Michael Slee is not one to shy away from danger. A veteran documentarian of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, he was sitting in the back of a humvee when it tripped an IED. Slee has a passion to help other vets who didn’t survive the military unscathed, while honoring all those who serve the nation. One of the military events Slee produced was the International Sniper Competition held at Ft. Benning, Ga., where the best in the world from all allied military services come to see who’s the best of the best. There, he met the winner of the 2010 ISC, SFC Chance Giannelli, Special Forces Sniper. Two years ago, Slee started the American Outdoor Adventure TV series to feature public land hunting around the country, with Giannelli as cohost. Slee and Giannelli thought, why not take our wounded warriors on these hunts? And that’s how AOAHunting.com started.
When Slee met Clark Osborne five years ago, he realized he was the perfect person to organize a hog hunt at night for vets, and brought him on the show as another co-host. Osborne is an expert in thermal night-vision hog hunting, something he has been doing for nearly 30 years, most recently through his business, tacticalhogcontrol.com. He is considered one of four top hog hunting experts in the country.
He also owns Cottonwood Armory, which builds rifles and equips them with night-vision and/or thermal equipment, along with long-range precision rifles. He represents all of the major night-vision and thermal optic companies and is often asked to field test and evaluate their products to give them feedback. A lifelong Texan, Osborne started in the hog business by necessity, to protect the homestead as hogs invaded and then to support his neighbors. Not able to be every place for everyone, he built rifles and taught farmers and ranchers how to handle the hogs themselves.
Read the rest of the story where they take 2 soldiers part of the Wounded Warrior Project for their first hog hunt.