The launch of Adaptive Outdoorsman!
Well it’s been about 2 months since my wife and I launched the site and we would like to let you know how this all started.
The inspiration for the company (http://adaptiveoutdoorsman.com/index.html) belongs to a 16-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy – the nephew of a friend mine.
“He would sit in his home at this huge picture window and watch the deer. And one of his wishes was to go deer hunting,”. So my friend and I decided to take the youth hunting.
After struggling to get the teenager and his wheelchair to a suitable hunting site, we discovered the youth had too little strength in his arms to hold a rifle. We tried several methods and none of them worked,”. This is what got us thinking about how to help him.
A search of the Internet revealed lots of small businesses, and some not so small, manufacturing adaptive gear – some of it better than others. But one thing missing altogether was a place to go “one-stop shopping”.
“After talking and thinking about this, we decided that this was a business perfect for us.” It fit well with my love of hunting and fishing, and the outdoors. And for my wife Renee, a stay-at-home Mom for many years, and an avid school and community volunteer, it was an ideal way of helping others.
Daniel Zaroff said,
June 28, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
I have a handicap that prevents me from walking steadily, in fact I have bad balance.I just had a wonderful experience walleye fishing off of a pontoon boat in Saginaw Bay, mich. The website is http://www.looneytoonscharter.com. The captain is wonderful and once on the boat, the trip was great.
Keith Depoy said,
August 13, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
I am a paraplegic that loves to hunt and I purchased a hunting stand 8yrs or so ago and now it is rusted and almost beyond use.I paid $400 for it and with accessories and shipping $620. The company started raising their prices and last I looked was over $1000 and now no longer in buissiness and all similar products are well over $1000 and some over $2000 and then the ones that are hydraulic are well into thousands of dollars. I’m sure the time designing and manufacturing was not cheap but the average person will not be able to afford any of those lifts and I just want someone out there to make a lift that is AFFORDABLE and then maybe more handicapped people could use them and in turn make more sales for the manufacturer.Perfect example is the TREE GLIDER, it looks like it would work ok,lightweight and compact but it is a remote winch on a small platform and a few accessories and the cost is $1900.Am I wrong or is that completly unreasonable? Thank you
martin moxley said,
September 11, 2008 @ 11:59 pm
Hi, I cant seem to e-mail the company so I’ll post my story here and hope it finds the right “hands”
I was severely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq, I have lost 80% of the use of my dominant right arm and I now live in Alaska. I will definately be looking for adaptive equipment to overcome my “disability” so I can finally go out hunting large game as that has always been my dream. I am excited to see a company that can specialize and discuss the best methods to overcome challenges to hunters.