It’s that time of year again, when students take off school and spend time with families. No, it’s not Thanksgiving, not Christmas. It’s Hunting Season! Most people start hunting at an early age. At the age of five and up, children hope to catch their first buck or doe during deer season in autumn     Sitting in the cold all day and waiting for something to shoot when nothing is coming, isn’t the most exciting part of the day for senior Kali Brooks. Brooks has been hunting in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.  

“My favorite memory when I was hunting is when I shot a ten-point deer with my dad in Pennsylvania. I’ll always love hunting; I still go two times a week, unless I have to work. But I love the feeling of thriving to shoot a bigger deer than I have in the past,” said Brooks.. Senior Jacob Bates also hunts and has been hunting since he was 7 years old.

                “I hate waking up early, but I love spending time with Mother Nature. But the most exciting thing I’ve killed is a squirrel… I hit him in the head with corn on the cob,” he said.

Bates said he enjoys archery and firearms the most. “I’ve shot about… I can’t even remember how many deer I’ve shot; too many to count,” said Bates. “The most important thing about hunting and what I’d like to tell everyone is to be safe.”

                Brooks and Bates aren’t the only students that hunt at Monroe High-School. Most people probably know sophomore Adam Groves as a boy who enjoys hunting. Groves went hunting for his first time when he was 10 years old.

                “I like to use a shotgun, rifle, and a bow. But a bow is probably the hardest.,” said Groves. “I enjoy hunting for duck or deer the most, but the thing I hate the most about hunting is waiting, I’m impatient.”

                 If you plan on hunting, make sure you have your hunting tags. To get your hunting tags, you can take the Hunters Safety Course at the Monroe Rod & Gun Club. It’s an eight-hour class and it’s free. Happy hunting!