Why Do People Hunt?

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One day a group men went out hunting bears, but what they didn’t know is that they were the ones being hunted. It started off with Aldo, he invited his friends to go hunting. Aldo knew that Jack and Berto were right in when he said the word “hunt”. But Sammy’s face had completely opposed the fact of going to hunt because he was the coward in the clang. Eventually, his friends persuaded him to join and to make that summer one of the most memorable ones.
A week had past by, and everyone was ready to go hunting. Everyone but Sammy, he had this jittery feeling. The feeling that he had was as if it was telling him not to go. He went through all his things, making sure that he had everything. Aldo, Jack, and Berto pulled up in his driveway honking,
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The four split up in groups of two Aldo with Jack and Sammy with Berto. That way they were likely to find a bear. As Sammy and Berto were walking, Sammy caught a glimpse of a blood streak dripping off of a leaf,as if something was killed gruesomely. Berto started following the streak of blood to see if it led them somewhere. Just as they started following the streak of blood they heard a gunshot. Sammy ducked with fear, while Berto ran towrds the sound of the shot thinking that Jack and Aldo have spotted a bear. Sammy lost Berto in the dense forest, then heard another shot. Sammy went towards the gunshot hoping that it he would see Aldo, Jack, and Berto with a dead bear. But what he saw was impeccable, he saw Berto lying down in a puddle of blood. He was shot in the knee. Sammy was screaming for help, he didn’t know what to do. In a matter of minutes his companions appeared. They pick Berto off the ground and took him to the tent. They tried calling the ambulance, but they had no reception. Aldo attempt to start the truck but the battery ran out. Jack got some alcohol and poured some on Berto’s leg, Berto screamed with all the will that was in him. Berto was in a tremendous amount of pain, and was exceedingly injured. The night was soon to come and they were stranded there. They had to think of something, Aldo said that they should stand on the side of the road and

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