Freedom Alliance has been proud to partner with Greg Quiel Hunting Clubs to host military heroes on outdoor adventures. Greg Quiel and his club members invited Freedom Alliance to an initial dove hunt in 2011. The next year, the club hosted another five hunts for veterans: quail, turkey, dove, deer, and duck! We’ve continued enjoying […]
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Big Rack Trophy Club Hosts NC Hunt for Vets
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
President Greg Quiel and the members of the Big Rack Trophy Club in Littleton, North Carolina, continued their commitment to support our military when they hosted three Marines and a Corpsman from Camp Lejeune on behalf of Freedom Alliance. With only the serenity of the outdoors, their weapons, and shells donated by HEVI-Shot®, the Camp […]
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Hog Hunt at Cypress Creek, SC
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
Cypress Creek Hunting Lodge in South Carolina is becoming a refuge for Freedom Alliance veterans. Dan, the owner, and the others at the lodge have hosted our guests for two hunts during the last year, and they recently took in six of combat vets for a short-but-sweet hog hunt in April. During a battle in […]
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Turkey Hunt for Wounded Soldier and Bride
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
Does a turkey hunt count as a honeymoon? For newly married couple John and Amy it did. A longtime friend of Freedom Alliance, John lost his left leg when he encountered an explosion while serving in Afghanistan. We met him four years ago at Walter Reed when he was still using a wheelchair and undergoing […]
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Injured Vets Hunt Pheasants in Colorado
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
Dressed in orange and bundled up against a blustery spring day, 18 combat vets descended upon the small town of Karval for a hunt with Colorado Blue Cliff Pheasants. Many in the close-knit community of Karval showed their support, offering their time and resources. The local German Wirehaired Pointer association volunteered guides, so that we […]
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Camp Lejeune Service Members Hunt Quail
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
A small band of Marines—plus one Navy Corpsman and a Labrador puppy—left the rigorous training environment of Camp Lejeune for a day of hunting in the tranquil North Carolina farmlands with Freedom Alliance. This special event was by invitation of the Johnston County chapter of the Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation (QUWF), who had assisted […]
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Northern Colorado Goose Hunt
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
Owner of Waterfowl Haven Outfitters, Jim Arnold, donated a hunt to two soldiers recovering from injuries sustained during combat. Suffering from a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in Afghanistan, Sergeant James was supposed to go on a Freedom Alliance hunt in January. Unfortunately, the outfitter who would lead the hunt […]
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Littleton, NC, Duck Hunt for Troops
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
The president of Big Rack Trophy Club in Littleton, North Carolina, hosted a duck hunt with Freedom Alliance for service members. Greg, a retired firefighter from Camp Lejeune, is donating five hunts this year and this was the first. It was a diverse gathering of hunters: three Marines—one active duty, another from the Wounded Warrior […]
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Ft. Morgan Soldiers Go Duck Hunting
Categories: Highlights, Outdoor Adventures, Support Our Troops
Four soldiers headed out to Fort Morgan in Colorado for a New Year’s Eve duck hunt. One of the soldiers, Ryan, was the coordinating volunteer for the event. He hosted Justin and Nick, who are both retired from the military due to combat injuries. Justin, although an artillery specialist, was attached to an infantry unit […]
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