Essay on Personal Narrative- Moose Hunt - 2054 Words

Personal Narrative- Moose Hunt It was the middle of October, and it was finally time for my long awaited moose hunt. I have waited ever since I was a little girl for this opportunity, and it was finally here. So, my father and I packed up our stuff and left the warmth of Phoenix. We were leaving the Valley of the Sun and headed for a place called Wyoming. After two days and fourteen long hours of driving, we made it to our hunting unit. The mountains were tall (11,000 feet +) and covered with bright powdery snow. It was like nothing I had ever seen before. I was eager to set-up camp and prepare for our nine day hunt. But, Dad said that we had to drive around and check out all the good places, just to make sure that we were in†¦show more content†¦Unfortunately, it went nothing like that. First, it was so cold that our alarm did not work. I would never have guessed that I could get ready for a hunt in 15 minutes! Of course, that did not leave time for breakfast, or even coffee for Dad. We still made it to our spot by daybreak. We parked behind some trees about a half mile from our last moose sighting and started stalking closer. We were nearly to the Moose spot when we heard another vehicle coming down the trail behind us. We thought for sure that no one would be so un-sportsman-like that they would just drive by us and start shooting. It had to be obvious that we were stalking that Moose. But just in case, we hurried it up and ran down the trail. As we turned the corner, we saw the pickup stopped in the middle of the trail and the hunters were below the road glassing and talking loudly. And right across the gulch in front of them was my moose with the cow and calf. Things were just going great! I thought for sure that they were going to shoot my Moose. But my dad wasnt going to let that happen. We ran right by the truck and set-up in the nearest spot we could see the Moose. It was a pretty bad position and I was basically laying backward in the middle of a bush trying to get steady. The other hunters were kneeling down and looking through their scopes. My dad could not believe his eyes and all he said was shoot, and make sure you getShow MoreRelatedThe Most Dangerous Game8910 Words   |  36 PagesRichard Connell Mr. Urban – English 1 Name: ___________________________________ Period: ____ Key Literary Terms â€Å"The Most Dangerous Game† A protagonist is the main character (the central or primary personal figure) of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, video game, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narratives plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy. The principal opponent of the protagonist is a character known as the antagonist,Read MoreJack Londons Naturalism5435 Words   |  22 Pagestruth a protest against the â€Å"humanizing† of animals, of which it seemed to me several â€Å"animal writers† had been profoundly guilty. Time and again, and many times, in my narratives, I wrote, speaking of my dog heroes: â€Å"He did not think these things; he merely did them,† etc. And I did this repeatedly to the clogging of my narrative and in violation of my artistic canons; and I did it in order to hammer into the average human understanding that these dog-heroes of mine were not directed by abstractRead MoreEssay on Silent Spring - Rachel Carson30092 Words   |  121 Pagesthat are not intended targets. An example of this kind of disastrous scenario is the unintended decimation of willows in Wyoming, which along with the sage brush intended to be killed and the meandering streams sheltered by the willows, suppor ted moose, beaver, trout, and waterfowl. All the animals that depended on the willows were destroyed. Numerous other examples are given of widespread chemical spraying to control unwanted plants. In many cases, the spraying is killing wildflowers and other plant