Descriptive Essay: Deer Hunting

Hunting is very valuable to me, but the value is deeper than just hunting. There are so many aspects of hunting that I love. But I cherish my bow above all of them. Having my bow with me when I’m in the stand or when I’m at my neighbor’s house practicing, gives me a since of dominance. Also brings me pride knowing I’ve worked hard and stayed committed to something I truly love. There are all kinds of animals to hunt and different ways to hunt them. My favorite type of animal to hunt, is the white tail deer. While hunting the allusive deer I like to follow a code of ethics, which a lot of people don’t follow. Even though I would have liked to be given all my hunting needs, I’m proud of myself for going out and getting those needs by myself. Buying my bow and getting into bow hunting, caused me to take responsibility and taught me to stay committed to a true value in my life.

Recently, the opportunity of a lifetime arose for myself. A distant relative received a coupon for a free guided duck hunt in Arkansas and invited me. This news left me in a state of glee; however, I soon remembered that a friend offered to take me deer hunting on the same weekend. With my friends intentions at heart, I hastily declined his offer to go deer hunting. Although deer hunting is highly appraised, duck hunting far eclipses deer hunting in terms of the harvest, the cleaning, and the comradery.

It can be difficult for bow hunters to find wounded big game after attempting to harvest them, due to lack of traceable resources.

Many people have misconceptions about hunting. One such misconception is that hunting is easy and any person can go sit in the woods and wait for an animal to cross the hunter’s path. However, people who believe this are sorely mistaken. Hunting is not just sitting in the woods with a rifle; there are many other aspects that must be considered. An individual must have all preparations complete, purchase or gather the equipment needed, and know what to listen for while in the woods.

There is no other big-game animal in North America like the white-tailed deer. The whitetails habitat is so widespread that it covers just about all of North America and parts of Central America. The white-tailed deer is the most commonly hunted big game animal ever. Before the settlers arrived, an estimated 30 million whitetails inhabited what is now the United States and Canada. But as settlers pursued them for food and market hunters slaughtered them with snares, traps, and set guns, the deer population underwent a disastrous decline. By 1900, only 400,000 whitetails remained.

To have a safe and enjoyable road trip, an individual needs to pay attention to animals who may cross the road, have bright lights on for safety in heavily populated deer country, and get attention if injured, so that more injuries do not occur. Keeping people safe from car casualties or injuries due to deer overpopulation is important. According to an article on deer collisions, “Cars and deer can be a lethal combination” (“Car and Deer”). This is evidence that deer crossing the road and hitting cars could be dangerous. Also the article states, “Deer migration and mating season generally runs from October through December, and causes a dramatic increase in the movement of the deer population” (“Car and Deer”).

"Sport" hunting is a violent form of recreation that has left countless animals maimed, and orphaned animals vulnerable to starvation, exposure, and predation. This activity disrupts natural animal population dynamics and has contributed to the extinction of animal species all over the world, including the Tasmanian tiger and the great auk.(1,2)

“Muzzleloader Hunting: Beginners Guide.” Big Game Hunt. Big Game Hunt, 15 March 2003. Web. 8 November 2013.

Have you ever wanted to go hunting in the summer when you are free of work and activities? Is it a problem that you would be interested in to change? I would like to change this law so I could go hunting when I am able to. Deer season all year round is important to all the hunters and wannabe hunter. I want to change the law that you can only hunt in one season because it is making deer being overpopulated, It would let people who are busy during the season hunt, and It would make deer meat sell more at restaurants. The first issue is that deer are becoming very overpopulated.

Cody, Eli, and Emma are going rifle elk hunting, they are going to featherville, ID. This is their second season Going elk hunting at this place. They found a good looking place to camp and they found one way up on top of the mountain. They set up camp and then went to sleep.

It is a chilly, snowy, winter day that’s just perfect for the start of the shot gun deer hunting season. Gabe, with more excitement than he could contain, is spending time at Grandma and Grandpa’s house while Mom and Dad are slaying deer. This happens every year the first weekend in December. As he runs to the patio door, he imagines what fun he will be having for the day.

It’s a brisk November morning like any other day, but today isn’t any other day, today is the first day of firearm deer season. Shots are going off everywhere like world war three declared on deer. I’m wrapped in every hunting garment I own but winters cold embrace always finds its way in. My cheeks are rosy red and my breath was thick in the air. As I raise my shotgun and pull the trigger, my heart races and my hands shake. As I race after my prize, the sounds of leaves crunching beneath my feet are muffled by the ringing in my ears. I’m walking face to the ground like a hound on a trail and then my eyes caught it, my very first whitetail. I will never forget my first deer and the joy I felt sharing it with my family. Hunting

If you are a resident of Ohio or are non-resident planning a hunting trip here this fall the following information will be very important. In 2017/2018 there 186247 deer harvested which was an increase of 4078 deer over the 2016/2017 season. (See summary by county) The Ohio Wildlife Council met on Thursday May 17th and set the following season dates as well as made changes to some regulations. (Changes in Red)

Flesh, blood, and guts what all does this involve? Deer hunting. I will be letting you know how to shoot and dress a deer in the field. We will be going through every step to successfully shoot and dress a deer. And this is how it goes...

It was a chilly night before the last day of deer hunting season. At just the age of fifteen, I was in my house cleaning my cheap twenty gauge from Walmart. Using, a white grubby sock that had a long dark old shoe lace tied around it. I would insert my shoelace through the top of the barrel and slowly pull my sock through, till I saw it hanging a little into the ejection port to remove gun powder within the gun.As I was cleaning I kept thinking to myself how exciting this was going be, because if I didn’t get a deer this year it was still fun going hunting. After I was done cleaning my gun, I slipped the gun into its soft dark green case.I then set out my bright blaze orange