38th Annual One Arm Dove Hunt - Sept 11-12, 2009

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38th Annual One Arm Dove Hunt - Sept 11-12, 2009

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I receive the Muilenberg Prosthetic and Orthotics newsletter each month and ran across this article that had me intrigued:

http://www.onearmdovehunt.com/
The 38th annual One Arm Dove Hunt will be held in Olney, Texas on September 11th and 12th, 2009. What started as a joke in 1972 became a tradition and has grown as the only event of its kind on Earth. It is quite a legacy that the two Jacks and the citizens of Olney have given the disabled. If you take two one armed politicians, add a Texas tall tale and a few high flying doves, you can say you have quite a story to be told.
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For the past 37 years, one armed men, women, and children have traveled to Olney from all over the United States and other countries, not only to hunt dove, but to take part in what has become "TEXAS' MOST UNUSUAL EVENT"...Olney's Famous One Arm Dove Hunt.
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The driving force behind the OADH is the dynamic duo consisting of Jack Northrup, retired City Manager, and Jack Bishop, retired County Commissioner. These two co-founders of the two day event share their friendliness, corny jokes, and goofy banter with attendees on a daily basis. The friendship and the camaraderie are most important---it's like an annual reunion for so many people from so many places.
And an article from the Wall Street Journal Online from 2006 describing the continued Texas tradition:

http://www.onearmdovehunt.com/WallStree ... Online.htm

Pretty neat thing to see guns help heal.
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