Hunting with Soldiers Inc.

Hunting with Soldiers (HwS) is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, whose vision is to provide outdoor adventures to Combat Veterans suffering from PTSD, allowing them to gather with other Combat Veterans and experience healing.

 

A growing body of research is revealing an alarming epidemic of PTSD among our Veterans. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, many in the military see combat and missions that have exposed them to horrible and life-threatening experiences leading to PTSD. An estimated 11-20% who served in OIF or OEF have PTSD in a given year, along with 12% of Gulf War Veterans, and 30% of Vietnam Veterans. In one major study of 60,000 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, 13.5% of deployed and nondeployed Veterans screened positive for PTSD, while other studies show the rate to be as high as 20% to 30%. Of the more than 2.5 million post-9/11 military Veterans that have served our nation, 80 percent of those spent some time in an overseas combat zone, with 75% having experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of their service.

 

It is our hope to provide healing for our Combat Veterans through various hunting and fishing expeditions across the entire state of Texas and beyond. For many Combat Veterans with PTSD, this is the only treatment that has resulted in comfort and relief.

 

A core pillar of HwS’s strategy to support Combat Veterans in their battle with PTSD has been mobilizing these Heroes to outdoor destinations with fellow Combat Veterans sharing the same experiences. Supporting these Veterans requires thousands of volunteer hours, lodging, food, supplies, and generous collaborations from landowners every month. As demand for HwS’s hope opportunities continues to grow, the organization needs a larger cadre of volunteers to coordinate these outdoor adventures and source the much-needed land, tools, and supplies from local, state, and national donors. Your donation would go a long way toward mobilizing these Veterans to save the lives of many Combat Veterans with PTSD in Texas and beyond.

Who We Are

Hunting with Soldiers is a 501(c)3 Non Profit ran with all Volunteer Staff. We provide all expense paid hunting and fishing adventures for Combat Veterans from all wars. We do not require the Combat Veterans to be injured in Combat since PTSD is the unseen injury. We believe that getting these men and women into the outdoors is the best therapy to help them fight against the demons we call PTSD. 22 Combat Veterans commit suicide each day. That is 22 Combat Veterans from all wars. This is 22 too many. If we can prevent at least one death, we have made a dent in those statistics. We strive to prevent as many of those statistics as we can. We can only do this through your donations. Everything is taken care of for these Veterans when they come on a trip with us. They merely only have to pay a handshake, hug, and sometimes we even get paid with some healing tears. Your help in getting these men and women into the outdoors is greatly needed.