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what we had expected. It was
4:30 PM, and we heard some
noise behind us that was get-
ting closer and closer. We
looked over to our right and
saw a nice buck walking about
forty yards from us. We grunted
at him to get his attention. My
dad and I thought that the buck
would come to us, but he didn’t
want to wander our way. So my
dad rubbed one of our rattling
antlers on a tree behind us
thinking he would come. Sure
enough, he
started
walking
Junior Division Boy straight
towards us.
Grade: 9 Teacher: Travis Bradshaw That buck came
Age: 14 School: Elgin Public within fourteen
yards, and I shot
him and watched
Archery: What I like him run away. We later found
him dead, and I was so happy
about Archery in the that my skills and my bow
helped me reach another goal. I
Schools and had my very first buck to brag
about.
Bowhunting : I have yet to truly master the
skill of bowhunting, but I feel I
am well on my way to under-
… (Continued) ... standing what it means to be a
After that, I set another goal for bowhunter. I have started my
myself of shooting a buck with journey, and I truly love shoot-
my bow. I had no luck at first. ing a bow and watching the ar-
Then, it was a couple of weeks rows fly. Bowhunting has be-
that my dad and I went out come my passion and some-
hunting just for fun; we didn’t thing I believe will bring me joy
think we were going to shoot a for years to come
buck. Little did we know, our 61
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