Anyone who is familiar with Dirk Price knows that he doesn’t let his blindness deter him from doing day-to-day activities, and he’s always looking for ways to help others in need.

Earlier this month, Price went to Wyoming as part of the Physically Challenged Bowhunters of America (PCBA) Antelope Hunt.

There he used a specially-designed scope that connects to his iPhone to be able to bag an antelope.

“I have an old scope and I got this thing called a G-line smart shoot adapter. This thing slides over any scope. It constricts and clamps. Hold right in the center where it lines up the scope,” he said. “I have an old 4s phone. The camera lens on the phone looks through the scope.”

His spotter sits nearby and looks over his shoulder.

He first learned of one at a sportsman’s expo in Andalusia.

PCBA helps people with all disabilities be able to bowhunt.

His first hunt was to Michigan hunting white tail deer.

The organization paid for his license, food, lodging and a stipend to help with travel.

The organization also provided a guide to help him know which way to point his bow.

“The next year, I was selected to go on an Indiana hunt,” he said. “I rode up there with a guy from Andalusia. His stepdaughter had some kind of dwarfism. We went up there and I had the lasers and they tried to get them to work. Finally on the last day I was able to shoot my first deer in 40 years.”

After participating in several hunts, he has now decided to use his own lands to provide a hunt for four people in January.

Right now, he needs the public’s help to donate money to help cover license fees and food and the like.

He said that Walmart has given a $1,200 grant and that the men’s group at the Methodist Church made a donation.

Additionally, he has secured housing at Point A Lodge for the hunters.

The hunt is set for January 19-22.

“I’ve been planting food plots,” he said. “I’m also trying to get up some game cameras to identify where they are. If people are coming across the country, we need to make sure they have a chance.”

For more info, call Price at 469-2016.