1. I had a blood disorder when I was born. They had to remove my blood and split it.
2. I had my tonsils removed for the first time when I was 6! (Yes first time)
3. I had plastic surgery when I was 7! Not kidding. That’s always my fact that nobody believes but I have the scar to prove it! I had a birth mark on and right below the tear duct on my right eye. It ended up growing a lot in a couple years so had to have it removed before it affected my vision. I had it removed and they pulled skin from below my eye to make it “look normal”
4. When I was almost 8 my tonsils grew back and I had to have them removed again.
5. My tonsils get back AGAIN when I was 13! (Less than 1 in 250,000 chance)
6. When I got my wisdom teeth removed all 4 of my wisdoms teeth were horizontal.
7. I have broken 6 bones in my life
8. I have vertigo. Which is typically not something young people get. But my brother also has had it since he was a teenager. So he and I both have to always have motion sickness medicine with us!
9. I have worn glasses since I was 3! And I had horrible eyesight since then! It has only gotten worse as I’ve gotten older!
10. I have migraines that literally make me pass out!
So Yes I understand these are weird. As unbelievable as these may seem I can promise this is 100% accurate! My medical history is odd!
In honor of this past weekend being the open weekend of bow hunting in Arkansas I chose to write about hunting! There have only been 2 years I wasn’t hunting on the opening weekend of bow hunting of deer season. Unfortunately it was this year and last! Hunting builds character. It has taught me patience, dedication, steadiness, gratitude, how to overcome obstacles, and observation! You have to be patient after you’ve put in the work to get a good stand, camouflaged, in a good spot you’ve scouted out, and have fed deer! You just have to wait until by chance a legal deer comes out while you’re there. It is possible to hunt one time and kill a deer, but very unlikely. You have to have a steady shot , this requires a lot of practice shooting (bow, gun, or muzzleloader). Hunting teaches gratitude. When you see where dinner comes from, and you know you worked hard to get that harvest, you tend to be grateful for the chance to harvest that animal. You will face make obstacles while hunting. EVERYBODY goes through periods or maybe even a full season (or more) where you just don’t get anything. Being willing to change location, change feeding (what you’re feeding, how much of it, what you’re planting, where you’re planting, when you’re planting) all of these play into changing things to try to have a better chance at that harvest. Observation is the number one key to hunting! It isn’t about how much money you spend, where you hunt, or even how you hunt. If you are observing the resources you do have. As far as looking for sign of deer, scouting out a good place to hunt once you’ve found sign of deer, and setting up game cameras of some kind to see when deer come through that area, where would be the best shot, this would be the place to put a feeder or to plant. I have hunted since I was 5. Being in the woods has always brought me a peace, and contentment! I will always love to fish!
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