“Killing the Big One” It was just any ordinary day in January and deer season was in full swing. We had been hunting hard all season and I was still yet to get my first ever deer. I was being patient though and not trying to rush things because even at the sight of deer my heart would start pounding out of my chest! My dad would always remind me “You just have to breath and stay calm then aim at the front shoulder and squeeze the trigger.”…
Day One, I’m a bloody coward. We encountered a lion and I bolted. I’m really not sure what came over me, but they are a damn terrifying thing in person. I talked with Wilson about it and he assured me everything was fine.…
Sports during the Elizabethan Era The popularity of Elizabethan sports began to grow tremendously within the rule of Queen Elizabeth. Most of the sports were dangerous and violent. Many people would get hurt competing in the sports. They were all taken very seriously and that led to heavy gambling.…
Dove Hunt It was a warm morning in Kansas. Trees were swaying but the only noise you could here was the beating of small wings on humid air. Across the field a hunter fired at a dove flying overhead, sending a clear message to all. Game on.…
Mount Diablo Asheley Schraeder in this story is a six foot tall red head. She loves horses, volleyball, and most of all basketball. She is a middle school teacher and high school varsity basketball and volleyball coach. She loves jeans and boots and always has confidence. The setting takes place on Mount Diablo in Clayton, California.…
Rough Draft-Application Essay Ever since I was a little kid my family has been hunting and going out into the whitetail woods in hopes of getting a nice buck. I remember going out to my grandparents and seeing the deer my family had harvested that fall, and wondering when I could finally get to go and experience what it was like myself. I always watched my dDad come home and have a little buck in the bed of his truck and I thought how come it wasn’t like in the hunting shows where they go out and shoot a massive buck.…
National Junior High Finals “It is guts and love and glory one mortals chance at fame his legacy is rodeo and cowboy is his name.” Baxter Black. This quote represents how I feel about rodeo. I made it to Junior High National Finals in Lebanon, Tennessee. You have only two weekend rodeos and then a state rodeo to make it to the finals, so you have to work extra hard and have consistent good runs.…
Dove and Duck hunting are two of America’s outdoorsman’s greatest pastimes. Dove and Duck hunting have always been thought to go hand in hand. Which is not surprising seeing as how everything from the way one starts training before the season opens, to the technique used to clean the birds preparing the quarry for the grill after an extensive morning hunt with friends and family, are near congruent. Although the sports are very much similar, each sport has its own benefits for whatever an outdoor enthusiast may value.…
That’s a long wait from four thirty to six o’clock am. It was worth the wait and excitement of hunting with my two older brothers. They picked on me and teased me, but they are my brothers and that’s what they do. My brothers told me that I would see many things that I couldn’t in the woods I never really believed them till that night.…
Something that happened to me was getting a deer stand, I felt amazed because I did not want to sit in a little stand with my parents so now I can sit in a bigger one with my parents,what I did when I opened it is that I thought it was my brothers,When I got it I was really surprised because I have always wanted one, It changed me by when my mom said something, when I I was surprised by getting a deer stand that stood 18 feet high that I got for christmas and it took 2 days and it was really complicated to put together. So when I opened the deer stand I was like really happy because I have always wanted my own deer stand so I did not have to hunt in a little one with my parents so now I can hunt in a bigger one with my parents.…
Summer of 2016, my family and I made a trip to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. The city of Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point is located on the Gulf of California. It's known for its beautiful scenery and dune-backed sandy beach. Tons of people around the world come to Rocky Point every year to unwind and have a good time. There are several reasons why Puerto Peñasco was such a memorable trip.…
At the age of 12, I was introduced to the sport of archery through my middle school. I was fortunate enough to shoot in tournaments around the country for four years, not only winning in my state of Texas but other states too. Shooting for my school drove me towards the sport of Bowhunting, and by doing this I found my passion. Through my passion for archery and bowhunting, I would make a business where I could design and manufacture compound bows for both tournament use and hunting. I believe that this business would be a good idea because bow companies and manufacturers today, concentrate too much on how the bow looks, rather than functionality, power, and technological innovation of a compound bow in this day and age could be.…
Sadly, we couldn’t get a shot because it was still way too dark but it definitely got my adrenaline going. That was the exact moment I knew I was going to love hunting. When we finally got to the stand, I crawled up the ladder and sat down on the seat that my dad had provided for me, anxiously waiting for my time to prove that I really could be a hunter. I set my .270 in the corner and sat there patiently waiting for the sun to rise. Watching the sun rise over the horizon was breathtaking.…
My First Deer One brisk 30 degree day in January, when I was nine years old, was a day for which I was extremely excited. My dad got me out of school earlier that day, so we could go deer hunting. I had already shot a turkey the year before, so guns were nothing new to me. We made a quick stop at my house so that we could pick up the .243 youth edition, a really short barreled .243, that my dad had bought just about a month before so that we could go hunting, and I would actually be able to handle the gun. At this point we did not have the hunting land that we do today, so we went to my grandpa’s house and hunted in the clearing of trees behind his house.…
One place that makes me content is being in the woods. The woods are a very silent, relaxing, and it allows me to think. I enjoy being in the woods and always have since I was a little girl. Whether it’s by myself or with my dad, being out there keeps me content. I have been hunting since I was about two months old.…