Deer Hunt!!!

My sister, dad and I flew by plane to visit a friend of my father. When we arrived a ranch-hand was waiting for us at the airport to pick us up to go to the ranch. He was wearing a cool cowboy hat, boots, and a beautiful belt buckle. We were there to hunt deer—really big deer!! When we arrived at the Ranch, a large group of the cute dogs were there to greet us. We got ourselves situated, and ready for the next day’s hunt.

Exited for the hunt to begin, I could not wait until my father’s friend had us climb in to his truck to go to the hunting grounds. We drove to a good spot, hopping to find good bucks! Our host hid us by a fence, and rattled two deer horns together, looking to attract some bucks to our hide. After some time, none came. So we traveled to another area of the ranch. And no sooner we stop to look through binoculars at a distant field we look to the side of where we had stopped, and there it was, lying in the grass, a HUGE buck!!!! He was really close, but he must have thought that we could not see him, since he stayed lying behind the grass. My heart racing as I took the .243 rifle my father handed me, and took aim. I heard whispers of ‘shoot for the neck.’ Because it was the only thing I could see.

I pulled the trigger slowly, then BANG! I missed; the deer had scrambled to its feet and ran away. Oh well I will have to do better next time. The rest of the day, we continued looking for a trophy deer, but they were hard to find.

The next day we did the same thing but this time we went to a totally different place. Then we saw a figure in the distance. A deer! My father’s friend said it was a trophy. I took the rifle, slowly aimed at his vitals and pulled the trigger BANG! I DID IT! I shot a deer! I was so happy! What a beautiful deer. His horns were so big. I could not wait to touch him.

Traveling to hunt with my father’s friend was very exiting. It was great to see such a beautiful area, meet such nice and friendly people. It was an experience I will never forget.

Bye for Now,

Kristina