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Hunters in the snow setting
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I was sitting in a walk in freezer tempted to leave. Well actually I was sitting in my stand, but it felt like I was in a freezer. (I was beginning to doubt myself that I won't see a deer). A couple minutes later, I heard ruffling and swooshing of the leaves. I looked out the stand (I thought it was more birds eating the corn) and saw a brown object through my binoculars. At last, after a long, cold time of waiting, it was a buck coming right into the bait pile. I lifted my gun up, rested my finger on the trigger, and felt the smooth plastic. I looked down the scope trying to find the deer. I finally found the deer, and I lined up the cross right above the deer's ribs. “Bang!” was all I could hear, as my shot echoed throughout the woods. I could smell a burning scent and could see …show more content…
I ran down the steps as fast as I could, like a cheetah chasing its prey. I almost fell down the steps because my adrenaline was so high. I ran to the deer and grabbed the smooth, but rough pointy antlers. (Almost scraping my hands up). I heard the clicking of the camera, so I knew my dad was taking pictures of me. After taking 10,000 pictures, my dad and I lifted the deer into the back of the fourwheeler. We drove back to the garage. We set the deer on the table, and I started gutting it out. Blood squirted out, as If I was getting hit by the jets at a car wash. After all the bad meat was out of the deer, we hung the deer up, (Except the deer is cut apart) like a scarecrow would on a wooden post. When the deer was done draining out, we took it to Gary’s. He cut up the deer as easy as slicing through cheese. After the good meat was out of the deer, we brought it to Maplewoods to get processed. I couldn't wait for my taste buds to experience the juicy, tender venison meat. Once I got my lips on the meat, I felt accomplished and glad I sat in the cold all day. I thanked my dad for hunting with me, and I thanked myself for not shaking when I shot the
It took about an hour to climb to the top of the mountain because the higher we got, the steeper it was and the more challenging it got to climb because of the loose gravel and rocks. Once we reached the top of the mountain we sat down on the floor to eat some hot Cheetos and drink some of our Gatorade. After catching our breath, we began to take pictures and we saw a skunk on the opposite side of the mountain away from the park. We had never seen a skunk before so we were eager to take a picture with it. As we began our journey down towards the skunk, there was a huge rock on the edge of the mountain that I wanted to stand on and take a picture so that I could capture the beautiful scenery in the background. Smiley wanted to take the same picture as well but when he stood on the rock, it tilted over and rolled down the mountain along with my brother. He was holding the lantern when he fell so I no longer had any light. The only light source available was the screen on my phone and the flash on the camera. The first thing I did was take a picture of the bottom of the mountain to see where my brother was at. To his luck, he only suffered a broken leg. So he wouldn’t think about the pain,
...sed the cross hairs on its chest and took a shot. The deer jumped straight up in the air and then started running right at me. I racked another shell in the chamber. At less than ten yards I took another shot. This time the deer did two somersaults and landed about seven feet from me. Excited I got up to take a look, the deer was definitely dead. He laid there on the ground in front of me with the nerves in his massive body still twitching. He was a nice ten point, this really made me happy because he was bigger than my brothers. My first shot had hit him in that shoulder, because I was probably shaking when I shot and this threw my shot off. My second shot went threw the neck and into the chest. After sitting and enjoying the moment I gutted him and drug him up to the house. This last season turned out to be my best ever because I was persistent and never gave up.
As the deer fed at the marsh's edge, it's tail flickering as it nibbled tender and ripe green growth. Then the nervous animal pauses in it's feeding and lifted its head to listen. Whatever hint of danger the deer had sensed was ignored once the threat could not be located. It stamped a forefoot, lowered its head and began to eat once more, this deer had failed to detect a Florida panther that was downwind (going into the wind) crouched low in the underbrush. Amber eyes however, estimated the distance between himself and the deer. Then at the right moment attacked the deer, with bounds at over twenty feet at a time the panther exploded out of the underbrush pouncing on the deer and forcing it to the ground. Within fifteen seconds that panther stood breathing heavily over his unfortunate victim of life and death. This scene has been going on for many years, the battle of predator and prey, but know the new predators are humans almost virtually wiping out the entire population leaving only an estimated 30 - 50 Florida panthers left.
Six a.m. and the sky is turning a light blue. The night's shade is dissipating slowly, and I can begin to see my surroundings a little better. A shot rings out from the west, and that signals nearby hunters. I hope they drove some game my way. Within a few minutes, there is rustling in the brush below me. A young buck is coming within range. He's a big one too; I can see about eight points from where I am. He is cautious and sniffs at the air and flicks out his tongue often. His coat is a light brown color like khaki. There are white markings along his flank, and he has a stubby little white fluff of fur for a tail. I disengage the safety on my rifle. The bolt is forward on the gun, and I know there's a round in the chamber. I steady myself. I turn ever so slightly to get a better angle.
Most owls are nocturnal birds that are found everywhere in the world. The fossils of the owls’ existence have dated back 54 million years ago. There are 205 different owl species. The owl species are divided into 2 different groups, one known as the barn owl, and the other as the true owls. True owls are more common than barn owls. The picture above shows a burrowing owl, which is a species of true owls. They have round faces where as barn owls have heart shaped faces. Most owls use their binocular vision to hunt prey. Owls have large eyes that set forward on their heads that allow them to have excellent depth perception. Their eyes have several large special cells called rods that are sensitive to low light. Their eyes are fixed in their
While hunting with my brother and my father, we received an incoming transmission via satellite phone, for the reason we had a satellite phone is how big my uncle’s ranch can be. My mother was screaming, I heard her on the device, she said that there was a cougar outside the cabin, by the vehicle used to leave the ranch, plus my sisters screech’s. My father ran so fast and so quick I lost sight of him, but scared I was not, for my brother was with me. The responsibility of taking charge of a child kicked in, my father announced on the walkie-talkie to escort and protect my brother while on route to the nearest safe house (a hunting blind). I had a 12 gauge shotgun, plus a .40 caliber pistol, while Daniel had nothing more than binoculars, water, and sunscreen. We were only 10 yards away from the entrance when we heard rustling coming from the bushes behind us, I whispered to Daniel to sprint to the door, and I’ll be right behind him. As soon as he ran, a colossal male boar charged, I didn’t wish to kill anything if it hadn’t come down to it, but to survive I shot 1 shot from the shotgun to halt the forensic creature, although that was not enough. I shot again, taking aim at the head, my heart racing, memories of all my family appeared in a flash, and I must stay strong, for Daniel. Thankfully, it was enough to put an end to that boar’s life, but my brother captured the whole event, he’ll never forget that. I called for Father to inform him of what had just taken place, he said, “stay calm, stay on guard, and good shooting son, we are on our way”. I was awake for 12 hours straight, while Daniel lay sleeping on the bed, when it was 4:32 in the morning, we are were finally on our way home. At the moment we parked in the drive way, my dad talked to me saying, “Kevin, you did well considering the
On a cloudless September afternoon, a hunter stands with a defeated look upon his face. He sighs in disappointment as he watches a bull run through the aspens. He is still shaking in excitement and frustration. He did everything he could, but the bull didn't live that long by being stupid. I had never had that type of rush before, even though I had been defeated I was hooked on bow hunting.
I knocked the arrow, drew back the string until I could feel the fabric of it on my face, and released. The first thing I heard was a “WHIZZZ!” of the arrow flying through the air, but the next thing a heard was a rustle in the grass behind the chair. “AWW!,” I missed I said as I went to retrieve the arrow. I was missing a lot, and was about to go inside when my brother, who had also bought a bow, but only three arrows, said,”I want to have a shoot off with you”.
It was the middle of October, and it was finally time for my long awaited moose hunt. I have waited ever since I was a little girl for this opportunity, and it was finally here. So, my father and I packed up our stuff and left the warmth of Phoenix. We were leaving the "Valley of the Sun" and headed for a place called Wyoming. After two days and fourteen long hours of driving, we made it to our hunting unit.
My heart began to beat very rapidly and I breathed deeply to try to calm myself. These deer would step into a clearing in a few feet, and I needed to try to be calm to make a good shot. I picked a spot where I thought that the buck would pass and estimated the distance. I guessed the range to be fifteen yards and waited. I let the doe pass through my ...
dense foliage that allows their camouflage to make them hard to find. They are also nimble flyers with hearing so acute they can snatch prey in the complete dark. The left ear of the long-eared owl is higher up than the left ear. This adaptation allows for the owl to hunt by sound. The Taiga Biome states, “This is helpful in forest areas where the owl has to rely on its hearing in order to maneuver through the trees to find its prey.” Hearing is a major component to the survival of a long-eared owl. Long-eared owls are native to California but have migrated to the northern part of North America and Eurasia. Field Guide to Birds of North America states, “Native to Europe, Asia, and North America and introduced to Cuba, this bird prefers forest,
After school on this day, a friend and I decided to go hunting before our evening basketball practice. I really don't know why we called it hunting, because we didn't have an idea exactly what we were hunting for. We had forty acres of my backyard to do our merciless killing of defenseless animals. We were two ignorant kids with semi-automatic and lever-action .22 caliber rifles. As we strolled into the woods to see what terror we could create for the creatures of the forest, we noticed a large abundance of squirrels. They seemed to be dancing around as if they were gathering there before us in groups--laughing at us, begging us to shoot them. We had to keep walking, for we were still too close to the neighboring houses to be shooting these rifles. So we trudged along, occasionally commenting on how the leaves crunching beneath our feet would scare off the squirrels, as if we were some fierce snipers in desperate need of stealth.
I have a love for cats. Ever since I was a teenager I always wished for a cat of my own. When I moved in a three story apartment in California, the Manager of the complex said that cats were allowed in the units. I mentioned to my Aunt at the time that I was searching in the newspapers under advertisements for cats wanted. One cool breezy evening, my Aunt called me and said that a friend of her's named Judy had a cat named Katie who did not get along with her other two cats. So I agreed to meet with Judy to see if I'd love to adopt Katie.
Animals wanted to die and by me eating them I gave them a way out of their pain and suffering. I thought that maybe they went in their sleep and the deaths were peaceful and silent. I whole heartily believed in this illusion until one day when I had turned on the television I see a completely new whole at hand. Pure white feathers as white as a fresh blanket of snow covered in bright red almost electric blood smearing the floor below it. This was my lunch, and dinner was in the slaughter house waiting for her turn not even knowing where she is going or how this will end. Turkeys with broken necks, still breathing, watching, waiting for hope of their savior, a rotating saw that would finish the job. This was my Thanksgiving, my Christmas, my Saturday, my week, my life. My life I was living, I was nothing but an accomplice to murder. In ninety minutes my world had changed from a crystal chandelier to a foggy windshield on a rainy day. I can never un-see what I had witnessed that day in fact I still experience nightmares and visions of what I saw.
Anyway, there we were, driving in the middle of the desert with the CD player going, and the darkness all around. Suddenly, a large javelina crossed the road, and I hit that wild pig with a big old “bang!” I didn’t have time to think about stepping on the brakes, because one second there was just the road before us, and the next there was this javelina.