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an
to have back to before Oklahoma
amazing mentor was admitted as a state. Na-
who taught my tive Americans and others
dad everything alike hunted for pur survival
he knows about throughout history. In some
hunting, evenhomes, the meat gained

though he was- through hunting was the main
n’t family. This source of food. If no game
teacher was Bob was brought in, many of

Foulkrod, a re- these families had very little
nowned hunter to eat. This causes me to ap-
from Pennsyl- preciate how fortunate we
Cloe Serre vania. They are, and I feel proud that


Senior Division Lady spent years hunting has not died, even
hunting to- though it is no longer a ne-
Grade: 9 Age: 15 gether. cessity of life.

Teacher: Keith Little Several There are an infinite number

years lat- of reasons that people hunt.
er, after I was born, my
Many hunt only for the tro-
Sharing the Heritage dad passed down to me eve- phy, or for bragging rights.
that
Bob
rything
o me, the heritage of
When I am
T hunting means so “I am proud to be able hunting,
Foulkrod had taught
to share both my
him. I was instilled with
much more to me
however, I
family’s heritage and
a love of hunting from a
than just the trophy. I am
very young age, and I
proud to be able to share the hunting heritage of feel like I
con-
truly
Oklahoma.”
both my family’s heritage and can’t imagine what my nect with
the hunting heritage of Okla- life would be like with- nature. While I am praying
homa. out it. Both of these men in- over a fallen animal as a
spire me every day, and I am
When I was little, my dad thank you for it life, I start to
lucky to be able to share my
would tell stories about how family’s heritage of hunting. feel an overwhelming sense
he used to wake up before of pride, as I think about how
People have hunted in Okla- many people before me have
dawn just so he could get
homa for hundreds and even shared this moment with na-
some hunting in before
school. He had the privilege thousands of years, dating ture.
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