Robbie Staffen Ms. Lehmann English 1-1A 12 March 2019 My Elk Hunt I was in the south hills hunting for my first elk with Will, Briar, and my dad. It had been a long morning, but I was restless and ready to jump up and grab my dad's 7mm. I got my second deer with it at 400 yards and dropped it in one shot. My dad had gotten several animals with it. Everything was perfect, and I was ready to hunt. It was early, and we were almost where we wanted to be and had time to get there. We looked for signs of elk and signs that we were able to hunt. We got up to our hunting area and waited for the sun to come up so we could start hunting. Will said’ “What next?” My dad said’ “Talk to the cows.” Briar started rolling down his window. Will said’ “Briar, don’t talk to the cows.” The sun came up and we started to hunt, looking for signs of elk and movement. We drove to a spot where my dad had seen elk before. Will, my dad, and I got out to walk while Briar stayed in the truck to keep watch over the truck and take a nap. Will had me lead the group to the edge of the hill. We walked, and I fell behind, I got in the lead, and I fell behind again, so I sped up and took the lead again. When we finally got to the edge of the hill, Will got out his binoculars and saw a cow elk. I was shaking so hard, I am surprised I didn’t drill through the hill. We got me set up on a rock, and I loaded the 7mm and looked through the scoop. I couldn’t find it. The scoop was too dirty, so we washed it off, and I looked through it again. I still couldn’t see the elk, so Will moved me to a different rock. I still couldn’t find it. He had me get up and handed me his binoculars. I found the elk. I got back down on the rock and tried to find it again, but I couldn’t. Then, a bull elk showed up and I found the two. I asked “which one was the bull elk?” My dad "responded, The one furthest away.” I waited for the cow elk to turn sideways. and I calmed down and shot. I missed, so I raised the scope up and shot. Still a miss so I raised the gun some more and shot. By this time, the bull elk ran off. We were pretty sure I hit it, so we took off after it. We got to the spot where the elk was, and we looked for blood. We didn’t see any, but my dad saw the elk. I got set, and aimed, and shot. I miss so I shot again. This time, I hit a tree. I shot again and missed, so I told my dad to shoot it. He hit a tree. He shot again and hits the top of the elk. The elk took off again,so we followed, and it fell on another road. We got up to it and it got up and ran. We got closer, and it tried to get up, so my dad pulled out his hand gun and popped the elk in the head. The elk tried to get up, so Will told me to cut the elk’s throat. I grabbed my dad’s knife and cut the tough skin. It was almost like trying to cut a log with a knife. After I cut the throat, the elk tried to get up again, but didn’t succeed. My dad shoots what was left in his hand gun to signal that the animal was down and found. Will followed the road to the truck and left markers so he could find the road we were on. When he got to where we were after my dad and I had gutted the elk and found the heart, liver and kidneys, Will got the truck turned around and backed up to us and opened the tailgate. We woke up Briar and had him help us get it loaded. After we got it loaded, my dad took pictures of me and the elk with his knife and his 7mm. When we were done with the pictures, my dad told methat when he got his new knife, I would get the one I just used. I said thanks, then told him that mom might get mad. On the way back, I fellasleep.When I woke up, I could not keep my mouth shut about how happy I was and how ready I was to go hunting for my deer.
Narrative Reflection Questions
List one thing you've learned from writing this paper that you can apply to other writing assignments. What will that look like? I learned that you have to start a new paragraph every time someone talks. It will make papers longer and more understandable.
Identify a specific revision you were asked to make and explain why (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you revise? What did you learn? I had to respell shot because I was spelling it with to o,s instead of one. I learned that the shot i was spelling was present instead of past.
What are the conventions of a narrative and how did you meet those in this assignment? You have to add more description and i met this by giving detail about what was going on.
Given more time to work on this assignment, how would you improve it? I would have made it longer and added more detail.
What is one thing you're proud of in this paper?
I made it two pages and still got all of the detail in the story.