Short Story On The Deadbuck

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Jamie swallowed and pulled the trigger! He misses... but both of the deer didn’t move they were looking straight at him. Jamie took a deep breath and slowly put a new shell in the barrel and pulled it back and fired. The shot rang out again and this time it hit the buck! It was a perfect shot, “I can't believe I actually did it” Jamie thought. Jamie got up and stepped over the fallen branches over to the dead buck. His heart was racing and each step felt quick and hard. Jamie looked over the buck and saw he shot right for the heart. Jamie placed his gun on the ground and grabbed for his knife out of his butt pocket. He opened it up, it was shiny and he could see his reflection in it. Jamie felt proud but then nervous about what

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