The Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Wake Foundation and the National Wild Turkey Federation, are sponsoring a Mobility Impaired Modern Gun Deer Hunt on October 21 and 22, 2017. Applications will be accepted until September 1, 2017.
Applicants must be at least 11 years of age and have a permanent physical condition that severely impairs their mobility, such as paralysis or amputation of lower extremities, and requires the assistance of a wheelchair, braces, crutches or similar aids of mobility. First-time applicants must also provide a letter from a physician to verify the applicant's physical condition that severely impairs their mobility without proper assistance. Applicants that have attended the hunt in previous years do not need to provide a physician's letter. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Hunters will be selected by random drawing for the two-day hunt to be conducted at various locations around Wappapello Lake. Successful applicants will be notified by mail and a list of five alternates will also be drawn in the event that some hunters are not able to attend.
To request an application, call the Wappapello Lake Management Office at (573) 222-8562 or email Eric Lemons at Eric.G.Lemons@usace.army.mil. Applications can be found online at https://mvs.usace.afpims.mil/Missions/Recreation/Wappapello-Lake/Natural-Resource-Management/.