Page 6 - Safari Trails December 2017

It was eight thirty-five when I while, we went to look for it. My
woke up and I became panicked dad told me to go sit in the truck
that I had slept through my since it was dark. He looked for
alarm. I raced out of bed into about an hour, then came back
the living room to see my family to the truck empty handed. I
watching television. It turns out was so disappointed.
it was so windy that we could Even though I did not
not go that morning. I now come home with anything that
thought that there was no way weekend, I gained an experi-
that I was going to shoot a deer.
ence with my dad that I will nev-
Sunday evening we head er forget. Spending that quality
out to the lease that we had not time with him was far more valu-
been to yet. We walked over able to me than bringing home a
the open field to the blind he deer. I will never forget the
had set up right in front of the times that my dad and I spend in
deer feeder. We get all set up in the woods together. Hunting
our blind, and it wasn’t but five with my dad has been some of
minutes later that three does the best experiences of my life.
walked out about one hundred
feet in front of us. The deer
stayed there for about an hour.
Then, right before it was too
dark to see, my dad tapped me
on the shoulder to look up. I
slowly lifted my head up and
saw a small buck standing
there. My heart started beating
so hard I thought it was going to
come out of my chest.
I slowly pulled up my gun
and put it firmly against my
shoulder. I found the deer in the
scope, and I put the crosshairs
in the middle of the deer, and
pulled the trigger. My heart was
beating so fast. I looked over at
my dad and asked if I shot him,
my dad broke out into a big
smile and said yes. After a Page 6