Chad Waligura's  Field Journal
Bio:
I grew up hunting on the Texas gulf coast, and really fell in love with it when my dad took me duck hunting when I was about 12. From that day on, I knew I’d be involved with hunting for the rest of my life.

When I was paralyzed in the summer of 1986 in a diving accident, it was the one thing I knew I could not give up on. Three months later, I was back in the woods deer hunting. Eighteen years later, Streamlight & Buckmasters’ American Deer Foundation voted me Challenged Hunter of the Year for 2004.

In the meantime, I’ve been going afield after big game all across the United States and in three different countries. I created a website called Follow Me Outdoors in 1996 which has been one of the longest running and most extensive websites for disabled outdoors & recreation.

I started free lancing for magazines across the west because that was more interesting for me.  I've been published in Rack Magazine, King's Hunting Illustrated, Eastman's Hunting Journal, Horizontal Bowhunter Magazine, United Federation For Disabled Archer's Magazine, and Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine.

I have a degree in Wildlife & Fisheries Science and another in Counseling from Texas A&M and the University of Houston, respectively. I suppose both are a study of animals. But lately I’ve been more involved in hunting than ever before.

I look forward to keeping up my field journal and take you with me on all my outdoor trips.

2009: We're proud to note that Chad was recently nominated for The Pathfinder Award given out by the Safari Club International for accomplished disabled sportsmen and women.


West Texas - Day 5 -01/01/2010
Day 5 – After hanging three nice bucks that first day, we woke up to warmer temps the next morning that kept down the deer movement. At about 11 a.m., a cold front blew in that brought on a steady die ...
West Texas Day 1 (cont'd) -12/27/2009
Day 1 (cont'd) - When we had just finished dressing & hanging Trey’s deer in the shade to chill out while we hunted the rest of the day, my uncle drove up in his jeep with my dad and another guy f ...
West Texas Mule Deer - Day 1 -12/26/2009
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Disabled Group Hunt at Canyon Lake -11/20/2009
An event we look forward to every year, the Serve Outdoors deer hunt at Canyon Lake, Tx., was suddenly upon us. I left home early last Friday morning and headed for the hill country. Since we were goi ...
Blue-Wings on the Texas Prairie -11/12/2009
We held our 9th annual teal hunt this past September near my home town of El Campo, Tx, when 11 disabled hunters come in for a weekend of duck hunting. Two of our guys, Mikey Sellers from Louisiana ...
Rack 'Em - WY Pronghorn -10/20/2009
A storm front pushing down from western Canada looked ominous as we crossed the Colorado state line into Wyoming. It's also one of the things I love about being at elevation - you can see rain sto ...
South Africa - Day 7 -09/10/2009
By now, I’d taken a long-horned old female gemsbok and a crazy looking black wildebeest bull after chasing a herd of ‘em around in a big circle on the plains all afternoon. It’s day seven of my ...
South Africa - Day 5 -08/21/2009
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Let me first tell you how refreshing it is to get up every morning with the anticipation of chasing a different game animal hovering in the ...
South Africa - Day 2 -08/05/2009
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The morning began almost identical to yesterday’s, a knock at our chalet door about a quarter to six, then a very cordially “get your la ...
South Africa Safari - Day 1 -07/27/2009
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } After 3 days in Paris , I was ready to board the plane for South Africa and my first ever hunting safari. We took off late that ...
The World of Custom Rifles - Step 1 -06/22/2009
My first steps into this world came to me when I started to become aware that the guns I owned weren’t as accurate as I wanted them to be, nor nearly as consistent as I thought they ...
2009 Gear Reviews -02/02/2009
I think every year around this time, I find myself taking inventory of last fall's hunting equipment as well as planning for the coming year’s trips.   Thought I would take some time ...
My First Kansas Hunt -01/02/2009
“There’s some deer coming down behind us,” Merle blurted out as I whipped my head around to see out the back window of the blind.   “One’s a buck!” I replied, “He’s just an 8 point though.” ...
Taking on the Crossbow Myths -11/26/2008
After a recent trip to Bass Pro Shops to get a crossbow restrung for a friend of mine, I felt compelled to write about my experience as soon as I got back home.   Every able-bodied hunter tha ...
Last Shot 300 -11/03/2008
These were my last two shots when sighting in my 270 before the hunt.  Ironically, they'd be close to the exact distance I'd wind up having when I found my buck in my sights& ...
Day 2 - Colorado -10/27/2008
My hunt started this morning in the Super 8 motel paking lot.  Mike showed up about six to help dad load me and everything else we needed up in dad's truck.  We headed out to a piece ...
Day 1 in SW Colorado -10/27/2008
We passed the Cortez, Co., city limit sign just before three o'clock on Friday afternoon after spending two days on the road from Texas.  Seems like we saw twenty different prices for a gallon ...
Ducking Hurricanes and Blue-winged Teal -10/06/2008
Hurricane Ike, yes the one that just leveled the entire island of Galveston and layed waste to the city of Houston, roared ashore Friday night a mere 100 miles to the east, just far e ...
Dove Season Dominated by the Whitewing -09/25/2008
Back when I was a kid in south central  Texas , the only white-wing dove hunting to be had was either way down in the valley of south Texas or in Mexico .  Dad even too ...
Flashback - August 6, 2005 -08/05/2008
Since we're deep into the off-season, I thought I'd post an account of one of the most memorable hunts I've ever been on.  It took place the first days of August almost 3 years ago today... I w ...

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