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    STORIES FROM THE NEXT GENERATION

    Dec 02, 2019 4 minutes

    A GREAT DAYS HUNTING

    BY DYLAN PEAKE 11

    One morning, I'm thinking it’s time to go for a hunt

    Warm clothes on, guns ready, ute packed, time to head off into the misty darkness of the morning.

    We were spotting and looking out the back of our own farm, heading towards the river. I think I see an animals head. I tapped on the roof, and we came to a stop. I showed Dad where I thought the deer was. He aims straight at the deer. He breathes in and out before slowly putting pressure on the trigger... boom! The deer drops, rolling down the hill and into a swamp.

    We go to get the deer and it's still alive. I finish the 12 pointer deer

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