Life in the Mountains of Idaho
- By: Brady Clark
- Created on: 09/18/2009
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As many people know, our economy is now in a recession. Every time you watch television, you hear about something relating to the economy, or the government’s new policies and procedures to address this problem. You also hear about man’s destruction of nature. It was sometimes depressing to me, hearing about all of the bad things that were happening in this world. All I wanted was to get away from it all! I wanted to escape the world that I live in for just a short period of time. Finally, my request was fulfilled. On October 21, 2007, my father and I traveled with a friend to Idaho Falls, Idaho for a mule deer/elk hunt. Until my trip to
Each morning we would get up before sunrise and eat a warm, fire-cooked breakfast. When I walked outside that first morning, it was still dark so that I could hardly make out the landscape. We hiked for about an hour, and then the sun came up. It was absolutely amazing! It was almost indescribable to watch the sun come up over the mountainous horizon, with a herd of antelope running across a ravine. We continued to hike up the mountain, and when we reached the summit, on another mountain we saw a bear with her two bear cubs. Nature continued to reveal her many magnificent beauties to us. After we saw the family of bears, we headed back to the tent for the evening.
The next day, we had hiked for hours without seeing anything. Then, all of a sudden, it started to snow. It was unbelievable how nature looked with a thin, white blanket, covering her. Then, it started snowing even harder, so we camped under a spruce tree. There we started a fire to let our clothes dry out. In spite of nature’s wonders, we still did not see any game that day.
On the last day, I arose early, as usual. I ate breakfast, grabbed my gear, and headed out. I had hiked for an hour, and came to the top of a small knoll. Then, across the ravine, was one of the biggest bucks I have ever seen. I dropped down to my knee, popped the lens off my scope, got the deer in my sights, and took my shot. Lucky for me, I shot the deer right through the heart. I cleaned and dressed the deer and packed him up on our mule. We then took him into town to have the meat processed, and to have the head mounted. Unfortunately we had to return home, so we got on our plane and departed
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