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LAST EDITED ON Feb-08-10 AT 11:43PM (MST)[p]Lots has been said, and allot more will be said but some folks do it, some of us just talk about it.
Mr. Peay may not to be happy that I'm posting this but you should know:
The SFW hunts for Heroes program has been a great program, and has show our military men and women, just how much we appreciate their service and sacrifice. SFW has always put our money where our mouth is. It has also helped many people who don't necessarily understand hunting or conservation, really come to know, Sportsmen are the good guys in the White Hats.
Thanks to Wyoming Game and Fish Commissioner Clark Allan, SFW has TWO Wyoming Commissioners deer or elk permits for the 2010 hunting season for sale ? with 100% of the proceeds going to send a returned veteran on his dream hunt in Canada. When the price is right, they will be sold.
If you are interested in making a bid on ONE, or BOTH of these tags ? please email me, and remember what 100% of the money will go towards, making a dream come true for a young American Hero, who wrote a blank check for all of us, up to including his life, which fortunately, that check was not cashed.
Second, Denny Austad of Idaho was SOOO touched by the SFW event last year at the Expo with Marcus Lutrell, Jeff Foxworthy and Karl Malone, that just before Christmas, he called and asked if SFW would accept a $20,000 donation for this program for 2010. Thank you Denny !! If his name rings a bell, it is because Denny is a VERY GENEROUS donor to our wildlife conservation programs as well. He also took the world record elk on Utah?s public lands in 2009.
Just one day after Denny called, Paul Niemeyer, a former Utah Wildlife Board members sent out an SOS. An employee of a company in a small town in Southern Utah had just found out their son had been seriously injured in Iraq and was on his way to Walter Reed in DC. The family had a place to stay once they got to DC, but had no funds for airfare, or loss of work.
With the economy the way it was/is, and that close to Christmas, asking for money was hard to do, but thanks to Denny, in one fell swoop, it was easy to deliver.
Because of Denny?s generosity, SFW was able to immediately wire $1,500 to get this family back to DC to be with their son, one of our American Heroes.
Also, sitting on my Desk is a $1,500 check from the Chance Phelps Foundation to support our hunts for heroes program. It is so busy, I haven't had the opportunity to discuss with Chance?s mom what to do with that check, many of us have been so touched by Chance and his story.
It is an honor to work with such an INCREDIBLE group of people, who just happen to be sportsmen.
Thanks to all of you, the EXPO is looking to be GREAT, AGAIN
don
Of course I'll get a Scotch Blessing regarding "The Don" and the wealthy and all the rest but let me tell you my story.
I done my battles with Mr. Peay, they started in 1993 and we still have our moments, and we don't do it on the Internet Forums, it's live and real and nose to nose. That's not to suggest we've always disagreed because we both love hunting, fishing and the outdoors and I've come to believe that we both have the same desire and that is to preserve and protect a way of life that we love.
Inspite of our difference, when Don learned that my son had been called to serve in Ramade Iraq he called me and asked, "DeLoss, I heard your son is going to war, is that true". I told him that he had heard correctly. He responded, "What do those guys need, I don't care what it is, you let me know and see to it that they get it". To the credit of the military whenever I asked my son what if anything he needed he said that they had everything the needed, supplied by the military.
Once every two or three months during that year, Don would call and check on my son and always, always ask, what do they need. Isn't there something we can send them. The answer was always, "no, tell him thanks but they are taking good care of us, we have what we need to do the job".
Don had never met my son, didn't know a thing about him.
One afternoon after my son's return we got an e-mail for Don Peay and were told that SFW and started a program for returned soldiers called "Hunts for Heros". The message said that my son, his wife and another soldier and his wife,who had served with in in Iraq had been invited to go on an all expenses paid Alaskan Fishing Trip for 7 days, not including travel time.
Through the generous offer from HooDoo Sport Fish Lodge and Adventures, owned by Rod and Vicki Schuh and all travel expense including, airfare, meals and lodging provided by Don Peay and SFW these four young heros had a fishing trip they will never forget for the rest of their lives. This was not a cheap, publicity stunt trip that end up in a disappoint. It was a five star, world class, you can't buy better experience. Just getting to Rod and Vicki Schuh's lodge in Alaska takes three different aircraft and three days of travel. The hospitality, the lodge, the food, and fishing was beyond their wildest dream. My son told me they caught some many king salmon they would have lay down on the grass next to the river and rest their arms because it was not stop for 7 days and rarely where the fishing 20 pounds with may approaching 40 and 50 pounds.
So when Mr. Peay say's he'd helping these kids and their families out, when he say's he trying to let our soldiers know how much we appreciate them, he means it. There is not fluff or smoke and mirrors when it comes to Don's patriatism. He is above all, a Patriot.
Don Peay owned me nothing, nor my son. Prior to my son going to Iraq I was nothing more than another sportsman, complaining about the deer herd. I didn't like the Dedicated Hunter Program and I still don't. Don knows that and he didn't care.
So, do I support SFW and will I be at the Expo, yes I will, and I'll be doing all I can to help wildlife and the outdoor life style along with Don Peay, even if a lot of you see it from a different prospective. Somebody has got to do something and SFW is trying, for better or worse, they are trying and it seems you got to appreciate that whether you agree with every decision they make or not.
Hope to see you at the Expo. (Nope, Don did not suggest I post this, I'll most like get my butt chewed out for doing it.)
Here's one of the fish for the Hunts for Hero's trip:
Mr. Peay may not to be happy that I'm posting this but you should know:
The SFW hunts for Heroes program has been a great program, and has show our military men and women, just how much we appreciate their service and sacrifice. SFW has always put our money where our mouth is. It has also helped many people who don't necessarily understand hunting or conservation, really come to know, Sportsmen are the good guys in the White Hats.
Thanks to Wyoming Game and Fish Commissioner Clark Allan, SFW has TWO Wyoming Commissioners deer or elk permits for the 2010 hunting season for sale ? with 100% of the proceeds going to send a returned veteran on his dream hunt in Canada. When the price is right, they will be sold.
If you are interested in making a bid on ONE, or BOTH of these tags ? please email me, and remember what 100% of the money will go towards, making a dream come true for a young American Hero, who wrote a blank check for all of us, up to including his life, which fortunately, that check was not cashed.
Second, Denny Austad of Idaho was SOOO touched by the SFW event last year at the Expo with Marcus Lutrell, Jeff Foxworthy and Karl Malone, that just before Christmas, he called and asked if SFW would accept a $20,000 donation for this program for 2010. Thank you Denny !! If his name rings a bell, it is because Denny is a VERY GENEROUS donor to our wildlife conservation programs as well. He also took the world record elk on Utah?s public lands in 2009.
Just one day after Denny called, Paul Niemeyer, a former Utah Wildlife Board members sent out an SOS. An employee of a company in a small town in Southern Utah had just found out their son had been seriously injured in Iraq and was on his way to Walter Reed in DC. The family had a place to stay once they got to DC, but had no funds for airfare, or loss of work.
With the economy the way it was/is, and that close to Christmas, asking for money was hard to do, but thanks to Denny, in one fell swoop, it was easy to deliver.
Because of Denny?s generosity, SFW was able to immediately wire $1,500 to get this family back to DC to be with their son, one of our American Heroes.
Also, sitting on my Desk is a $1,500 check from the Chance Phelps Foundation to support our hunts for heroes program. It is so busy, I haven't had the opportunity to discuss with Chance?s mom what to do with that check, many of us have been so touched by Chance and his story.
It is an honor to work with such an INCREDIBLE group of people, who just happen to be sportsmen.
Thanks to all of you, the EXPO is looking to be GREAT, AGAIN
don
Of course I'll get a Scotch Blessing regarding "The Don" and the wealthy and all the rest but let me tell you my story.
I done my battles with Mr. Peay, they started in 1993 and we still have our moments, and we don't do it on the Internet Forums, it's live and real and nose to nose. That's not to suggest we've always disagreed because we both love hunting, fishing and the outdoors and I've come to believe that we both have the same desire and that is to preserve and protect a way of life that we love.
Inspite of our difference, when Don learned that my son had been called to serve in Ramade Iraq he called me and asked, "DeLoss, I heard your son is going to war, is that true". I told him that he had heard correctly. He responded, "What do those guys need, I don't care what it is, you let me know and see to it that they get it". To the credit of the military whenever I asked my son what if anything he needed he said that they had everything the needed, supplied by the military.
Once every two or three months during that year, Don would call and check on my son and always, always ask, what do they need. Isn't there something we can send them. The answer was always, "no, tell him thanks but they are taking good care of us, we have what we need to do the job".
Don had never met my son, didn't know a thing about him.
One afternoon after my son's return we got an e-mail for Don Peay and were told that SFW and started a program for returned soldiers called "Hunts for Heros". The message said that my son, his wife and another soldier and his wife,who had served with in in Iraq had been invited to go on an all expenses paid Alaskan Fishing Trip for 7 days, not including travel time.
Through the generous offer from HooDoo Sport Fish Lodge and Adventures, owned by Rod and Vicki Schuh and all travel expense including, airfare, meals and lodging provided by Don Peay and SFW these four young heros had a fishing trip they will never forget for the rest of their lives. This was not a cheap, publicity stunt trip that end up in a disappoint. It was a five star, world class, you can't buy better experience. Just getting to Rod and Vicki Schuh's lodge in Alaska takes three different aircraft and three days of travel. The hospitality, the lodge, the food, and fishing was beyond their wildest dream. My son told me they caught some many king salmon they would have lay down on the grass next to the river and rest their arms because it was not stop for 7 days and rarely where the fishing 20 pounds with may approaching 40 and 50 pounds.
So when Mr. Peay say's he'd helping these kids and their families out, when he say's he trying to let our soldiers know how much we appreciate them, he means it. There is not fluff or smoke and mirrors when it comes to Don's patriatism. He is above all, a Patriot.
Don Peay owned me nothing, nor my son. Prior to my son going to Iraq I was nothing more than another sportsman, complaining about the deer herd. I didn't like the Dedicated Hunter Program and I still don't. Don knows that and he didn't care.
So, do I support SFW and will I be at the Expo, yes I will, and I'll be doing all I can to help wildlife and the outdoor life style along with Don Peay, even if a lot of you see it from a different prospective. Somebody has got to do something and SFW is trying, for better or worse, they are trying and it seems you got to appreciate that whether you agree with every decision they make or not.
Hope to see you at the Expo. (Nope, Don did not suggest I post this, I'll most like get my butt chewed out for doing it.)
Here's one of the fish for the Hunts for Hero's trip:
