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Hog Hunt Research Paper

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Four years ago, in my girlfriend's basement, the question came up “What are we doing for spring break?” Nobody knew what to do. Some ideas arose like going to the beach but nothing really caught anyone's attention. Then finally, her dad mentioned going on a hunt. Immediately, my eyes lit up. This was going to be my first major hunt that wasn’t a duck or turkey. Then the thought of what kind of hunt came to me. I thought for a while but I couldn't think of anything so her dad and I went to the computer to do some research. We were looking for a cheap hunt that wasn’t too far away and something that wouldn’t take longer than a week. We came up with the idea of doing a 4 day hog hunt in Tennessee. I was all for this …show more content…

The drive up to the cabin was a long, twisty trail that went up a huge steep mountain and on top was a huge cabin that overlooked the mountains. The cabin had a huge set of elk antlers over the front door. I was in love with the cabin, but I couldn’t look around too long. The guide had told us that if we wanted to we could hunt that night. Jim and I didn’t think twice about it and started to get ready for the hunt. Once we got dressed for the first night of hunting, the guide met us at the cabin and told us the plan. The first night we decided to sit in a treestand together. We chose this option because we didn’t know the land and wanted to get used to the terrain. The guide took us down the mountain on four wheeler and was going to walk us to our treestand. We had no idea what to expect. The main trail into the woods was a very steep hill that sucked to walk every time we went into the woods. The first time wasn’t too bad because I was excited and my adrenaline was pumping. We kept walking after the hill and started off to our treestand. The guide lead us there then let us hunt for the rest of the day. We sat a good two and a half hours. We didn’t see much the first day, but we knew that it would get better. We thought of the

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