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My Personal Narrative Experience In My Life

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Throughout my life, I have had very many formative experiences, some good and some bad. However there are very few that stick with me today, dictating nearly everything I do. I am an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist, so one event that I can point to and say “That has had a profound impact on my life!” is the first time I went hunting. Hunting changed nearly my entire outlook on life, for the better in most cases. I feel more connected to my family, friends, nature, and most especially God.
I have had many experiences with hunting throughout my life, most of which was pest control or as a spectator not as a participant. My life really started to make a turnaround when I was 11 years old, when I decided to get my Hunter’s Safety Certificate. Prior to this time my life basically felt like it was on cruise control, but I was running out of gas. I was doing well in school, but I started letting my grades slip, I had friends, but I neglected to spend the time with them that they deserved, and I valued my family but almost strictly from a utilitarian standpoint. The thing I regret most about this period in my life is that I let my connection with God slip and it simply became a feeling I expressed on the surface with very little to no deep connection. I was standing on the edge of a slippery slope and I was about to push myself off but hunting saved me.
I attended a Hunter’s Education course, simply because my Dad signed me up for it and it wasn’t necessarily very

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