Deer

I saw the deer in the cross hairs of my scope; I took one last deep breath of the crisp winter air as my dad pressured me to hurry up, and I squeezed the trigger. I had never heard anything sound so loud in my life. My heart was beating through my chest as I looked down to see blood and shattered glass everywhere. The doe I was aiming for still standing in front of me unharmed. I was shaking uncontrollably, and not from the cold, but from the sight of what I had done. The smell of black power…

During this moment I realized how beautiful nature is when the outside world is a distant memory, and all we need to do is take advantage of the little things life gives us and never stress the big ones too much. Early that morning I woke up to go deer hunting. It was as dark as a room with no lights or windows. There was no moon and the stars were very dull. I never realized what nature would show me as soon as I would climb in my treestand later that morning. As I walked outside I realized it…

The Journey is Just Beginning Every November My dad and I make a journey up to Nebraska for our annual deer hunting trip. Every year the same memories are pulled out and a remembrance of the year before comes rushing out. The trip always starts in the morning. When the sun isn 't even up and the sound of fog and the earth sleeping come to ear. The cold engine on the car starting up and smoke storming out of the exhaust, and the feeling of a hot coffee in your hands to start the day. My dad looks…

It was the afternoon of November 31st, snow freshly on the ground. My dad and I drove to our property, ready to see some deer. Once I arrived at the property, I jumped out of the truck and put on all my gear. You could smell the freshness of the snow, and could almost feel the bitterness in the air. I put on my gloves, and grabbed my gun. I then made my way to the trail to head to the blind. Once we arrived at our ground blind, I gave my gun to my dad, and climbed up the ladder to get into the…

amount like this is just unfathomable and to even the highest anti-hunting activist out there it is a situation that must be taken care of. The whole entire environment has a chain reaction like system, each animals existence effects the rest. While deer may seem like the go to animal for hunting we must also think of the effect that others have as well. Predators like coyotes, fox, bobcat, weasel, fishers all play a role in controlling the population of other animals but what happens when they…

Deer Camp My mouth was open,I was snoring. All of the sudden I fly forward and hit the seat in front of me and I suddenly awake.’WHOA” I yelled loudly,what was that? “That goon ran his light”my mom yelled angrily. “Are we almost there” I asked,we are going to our Deer Camp and it is a really long drive. We were driving,and driving,and driving then I started to recognize the roads then I saw a sign. The sign said “Welcome to LaBelle” then I knew we were close. We were driving…

back to. I reckoned it was a sign. An art student named Congdi Wang used a single instrument, a ballpoint pen specifically, to draw Deer in Forest (Figure 1). Compared to my inept and appalling ability to draw or doodle anything noteworthy on a paper, I was captivated by the careful, yet striking execution of Wang’s skill. As the title suggests, the artwork depicts a deer in a forest while a young girl chases a butterfly nearby. The perspective of the drawing is almost as if the viewer is hiding…

Where did all the deer go? During deer season, old, and new trucks line up and down the road, most often before sunrise, filling the side ditch like farmers at an auction. Not only has the increase in deer hunters grown, but hunters are allowed to legally take 6 deer statewide. Many people see deer as a nuisance a road hazard or a trophy, none the less, the common, public misconception is that there are too many deer. On the contrary, I believe that there are few deer, and I would go as far to…

If, like me, you are fortunate enough to be able to hunt quality public land for whitetail deer throughout the Midwest and other areas throughout the country, you know the excitement and thrill that it can provide. I’m sure you are questioning my choice of words for the opening statement. I assure you I meant what I said. “Fortunate” and “public land” do not find themselves in the same sentence very often. Public land gets a bad rap, sometimes it is deserved and other times it certainly is…

I feel the excitement everyone else is feeling, like knowing you are about to win a prize that is important to not only you but to your family. Since this is my first time deer hunting I feel kind of pressured with the excitement. While we leave for the short five minute trip that its take to get to the hunting ground I notice that the feeling of the rough gravel roads and the loud buzzing noise the roads makes, makes me…