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Legally Blind Hunter Takes First Buck After 37 Years | Outdoor Life

 

December 22, 2011

Legally Blind Hunter Takes First Buck After 37 Years -

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Alex Robinson

 

After 37 years, Walter Hill finally has his buck. The 81-year-old hunter from Louisiana went legally blind in 1975 after being involved in an ammonia spill

at work.

 

So how does a virtually blind hunter shoot a deer? With the assistance of one of his friends and a laser scope, Hill was able to shoot his buck at 60 yards

with a .308. Hunters in Louisiana with vision worse than 20/400 are allowed to laser scopes thanks to a new law, HB 39.

Sixteen states have laws in the books that allow visually impaired hunters to use laser scopes (they also have to be aided by a sighted hunter).

 

"Walter will be 82 years old in three months and hopes he can 'see' and shoot a bigger buck next time," his wife Margaret Hill told the

Shreveport Times. "

Bucks or does, he's still having the time of his life getting back in the woods again to hunt."