Illinois kids with disabilities discover the joys of deer hunting

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October 2022 marked the 20th anniversary Dream Hunt in Southern Illinois for children with disabilities and life-threatening illnesses.

Brigid O’Donoghue is the founder and CEO of the United Special Sportsman Alliance, the non-profit that put on the weekend hunting trip near Harrisburg.

“For children with disabilities and life-threatening illnesses, it’s hard for them to find a place where they feel comfortable. Some of them are not even allowed to do sports in school,” O’Donoghue told The Center Square. “That’s the good thing about hunting and fishing. No matter what their disability is, we can get them out in the great outdoors.”

She said hunting builds confidence and gives the kids skills that make them proud.

“They come in a little anxious because most of them have not been hunting before…

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4 thoughts on “Illinois kids with disabilities discover the joys of deer hunting

  1. Terrible. How can anyone find joy in killing? If you are unevolved, I’m sure they can see other living creatures as there for nothing but them.

    Here’s another example:

    https://www.boston.com/news/environment/2022/10/24/north-atlantic-right-whale-population-decline-report-consortium-conservation/

    How can these people justify extinction just because of their livelihood? They’ll end up like the Alaskan crab fishery – fished out, bankrupt and nothing left but the government dole.

    The article says they’ve even hired an attorney to fight any new rules and regulations to protect these poor whales! And good luck trying to get people to stop eating lobster for the sake of something other than themselves.

  2. A bunch of despicable people willing to sink to preying on the desperate and vulnerable to bolster their numbers and make themselves look like heroes by any means necessary.
    Go [censored] yourselves.

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