M. Hicks
2022
Military Branch: USMC
Event Name: Arkansas Buck Hunt
I cannot say thank you enough to the French family, Lance, all the volunteers and WWIA. The last four days have been great! Everything from the fellowship, the food, and the hunt were top notch. I would not change a thing. Watching Mr. French and his son Will reminds me of when I was a teen with my father. It brought back such great memories. William, Lance and Will you three were great and worked your butt’s off for us. To many times people think it is just about killing an animal, but I’s not. It is about the fellowship, relaxing, resetting and having quiet time in the woods to reflect and think. I was able to do that here. On the last evening of the hunt, I sent my wife a text that said “well, it’s not looking to promising for me on the hunt, only about 30 minutes of light left”, she replied “that’s okay, you can’t win them all, it’s called hunting not killing”. 3 minutes later, I shot a buck. Thank you again for hosting such a great event. The last thing I will say that really stood out to me was that no one tried to pity any of the warriors, I truly appreciate that!


