N.F.C. - Hunting, A Second Chance At Life

Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

Sportsmen's Empire Outdoor Network

Leisure, Wilderness, Hobbies, Sports, Technology

4.8 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ ? minutes

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On this episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles, Dan talks with Derek Demun of Southern California about finding a passion for hunting after a life-changing accident left him in a wheelchair. Derek talks about his youth when he was a diehard snowboarder who traveled the globe looking for adventure at high elevations and snowy peaks. When he was 21 he fell off of a roof while working construction, the next 3 to 5 years were an extremely dark period in his life. With help from his family and his faith, another life changing opportunity laid before him. Derek was invited on a Kansas deer hunt with his father and uncle, the results, going back to California with a new passion and a new purpose. Our Sponsors: * Check out Thompson Cigars and use my code SE for a great deal: https://thompsoncigar.com * Check out Troll Co Clothing and use my code EMPIRE25 for a great deal: https://www.trollco.com/hunting Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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1:05.7	Okay. What's up everybody? Welcome back to another episode of the Nine Finger Chronicles.
1:12.3	I'm your host, Dan Johnson. And today we have a really good episode. And we're going to be talking with Derek DeMond. Now Derek, he lives in Southern California and here is his, here's the story
1:18.7	you're going to hear. This is the abbreviated version. Dude is, lives in SoCal, grew up surfing, grew up
1:26.8	snowboarding and like traveling all over the world
1:32.3	snowboarding, being basically a snow bum, a backcountry skier and snowboarder.
1:38.0	And he was headed in that direction in his life.
1:41.6	He was working construction, dude falls off a roof and goes through,
1:47.0	becomes paralyzed, life is now in a wheelchair. And he goes through five years. And I'm talking
1:56.0	five years. Imagine five years of this of just emotional darkness, feeling sorry for yourself, feeling
2:05.4	sad, feeling confused, you know, everything in your life now has changed in your, in some ways,
2:14.5	kind of in a prison sentence in this wheelchair.
2:25.6	And then through faith, through family, he got kind of a second opportunity at life when his uncle invited him to Kansas for a deer hunt.
2:29.1	And the rest, my friends, as they say, is history.
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