This year marks two years since Cynthia Wiford of Ohio fell 16 feet while climbing into her ladder stand, leaving her with a spinal cord injury. Since her fall, she’s not only recovered but has been recovering big bucks each year.

On Oct. 31, 2021, one year to the day after being released from rehab in a wheelchair, Wiford bagged a Brown County bruiser during a morning hunt — the ultimate redemption.

This year, Wiford killed the buck of a lifetime that she’d been hunting all season. She made a 190-yard shot while 20 feet up in a hang-on stand — and at 27 weeks pregnant! 

In an Instagram post six months after the accident, Wiford wrote, “Two rods and four screws later…everything happens for a reason so you can catch me overcoming this and living life to the fullest!” She has certainly done that.