Deer hunting season always affected the veterans at the No Thanks. Some thought of fresh and canned venison and others dreaded they might hear the shooting.
Tyrell told about the first time his sister had harvested a young buck. “Rhodessa tended to aim with the wrong eye and shook with excitement. Result was, she broke the poor thing’s back legs with one shot, then killed it with the second. She was high up on the hill above our parked trucks, so shoved it right down to ’em. That deer had the most tender meat. Still haven’t had any better.”
Written in response to Charli Mills March 20, 2023, prompt at Carrot Ranch Literary: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about shots fired. Where is this story taking place? Is there urgency or surprise? Who is there? What happens next? Go where the prompt leads!
Sue Spitulnik 
03/25/2023 at 17:58
Best chili I’ve had came from hunting in Pennsylvania.
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03/26/2023 at 17:30
Deer, oh deer. I wonder if Rhodessa still hunts. Hey! Guess what’s thawing for my dinner? Venison. We usually just freeze the meat, but my dad cans it as well, in mason jars. Is that a thing in your neck of the woods?
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03/27/2023 at 15:30
Yes, my sister used to can venison. That story was mine with the names changed. I still have that shotgun as it was my 16th birthday present from my father. No, I didn’t hunt deer, but harvested a few squirrles.
I wonder if one can put up dear, as I spelled it. Duh!
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03/27/2023 at 02:13
Amusing story, with the less-than-dead-eye markswoman!
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03/27/2023 at 15:32
Thanks, Chel. It was actully my story. And I did not hunt big game after that as I became a miltary wife and left the rural county I was raised in.
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03/28/2023 at 00:30
That’s even more impressive! I’ve not shot any game and highly doubt by ability to ever do so.
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03/31/2023 at 21:50
Wanting the meat, but not wanting to hear the gunshots is very understandable for these vets. Well written!
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04/01/2023 at 16:24
Thank you, Nicole
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