shot but he listened to what I told him, held the crosshairs at the top of her back and got the job done. We saw 12 more deer in the next 45 minutes or so. We were able to use the winch on the trailer to load the deer and off we went to pick up the hunters. When we got to " James " an injured Gulf war vet, he had taken a good sized deer as well. We loaded up and headed for the barn, had dinner and returned at 4:30 am to do it all over again.Day 2 started the same, we just mixed up where we put the hunters. The last hunter that we put out was Joe, Vice President of the NCHS. Joe is a paraplegic that has an adaptive shooting rest to help him shoot. The devise looks complicated and you would think that it takes a lot of time to get on target with it, but Joe showed us that it that it not the case at all. After seeing 3 does in a turnip patch, we picked Joe up and headed for the next guy when Tyler spotted a deer in one of the lanes. I stopped, got out with my binos and by the time I walked around the truck to get behind joe, Tyler had his chair unstrapped and was loading the gun for Joe. I watched through the binos as Joe made an incredible shot dropping a nice doe. Folks, I can't begin to tell you how well that did my heart to see the huge smile on Joe's face, not to mention the one on Tyler's face. The rest of the hunt went great and I'll finish it up with some photos. All of the hunters got a deer except one dude that was able to walk and decided to take a walkabout, breaking the biggest rule that was set forth in the safety meeting and that was "DO NOT LEAVE YOUR BLIND".
Sorry for the long post but wanted to share this very special event with my second family. I don't have to tell you how proud that I am of Tyler for all of the hard work and an incredible shot. I think that he learned a lot about "giving" and helping others in need. Here's some pics.
Tyler and his 142 lb doe.
Tyler and Mr. Eubanks with his deer.
Joe, Tyler and Arron, "Arron is Mr. Eubanks's son, he and Tyler have killed 4 deer each this season.
James and his deer.
Tyler's doe and mine.
I will be getting some more photos and will post a few more later when I get them.
God Bless,
I'm glad all done well. Good on you for helping out, and Tyler. 
I'm pretty sure everyone there was glad they had good helpers as well. Congrat's to Tyler on the nice Doe. 
. We had 2 hunters cancel because of these very circumstances. Now I'm not an expert and have only been to 2 events but let me say this. Seeing the smiles on these guys faces has changed the way that Tyler and I look at our own situation. It could be much worse. Wanna do something that will fill your heart with joy, find a similar hunt in your area and volunteer your help. I promise that you won't regret it. 
. I'm sore as the devil but it was definitely worth it. Congrats to all of those that do what you can