I would take branches off dead trees, and that would last me the night. The rabbit I caught finally let me go home. K: How did you catch it? Z: I had been sitting in a small evergreen tree, and the rabbit hopped into my sight, and I scoped it out; it had stopped to clean itself, only for a second. In that second I took my first shot, and hit its chest, killing it immediately.
Hunting is a sport, it challenges your brain and helps you vision when looking for movement. Hunting is a fun and enjoy the sport, it allows you to watch how wildlife works in mother nature. Most people hunt for the fun, to wake up early drink some coffee and go to your stand and look at God's’ beautiful earth. I have a lot of memories hunting and i've learned a lot of how to hunt and what to use from mistakes in the past. My most favorite memory was when it was a runt season in the middle of November, and a little buck ran into my stand chasing a doe.
In the beginning, they did not have much luck in finding any traces of any wildlife, but as they moved to a new ground, they do. Tub, starts to fall behind the rest of the group, hence his big body. When they found traces of a deer, they go into the farmer’s land and ask him if they could hunt in their land. Kenny, most athletic and active of them all, gets mad easily, and shoots at a tree, fence and in the end, the farmer’s dog. Little did they know, the farmer asked Kenny to kill the dog for him.
During the late fall whitetail will start their mating season or rut, at this time a doe ready to mate will leave her fawn in a patch of woods for two to three days looking for a suitable mate, and then return back to her fawn. The first year a buck fawn leaves it’s mother it begins to grow his first set of antlers. These antlers are two one to five inch points called spikes because of their resemblance to rail road spikes. Each year bucks will grow their antlers in the spring and lose them in winter.
We arrived at the hunting site which consisted of a terrain of various pine and oak trees nestled within a shallow valley tucked in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. Tom grabbed a shotgun from the gun rack, handed it to me and instructed me to get on the hood of the truck. Tom yelled, "If you see a squirrel, shoot at it." "No problem," I replied. By the end of the morning, I had dispatched three squirrels and felt I had fulfilled a duty which I should have experienced a long time ago as twelve year old with my father.
Growing up on the Great Plains was a hard but satisfying way of life. As a child I learned fast the ways to hunt buffalo with the grace and skill of my ancestors. A fully trained Sioux warrior could keep accuracy at full gallop up to 100 yards. By age 14 I was “counting coup” by touching an enemy either with my hand, bow or coup stick, then escaping. By successfully “counting coup” I earned an eagle feather each time and the right to wear it.
The plain Indians hunted buffalo, elk and sometimes antelope. To capture the animal they would try to surround the herd or they would try to get to high ground or places where they would be killed more easily. Hunting life was much easier after they had horses. They usually hunted with a bow and arrow, but after the white settlers arrived they started to trade guns. The Indians would usually hunt all year long.
My First Elk Hunting Trip by Colin Hillmer It was a cold day in the mountains of Colorado. I was hunting for big elk. The air was moist like it was going to rain soon. As I sat and looked out my spotting scope I saw a herd of elk a mile away. It felt awesome to see my first herd of elk.
Antlers, which are only found on males, are used to fend off dangerous animals and other males that are trying to get their mate for the year. Every winter, the deer loses the antlers that grew during the summer months. As a deer grows older and the genetics are there, the antlers can grow to amazing lengths and sizes. Once a deer ages past maximum potential in antler size, it is possible and common that a male deer’s antler size will decrease. A deer’s eyes are very large and are located on the side of the head so they can use them to assist their other danger alarming characteristics to spot movement and
“Easily overtaking the struggling deer, I move beside him, hold for the lungs, and shoot him again through the chest. The buck’s final breaths cloud the cold evening air. Feeling more sadness than elation, I step aside and watch him die.” Through this short excerpt from M.R. James’ Dealing with Death, we are introduced to a hunter who is connected to the natural world on a deeper level than anyone could understand. Hunters take pride in their strengths to take another life, and like most, appreciate life and death more so than a non-hunter.