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and my gun rest- the previous morning and we
ing on my lap. still did not see anything. I was
Now we just wait becoming a little disappointed,
patiently for the but my dad reassured me that
deer to walk our we had three hunts left and he
way. would do his best to get me a
deer. That afternoon he went
It is now
nine o’clock and out to one of his leases and put
we have not seen out corn. He also made me a
a single thing. So stand for my gun, so it would be
we check our deer easier for me to aim at the deer.
camera, then Saturday evening we went to
head back out the land we bought to build our
Abbigaile Cherry of the woods. house on, and got situated for
It was disap- the deer to come our way. We
waited till dark, then headed
Senior Division Lady pointing, but back home after seeing no deer
there was
still an at all. That night I tossed and
Grade: 10 Age: 15 whole turned all night, thinking about
weekend our weekend and hoping I would
ahead of us. see something the final day of
Sharing the Heritage youth season.
We get home and my mom had
It’s five o’clock in the morning on made a big breakfast for us. We
Friday, and I hear the blaring ate and were eagerly “the blaring alarm go
alarm go off. I immediately went waiting for the evening
to hit snooze, but then I remem- to come so we could get off. I immediately went
bered it was the first day of back into the woods. to hit snooze, but then I
youth season, and I jumped out Friday evening we
of bed. I put on my camo and moved to a new spot, remembered it was the
orange, poured cup of coffee, hoping we would see
and my dad and I were out the something there. We first day of youth season,
door. In our old red truck, my waited and waited, but
dad and I were excitedly talking we still did not see anything. My
about our weekend to come. dad and I went home, ate din-
Once we got to the lease, we ner, and got to bed early so we
quietly climbed out of the truck, would not be tired in our adven-
grabbed our folding chairs, and tures the next day.
started walking into the dark Saturday morning we re-
woods. We get all situated with turned to the lease we were at
our chairs hidden behind a tree Page 5
