• It is the mission of the United Foundation for Disabled Archers to promote and provide a means to practice all forms of archery for any individual with a physical disability.

If you are an archer with a physical disability looking for a unique bowhunting adventure, the United Foundation For Disabled Archers (UFFDA) has the opportunity you have been searching for. Each year UFFDA sponsors bowhunts at various locations across America.

For example, the last weekend of September 30 hunters gather at Camp Wilderness in Park Rapids, Minnesota to pursue whitetail deer. The following weekend, another 30 archers with disabilities meet in Baraboo, Wisconsin to hunt whitetail at the Badger State Army Ammunition Plant.

All of these events have one thing in common: they are absolutely free to the disabled members of UFFDA. The only cost for which the hunter is responsible is getting to and from the camp. If hunters decide that they want to stay at a hotel instead of the camp facilities, they are responsible for the additional cost of housing.

The hunts are filled each year with special preference being given to members who have never attended an UFFDA hunt before. A drawing is held the end of May and the hunters are chosen for that fall's events. If there are no remainding spots, your name is placed on a reserve list for substitutions in case of cancellations or to be given first priority for a future UFFDA event. Once you have been selected, you will be assigned a guide. In the weeks preceding the hunt, your guide will talk with you to determine what your special needs are and what preparations will have to be made for you before your arrival in camp. He or she will have your hunting area scouted and a hunting site set up according to your requirements.

Upon arriving at camp, you will register at the check-in site and receive your hospitality package, which will include an official UFFDA hunting coat and cap for first-time hunters. If you have received your coat at a previous UFFDA hunt, you will receive a hunting shirt and cap along with an assortment of other hunting items. For the next three days you will be treated like royalty as the all-volunteer staff caters to your every need. If you are successful and harvest an animal, the staff will cut and wrap your game and end you home with a cooler of fresh wild game.