Sporting Shooter

Living The Dream

GROWING up our local gun store had a massive moose on the wall which always had me in awe every visit. I learnt what I could about them and soon came to the realisation it would be a long time until I could afford to hunt them. I spent a lot of time watching Billy Molls DVD’s which I think made the burn to hunt them somewhat more ferocious.

In my early 20’s my best friend was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease, over a few years I watched him decline in health before passing away. This sent me down a rocky road and things spiraled out of my control. Luckily for me his father helped me get back on track and asked me to set some goals in life to focus on, one of those goals was to get over to Alaska and hunt moose. A short while later he too was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and passed away. We spoke a lot in the little time we had

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