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opening day we wait and hunted wild turkeys and fish
watch the animals. I feel calm with spears. They used the
and happy because we are in deer for gloves in the winters,
the woods or in the fields track- bookbinding, and many other
ing an animal. Especially, when things. Deer skin was used to
we explore our terrain and look produce buckskin as well as a
at animal burrows and dens. chamois-like leather. They trad-
Learning different ways to pre- ed it for things like iron tools,
pare, scout, or hunt, to include kettles, knives, firearms, ammu-
what animals to hunt for during nition, and gunpowder. They
their season. also hunted small game like
rabbits. They use other weap-
Hunting means different things ons as well such as tomahawks
to many people, but for my fam- and war clubs.
ily it’s tradition. To some it is a
joyous experience, Bow and arrows were effective
pass-time or hobby. when it came to speed, accura-
Adalee Ward To my grandparents cy, stealth, and mobility. War
clubs were blunt and effective
it is a way of life be-
Senior Division Girl cause they hunt as for a quick blow at a close
a way to provide for range. Tomahawks are flexible
Grade: 11 Teacher: Matthew Belicek the family. For my mom, it weapons in warfare that could
Age: 16 School: Weleetka Public is a way to keep our fami- be thrown from a medium dis-
ly's heritage alive and tance or used in hand-to-hand
growing. Our land has been combat. Rifles could be fired
Hunting, Sharing hunted for many generations, several times without reloading.
since it was allotted to my Na- Spears were used for hunting
the Heritage: tive American ancestors by the and fishing, they were not used
United States Government. We much in war.
When I go hunting I like to learn
new things about the animals have a 1929 Remington 30 cali-
with my mom or grandparents. I ber. My mom used it as her first Even though we do not use the
like to spend time with my fami- gun and then it was handed to same technique as our ances-
ly when we are setting up me the first time I went hunting. tors, we still continue to hunt.
blinds, tree stands, or tripods. We also pass down animal calls We still provide for our family
My family makes it easy to en- and techniques to younger gen- and keep traditions alive. We
joy the overall process of track- erations. will teach the generations to
ing, cleaning and sighting in our come what we learned from the
guns or getting our hunting site Sometimes we use our ances- past. Even if it is just preparing
ready. My sister and I laugh tors' ways to hunt when we bow a kill to be processed, because
while putting on our camo be- hunt but only if we are good at this to me is a way to keep our
cause of how big they are on shooting. They mostly hunted heritage going for years to
us. In the cool morning air of deer, such as white tails,or E’co come.
as they would say but they also
