He slowly approached the road that seemed to stretch forever to the north and bent east after about a mile on the southern bound lane. He looked up at the power lines and followed them as far back as his eyes permitted. Squinting through the slight fog he could see the faint outline of the highland that he had been upon. He looked back at the sun-bleached, rotting road and sighed. Although he lived disconnected from society, he felt as if he connected to something else. He later realized that on his hike in Superior Forest, he had crossed the border into Canada. He also found a passion for camping. But he decided to go home and see his family.. As he walked he thought back to that one elk that he saw on the ridge. Constantly moving, disappearing,
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Its puffy little cheeks bulged like a balloon that was about to pop. But it was at this point he saw a wild and magnificent beast. Four miles down the trail he spotted the long neck as well as the indicative antlers, seeming to branch out for hundreds of feet. An elk whose tines stretched unlike any other elk he had ever seen. Less than a hundred yards away he stood with his sheer size leaving Thomas in awe. “His neck must be a foot wide”, Thomas thought. With every step he took the elk’s neck shook and grumbled. He began to pursue the beast leaving the trail for an unforgettable picture. As he got closer a herd of cows moved in. It was the seen for a great picture but Thomas knew that the best pictures were the hardest to get. He began to pursue the bull to get him isolated. As he pursued, the bull and the cows noticed him a few times and ran less than thirty feet every time that they were startled. He pursued for hours. Waiting for the bull to stand alone and away from the cows he crept up. He propped himself up on a rock. He placed his backpack down and placed his elbows on it to steady the shot. He imagined what the camera was seeing. He positioned the camera multiple times. He finally had it set for the perfect picture and right before he clicked the button a cow bleated and the bull perked up. He lifted his head and bugled. Thomas saw this and took …show more content…
Since then he has been connecting with nature. He had been adding acorns to a pile that a squirrel made. When the squirrel came he got a picture of it. He drank water from a stream within 20 feet of a deer who acted like he was supposed to be there. He got a picture of that too. But he was growing hungry. He needed to eat and he didn’t know what type of plants he could eat. He knew that he could eat grass but it would not produce enough energy. He needed to kill something. He thought about a squirrel because they are so abundant, but after a few tries he realized that wasn’t going to happen. They were too quick and unpredictable. He decided that he would have to lure something in. He was hoping he get a fox to come. He reluctantly devised a plan that would allow him to kill a predator that came in. He set up a fire pit and put a ton of wood nearby so he could see anything that would come. His plan was dangerous and Thomas grew anxious as the night went
Its puffy little cheeks bulged like a balloon that was about to pop. But it was at this point he saw a wild and magnificent beast. Four miles down the trail he spotted the long neck as well as the indicative antlers, seeming to branch out for hundreds of feet. An elk whose tines stretched unlike any other elk he had ever seen. Less than a hundred yards away he stood with his sheer size leaving Thomas in awe. “His neck must be a foot wide”, Thomas thought. With every step he took the elk’s neck shook and grumbled. He began to pursue the beast leaving the trail for an unforgettable picture. As he got closer a herd of cows moved in. It was the seen for a great picture but Thomas knew that the best pictures were the hardest to get. He began to pursue the bull to get him isolated. As he pursued, the bull and the cows noticed him a few times and ran less than thirty feet every time that they were startled. He pursued for hours. Waiting for the bull to stand alone and away from the cows he crept up. He propped himself up on a rock. He placed his backpack down and placed his elbows on it to steady the shot. He imagined what the camera was seeing. He positioned the camera multiple times. He finally had it set for the perfect picture and right before he clicked the button a cow bleated and the bull perked up. He lifted his head and bugled. Thomas saw this and took …show more content…
Since then he has been connecting with nature. He had been adding acorns to a pile that a squirrel made. When the squirrel came he got a picture of it. He drank water from a stream within 20 feet of a deer who acted like he was supposed to be there. He got a picture of that too. But he was growing hungry. He needed to eat and he didn’t know what type of plants he could eat. He knew that he could eat grass but it would not produce enough energy. He needed to kill something. He thought about a squirrel because they are so abundant, but after a few tries he realized that wasn’t going to happen. They were too quick and unpredictable. He decided that he would have to lure something in. He was hoping he get a fox to come. He reluctantly devised a plan that would allow him to kill a predator that came in. He set up a fire pit and put a ton of wood nearby so he could see anything that would come. His plan was dangerous and Thomas grew anxious as the night went