BADF’s Life Hunt program falls under BADF Disabled Services and was founded in 1998 to grant hunting wishes for critically ill and disabled youngsters age 21 and under.

It was incomprehensible to us that a child could have a tremendous passion for hunting, have a life threatening condition, and be told that even though all the other children like them could have any wish granted, that theirs was unreachable. What does a parent tell a child in that situation?

It is our mission that they will never have to say no. We know that every true hunter would rather see one of these children have a successful hunt instead in place of themselves in a heartbeat. For a very sick child, actually going on the hunt and being successful may not be the greatest attribute. What seems to be invaluable is the anticipation of the hunt. Many of these children are through so much trauma with cancer treatments, surgeries and so forth that having something very positive to look forward to and focus on has a tremendous impact in their lives.

Even though young ones with life threatening cancer have the most urgent need of receiving a life hunt, there are masses of children in this country who are severely disabled from various conditions that are characteristic of shortening life span. These young bucks fall under the life hunts program as well. Such disabilities may include, but are not limited to spina bifida, brittle bone disease and a host of other complications.

For information on BADF Life Hunts contact: BADF Disabled Services
10540 Daystar Drive Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Phone 205-366-8751
Email dsullivan@buckmasters.com
David Sullivan BADF Disabled Services

We are more than grateful for anyone willing to help us get the word out on the Life Hunts program. Our public relations representative Ann Lewis, and myself, are available to assist you in any ways that we can. I can be reached at 205-366-8415 and Ann Lewis at 800-240-DEER.

We need your help in getting out information about our Life Hunts program for the 2003-2004 season. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to locate young disabled and critically ill children because many organizations and agencies will not promote activities involving children and firearms. A large number of the children that we have helped over the past years came from a single person. That individual was recently informed that if they continued to help us, that they would loose their job.

There are many kids out there who would rather go on a good hunt than meet Mickey Mouse or Michael Jordan as a possible life’s wish. We just need to find different ways of letting them know that we are here. Below you will find some general information on BADF’s Life Hunt program, and an attached Life Hunt application in Adobe .pdf format.

Please help us spread this information in places where the parents of children and young adults with life threatening diseases and disabilities can find out about our program. The internet is a good place to start. Help us get this information on news and discussion groups, this you can do from right where you sit. Also, if you know of people with children’s medical centers and the like, those are good places too.