Vaughn recently purchased a compound bow. He hopes to use this bow to take down some African game such as a warthog or impala. But first he wants to master his shooting technique. So last week, Vaughn, Luke, and I set up a target in the field by our house and took turns shooting arrows at it. After 2 days of target practice, we were ready to kick things up a notch. It was time to go on our first hunt... Our prey: chicken. We have several dozen chickens that run around the farm just waiting to be eaten. So we decided chicken should be on the dinner menu. The hunt was on. We found the chickens shuffling through some trees scratching for insects to eat. I was privileged to be selected to take the first shot. I determined which chicken looked the most delicious and took aim. I fired! Feathers flew and so did the chickens. Our target practice had paid off. I had hit the chicken. Unfortunately, our tracking skills were quite lacking. As the chickens fled into the trees, we lost track of which one I had hit. I followed a trail of blood from where I shot the chicken to about 20 yards away but from there I lost the trail. To make things worse, we also could not find the arrow. (Who knows? Perhaps if we would have found the chicken we would have found the arrow.)
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| Luke and Vaughn plucking the chicken |
We decided to try again. This time Vaughn would shoot and we would watch things more closely. The chickens were on the run at this point, but after two narrow misses Vaughn managed to shoot one through the leg. After we removed the arrow, it took off running again. Now it was Luke’s turn. He was using the sight to aim but found that he was off target for his first two shots. So he said, “I am just going to shoot it like I normally would.” At which point, Luke pulled back the bow and immediately fired at the chicken (without using the sight) and shot it straight through. And with that, the hunt was over, and Luke earned his keep. Later that evening, we enjoyed a delicious chicken dinner.
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