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My grandad still hunts to this gun, my dad took me out to the
day! Then the same heritage farm and made me sight in my
was passed down again! Also, gun. Once I got it sighted in, he
my grandad taught his son, my woke me up early the next
dad, how to hunt. My dad and morning, and we went to my
grandad’s favorite hobby to do great grandad’s house to get
together is probably to go hunt- set up for the hunt. My dad had
ing. I do not blame them! It is previously set up a deer blind,
one of my favorite pastimes. and we went to get into the
They use bows or rifles to kill blind. While sitting in the blind,
the animal that they are hunt- we both watched through our
ing. The animal that is hunted binoculars, and then in came
most in my family is deer. My the doe. I shot her with my 6
dad was the one who taught my mm, and she dropped right
mom, sister, there. This made me really ex-
and me to cited, but I think it excited my
hunt! He dad more.
Junior Division Girl is the My family’s heritage consists of
best hunter I
Grade: 6 Teacher: Mrs. King know. My mom harvesting deer, making them
into jerky, and spending time
Age: 12 School: Cheyenne has killed four with my family. To say the least,
my family would not be the
deer. My sister
has also killed four same without getting to go
Hunting: Sharing the deer! I have killed five deer. hunting every year. It is definite-
My family consumes every deer ly a privilege that my family has
Heritage we harvest by turning them into made this a tradition. I hope
deer jerky. We have our own that this heritage continues on
My family has been hunting setup, which includes: jerky for many more generations.
since before I was born. My sis- marinade, a slicer, and a com-
ter, mom, dad, grandad, and mercial dehydrator. Every year
great grandad have been hunt- it is my goal to kill at least one
ing for over 50 years. The love deer to have my own, delicious
of hunting runs in my family. My deer jerky.
family’s heritage consists of The first deer I killed, I used a
harvesting deer, making them crossbow. Then I wanted to try
into jerky, and spending time something a little different, so I
with my family. tried using a 6 mm Remington. I
It all started with my great gran- loved using that gun, so that
dad. He started hunting, and he was the one I used to kill the
has killed more deer than one other four deer that I shot. The
can count. Then he taught his first year that I hunted with a
son, my grandad, how to hunt.
