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This is Max, on of the happiest people you will ever meet despite being confined to a wheelchair and being unable to speak, with only limited use of his hands and arms. He caught this rainbow trout when we took his class fishing. According to his aide, Michelle, holding the fish for him, this was the best field trip his class had ever been on. He thanked us again and again, in sign language, of course. His huge smile is universally understood "sign language."
My niece, Janet Cook, with a string of rainbow trout she caught in the kids/handicapped fishing pond provided as part of the Millicoma Interpretive Center on the West Fork of the Millicoma River.
Kim Garth, on left, with her elk. Kim has very limited use of one arm, so she is allowed to shoot an anterless elk during the regular season in units that have surplus elk. She took this elk in the Tioga Unit of southwestern Oregon in 2004. Corey Cook, her guide, is on the right.
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These are photos of handicapped classes we took fishing at the kids trout pond at the Millicoma Interpretive Center. For most of these kids, it was the first time they had ever gone fishing. The next day one class invited us to come to their classroom and eat the trout with them. They were delicious.
Here is Mark Schiro who has been in a wheelchair most of his life, but has had improvements in his health recently and is now able to leave his wheelchair often. He left it home for this fishing trip as there was no place to use it on this rugged river bank. Our guide, Corey Cook, was able to hook these two winter steelhead down by the water's edge, then climb the bank with pole in hand and fish on the line. He then handed the pole to Mark who landed the fish on the bank below, where Corey netted them for him. It was the first two fish Mark had ever caught in his life.
Donald Meadows from West Virginia. He did NOT shoot this elk. He was injured in an automobile crash and could only walk short distances. Due to his handicap, he was allowed to shoot an anterless or antlered elk. He passed up cows for three days, holding out for a bull, but we didn't see one within shooting range. The cold damp climate aggravated his injuries and he spent most of the evenings in front of the roaring wood stove We took this photo of him with this elk mount right before he left, so he at least had something to take home. We also sent him with some elk steaks and roasts from an elk we had harvested earlier. We were able to accommodate him in our home along with his wife and son and gave him some good memories. None of this could have happened in a large, pack in elk camp.