Buckmaster’s Life Hunt: Tate Student, Cancer Patient On National TV

July 3, 2013

Tate High School student Halee Boyd, who is continuing to fight a rare form of cancer, will appear on the Outdoor Channel this week.

A few months ago, Halee took part in the Buckmasters Life Hunt Classic 2013. Life Hunt is a wish-granting service for children and young adults with critical illnesses and diseases. The program was officially founded in 1998 to grant hunting wishes and has served hundreds of children and young adults to date.

The hunt took place at Sedgefields Plantation near Selma, AL. The plantation is considered to have some of the finest whitetail deer habitat in Alabama.

The Buckmasters Whitetail Magazine Classic Life Hunt show will including highlights from the hunt. It airs on the Outdoor Channel at 1 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Saturday.

Halee is battling Alevola Rhabdomyosarcoma , ARMS for short, a rare cancer of the muscles that are attached to the bones. There are only a few hundred new cases per year in the U.S.

Pictured top: Jackie Bushman, founder of Buckmasters, Mardi Boyd and Halee Boyd at the Buckmasters Life Hunt Classic 2013. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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One Response to “Buckmaster’s Life Hunt: Tate Student, Cancer Patient On National TV”

  1. mnon on July 3rd, 2013 8:03 am

    So happy for you Halee you deserve all the good things that can come your way! Stay strong!

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