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On Anyway. So, I was a little disappointed about that. During the first 20 minutes, I was bored half to death and I wished I could leave, then a different speaker went up and we listened to him talk about gun safety and we watched a video explaining the importance of gun safety (it was about different actual accidents that occurred while hunting). The video was a little gruesome, but it drove the point home that’s for sure. Another thing that made the class not so boring is that they took a break and I saw that my friend, Katie, and her sister were part of the class. By the third day, I was no longer bored and was enjoying myself. My sisters and my mom came for one of the days and we watched a video called, “Shoot or Don’t Shoot”. My sisters were enjoying themselves. The video had examples of times where it made you think whether to shoot or not. There was a few times where some of the students hadn’t completely taken in the surroundings of each hunter. For example, a hunter saw a pair of elk and it was a perfect shot, so he raised his rifle to shoot and the elk began to run. What we didn’t notice was that, as the elk was running, a hunter in orange stepped out from behind a tree. It came as a shock to everyone and it made us want to be a little more observant. My sisters really liked this example: a group of hunters were rabbit hunting with their dogs. Suddenly, they saw a rabbit bound out of the brush. It got away the first time, but it appeared again a little further on. The dogs ran out to catch the rabbit and a hunter raised his gun and looked through the scope. Through the scope, he could see the rabbit, but the dogs were right at it’s heels. Grace shook her head and Melody nearly shouted, “Don’t shoot!” Sure enough the narrator said the same. If the hunter had fired, he’d have shot his dog. I think the most interesting and fun day was Field Day. That’s when the students (adult and otherwise) went out to practice what they learned in class. We rode in a bus (much to the excitement of my siblings) to a place that was specially set aside for Hunter’s Education. Josiah’s group, group C, went to the Simulated Hunt first. All the kids had to pretend that they were really on a hunt and they had to carry their rifle a certain way, keep their eyes open, think ethically, think of safety, and remember the law and regulations of hunting. For instance, as we walked along, we suddenly saw an antelope on the top of a hill. Do we shoot or not shoot? Well, think of this, can you see what’s on the other side of the hill? Another instance was that a wild boar appeared right next to us. Do we shoot or not shoot? Think, is it ethical? What will happen if you shoot it with your rifle when the boar is so close that you could reach out and touch it? These are questions that the hunters have to think of while hunting. Josiah did a great job on that, which showed that he’d been paying attention in class. Katie and her sister did a good job too. We went to different stations to see different things and do different things. At one place, we did a blood trail, another place the kids practiced archery, another they practiced shooting .22 rifles at targets in all three positions; kneeling, sitting, and laying down. My brother hit the target within the circle with all 15 shots. :) I’m not boasting or anything…maybe. Others were not so good. There was one girl who only shot the target 4 out of 15 shots. So, my brother was the best. Of course. We got to see a Red Cross vehicle. It had a huge mast on top with a camera on it that could see anything up to two miles away. The other purpose for the mast was radio communication. There was a Lowlander (from the Scottish Lowlands) with the crew! I know he was a Lowlander by the strength of his accent. (Highlanders have a more rolling accent while the Lowlanders sound more British.) Anyway, we also got to go inside a police car and talk with the volunteers and we visited a man who taught us how to start a fire using a cotton ball covered in petroleum and that you can use a compact disk for signalling. Then we visited the sheriff’s posse and listened to them speak about preventing survival situations. We were going to visit one other place, but a kid who had diabetes was in need of an ambulance, so that didn’t happen. Finally, we went back to the classroom in the Town Hall and the students took their test. Josiah got 78% on his test! My friend and her sister got 80% and their friend got 90%. So, needless to say, they passed. Then, oh then, we had cake and punch to celebrate. Mmm!!! I love that cake! (I’m getting hungry now. :() LOL! So, that was my experience at Hunter’s Ed. |
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