Hunting Gone Wrong
By Jace Conway and Cullen O’Heron
Tim is 25 years old and lives near Estes Park, Colorado, in a country house. Tim’s house is small, but cozy. The home is filled with animal mounts and two dogs named Tom and Jerry. Tom and Jerry are good cattle dogs, trusting and loyal till the end!
Tim has two brothers, Mike and John, who are coming to visit Tim for elk hunting. All three brothers are legal to shoot elk in Colorado. Tim’s dad taught him and his brothers about hunting and how to be safe, and what to wear.
It was midnight when Tim was waiting for his brothers to arrive. It was then that he heard a monster bull elk. Tim was excited because he had something to hunt tomorrow! It was 1:30 a.m. when his brothers got there, and they were ready for bed.
Tim and his brothers woke up ready to hunt at 6 a.m. They got settled in their stand and didn’t see anything but mule deer that day. That was so disappointing. When one goes elk hunting, one wants to see elk, not mule deer!
Tim was discouraged, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to hunt tomorrow. The next morning, Tim got his gun ready because they were doing drives today. They drove up the mountains and got set. Tim was a driver and saw an elk and chased it toward Mike. Mike thought Tim was coming from the other side, so he shot. Then Tim dove to the ground and Mike shot again because he missed.
“Stop shooting!” Tim yelled. Tim ran to Mike, scared to death.
“Next time we should plan our hunting experience out more and be more aware of our surroundings,” Tim said.
“I’m SOOOOO sorry! I thought you were coming from the other side!” exclaimed Mike.
“If Dad was here right now, he sure would be disappointed!” said Tim.
“You’re very right,” said Mike. “He would insist that we all sit down and plan out the hunt down to the last detail before we even leave the house!”
So the brothers did just that. They headed back to the house and realized they had things to discuss before they picked up their guns again. They learned their lesson about not communicating where they were, and luckily nobody was hurt.