Chad Waligura

Chad Alan Waligura (born March 19, 1969) is an American outdoor writer, magazine editor, and professional disabled hunter.

On July 7, 1986, at age 17, Waligura suffered a paralyzing injury after diving into a swimming pool, fracturing his cervical vertebrae at the C-7 level.

After being discharged, Waligura returned to TIRR Memorial Hermann periodically to visit with patients to talk about outdoor life and to give presentations on adaptive equipment.

In 1996, Waligura founded a website called Follow Me Outdoors,[4] as an information source about disabled hunting and fishing.

[10] In the year 2000, Waligura began organizing group duck and deer hunts for disabled outdoorsmen and women in the state of Texas[2] To date, Waligura has hunted in Mexico, Canada, Argentina and South Africa, as well as in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.