Mitchell Collins, 7, of Harborcreek Township, was awarded a Hunt of a Lifetime in September 2011 at Sanctuary Ranch in Stanwood, Mich.

Collins, who suffers from juvenile diabetes, shot a 220-pound 8-point Sept. 27 during a hunt guided by Mike Kolenda. The deer scored 123 Boone and Crockett.

Karen and Rick Ayers got the process started and Ted James, Hunt of a Lifetime’s Michigan ambassador, made arrangements to get Collins to Sanctuary Ranch. Paul Czarnecki at Tri-State Taxidermy created the mount of Collins’ trophy.

Hunt Of A Lifetime, founded by Tina Pattison of Harborcreek Township, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to grant hunting and fishing dreams for children age 21 and under who have been diagnosed with life- threatening illnesses.

Congratulations to Zac Czerwinski of Waterford on his eight-point/doe day during a Hunt of a Lfetime outing with the Squirrel Hill Hunting Club of New Florence, Pa.

Hunt of a Lifetime provides outdoors adventures to children with serious illnesses. Czerwinski, 17, was diagnosed with cancer in September.

Czerwinski shot an eight-point buck and a doe on the first day of a three-day hunt during the Pennsylvania firearms season. Local sponsors provided lodging, gear, outside activities, venison processing and taxidermy fees, and Czerwinski and his family were guests of honor at a banquet. Video of the hunt will be included in the upcoming “Whitetail Ambush 4” release from Parsons Outdoor Productions.

See another photo of Czerwinski’s trophies at the bottom of the Your Trophies gallery page.