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BOISE • All Andrew Pike needed to go pheasant hunting was a new set of wheels, preferably in camo.

He could move around the house just fine with his current wheelchair. But after receiving a new, track chair Wednesday — complete with a matching camouflage seat and frame — Pike is now able to enjoy Idaho’s outdoors on his own.

In 2007, Pike was shot in the back by a sniper’s bullet while serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq. The injury left him paralyzed from the waist down. The former Kimberly High School football and baseball player grew up in south-central Idaho and developed a love for hunting and football early on.

Recognizing his service and sacrifice, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter presented Pike with a specialized wheelchair Wednesday at the Idaho Capitol.

Donations helped pay for the chair with all-terrain tractor like wheels, said Bill Potter, chairman of the Ketchum-based Higher Ground.

“This whole thing started two years ago when Andrew and I went fishing one afternoon in Hagerman,” Potter said. “I told Andrew, 'If you make one small move, you might fall in and I’m 70 years old, I’m not going to be able to get you out.'"