WYOMING DISABLED HUNTERS INC

Wyoming Disabled Hunters (WDH) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded by
Wyoming residents who have a personal connection with physically-challenged
hunters. Our goal is to provide an affordable, memorable hunt for every one of our
disabled hunters.
WDH was formed in 2008, held our first big-game hunts in 2009 and
have coordinated over 340 disabled hunters (both veterans and non-veterans alike)
through our program. We are now entering our 16th year offering these big-game
hunts (antelope, deer and elk) in northwestern Wyoming around Cody, located 50 miles east of Yellowstone Park.
Past applicants and hunters have a wide range of disabilities: quadriplegic to paraplegic wheelchair users, muscular dystrophy, MS, spinal bifida, blindness, congestive heart failure or lung/breathing issues, Parkinson's, amputations, traumatic brain injuries, neurological or other rare diseases. Applicants include veterans with their own varied and unique service-related injuries. We welcome applicants across the entire USA, from ages 12 (minimum age to hunt in Wyoming) to hunters in their 80's and older.
We offer approximately 20 hunts per year in the fall, September into November. The one must-have qualification is that applicants must qualify and receive a Wyoming disabled hunter permit issued by Wyoming Game & Fish. We typically receive over 120 applications per year through our on-line application from approximately Dec 1st through January 25th, when the application period closes. These numbers continue to grow every year as word spreads about our program, and very positive experiences from our hunters.
Our disabled hunters, assisted by very experienced companion hunters, have achieved a 91% success rate overall, with 100% success the last two years.
In keeping with our mission of providing an affordable hunt, WDH covers food and lodging for every hunter and their necessary caregivers. We provide companion hunters (1, 2 and sometimes 3) for each hunter. These companion hunters act as guides, like an outfitter, for our disabled hunters. We also offer financial assistance to those that request and qualify. WDH arranges game tags for hunters that qualify, through a wonderful program offered by WY G&F. Otherwise, many non-resident hunters would be unable to draw their own tags because of the extremely-low draw odds for out-of-state hunters.
Overall, we do everything possible to make every hunter's experience an enjoyable, special memory using our volunteer support system. We cannot provide such offerings without community volunteer support and donations, both locally and nationally.