"Within a week after I talked to Mark, he'd scheduled a pheasant hunt. I couldn't make it, but I did start going to group meetings with other people in wheelchairs. It turned out to be a great support group. We get together and we talk and you can see all the possibilities," he explained.

Later, he went to the Green River where he caught his first fish on a fly rod, then off to Texas where he tagged a whitetail deer.

"I've got kids," he said, "and I can't do a lot of things. I can't show them how to run or play baseball or soccer. I can watch, but there's not much else I can do. But, I can take them hunting.

"I hunted with my father, and I loved it. We weren't always successful, but it was fun. It's nice to know I can still do that with my sons."

Peel, 26, has started his own company — All Seasons Professional Bobcat Work — offering and operating a Bobcat for excavation and construction work.

Last year, Robison made a promise to those he took hunting that he would go before the Utah Wildlife Board and ask for special concessions for physically challenged hunters.

He did appear before the board, after months of laying groundwork, and got those concessions.

As for the future, Robison has no plans of slowing down.

"It means too much to me and to other people. And it's not all about hunting. I was sitting on a mountaintop with a hunter on a four-wheeler and it was snowing, the temperature was about five degrees and we hadn't seen a thing all day," he remembered.

"I looked over and there were tears in his eyes. I told him not to worry, we'd find the sheep. He looked at me and said that wasn't it. 'Here I am, sitting on top of a mounting, hunting. I never, in my wildest dreams, thought I'd be able to do this ever again.' That's what it's all about."

And he's certain there are a lot more people out there who would like to go hunting, but are of the opinion that their physical limitations are stopping them. Robison is out to prove them wrong.

Anyone interested in volunteering, making donations or finding out more about MTM Hunting can look on its Web site at www.mtmhunting.com.

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