A Girl in a Man's World.
learning about/how to hunt and fish.Day 15
Day 15. Hello again.
So today is Day 15 of my life lab. I’m still getting used to the fact that I have to do something about hunting and fishing everyday this month.
Okay. So this morning I walk into the laundry room and the smell just hit me. The fishy smell was like! It was horrible. I couldn’t stand it! I was like dangggggg! Someone should have done the laundry last nighttt!!!!!!! I like literally sprinted out of the room so the smell wouldn’t stick to the clothes I was wearing to school! After I sprinted out of there I headed off to school where nothing really that relevent to my life lab happened.
Until lunch.
I went home and helped dad unload the fish out of the back of the truck and I was warned not to get any fish juices on me. So I used my big muscles and lifted all the fish out of the coolers and into the freezers. Ick. It was nastyy!! So after that I went back to school, with no fish guts on me I should add. After school I had soccer practice so I couldn’t really focus on anything related to my life lab but as I got home I had a feeling that there was something going on with the fish that my had dad had brought home yesterday.
I walked into my house tonight and I see the back door is open so I put my soccer stuff down and walked into the backyard and see my dad still on a stool cleaning one of his fish. It was soo gross! But I forced myself to watch him clean it though I couldn’t bring myself to clean one. There are still a lot left so maybe soon I will work up the courage to clean and gut a fish myself.
That’s all for tonight. Nothing all that exciting, can’t wait to see what tomorrow has in store for me.
Day 14
So today is the 14th day of the 30 day adventure.
So today I have to look for a place to take shooting lessons. A girl from my old team, her dad owns a shooting range so I am going to talk to her this weekend and see what I have to do. Like do I have to make an appointment? Can I just show up? Like what’s the deal here?
So I don’t know what I am going to do about my hunting situation. When people ask me what my life lab is I tell them that I will be researching hunting and fishing as well as preforming these tasks. I get different responses from people.
Some people really like my idea and think it is really unique and wish they had thought of it.
Others say to me “How could you do something like that? Kill an innocent animal?” I just simply reply that I think that I will just be hunting animals that are overpopulated in the area that I live.
Some people are indifferent and just keep bugging me. Saying things like “Have you gone hunting yet? What did you kill? I wanna see it!”
I think tonight I will take a picture with some fish or some fish guts or some cleaned fish. Maybe I will get a chance to clean my own fish this weekend since I will not have time to go on any adventures this weekend.
So I will be moving all weekend starting tomorrow so I will have to pack up all my computers so I don’t know how I will be writing my blogs Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Until Monday! Au Revoir!
Day 13
So today…. is Friday the 13th. Sketch huh? i know.
So I have a whiteout game tonight against our rival school and I’m super excited! I told my friend that he should where a hot pink hat so that when they took the pictures he could see himself really easily.
So to continue on about my rant from yesterday about the bow and arrow. Like what if I accidently shoot someone or something. What if I like shoot myself in the foot? like seriously that would be horrible. I wouldn’t be able to like walk for a month.
Oh I’m just so nervous.
Anyways. So today I learned that there are different types of line that you use for fishing. Like if you are trying to catch like huge fish you use like this special type of line that is really strong. My dad says that he prefers spiderline to the other types of line because he says its the strongest.
Day 12
Hey guys.
How you been?
So today we had this sub in english and he was like seriously a VAMPIRE! it was so sketch! He had the pale face and the long hair, and I swear he had fangs! So these two girls in my class searched his name on google and totally found him on it was soo weirddd!!! and a little distrubing.
This weekend my friends brother is going to teach me how to shoot a bow and arrow. I’m really nervous about using it.
Day 11.
fishing reel
So today is a good day. I’m back in my house and I am typing on my couch and it is just so good. I saw my neighbor today and like he was like so excited that I am back we talked for like an hour in his car and I can do that now because I’M BACK! WOO!
Today I learned how to put line on a reel. It was extremely boring.
Day 10.
cousin shooting
Hello!
Soooo today I’m super happy because I moved into my house today! It’s not fully done yet but we got to move in! My room is all furnished and looks amazing!
So anywayssss!
I came up with the conclusion today that I am going to have a hectic Thanksgiving Week since I’m off and everything. I will being having intense practices and what not during Thanksgiving week because I have a very important soccer tournament that weekend.
Day 9.
Okay so I have been gone for a while but I was moving all weekend so we packed up all the computers. I’m so excited to be moving back into my house and into my old neighborhood.
So enough with my stories, time to get down to business.
So I decided that I will be going to a shooting range over Thanksgiving break and learn how to shoot a rifle and maybe even a pistol or something. I have convinced my mom to come with me so I wont be the only one inexperienced in shooting at the range. I’m really excited to see how well I will shoot my first try.
Day 8 – Big game animals
Heyya.
So I’ve been moving all day and it’s just so exciting that I will be moving back into my house on tuesday.
So today I learned about the different types of big game you can hunt. They have like tournaments and stuff that go on that they compete in like big game competitions.
Big game are animals like deer, moose, bears, turkeys, wild boars, elk, antelope, buffalo, even mountain lions and bobcats. My favorite animal is a wolf and second is a cheetah. Thankfully neither of them can be hunted. Pe0ple do poach them though illegally and sell their coats and furs for a large profit, but I will research that another day.
Day 7 – Trout
Rainbow Trout
Sup everyone!
Okay so today I learned about fly fishingg! Did you know that fly fishing isn’t about catching flies its actually about catching fish! I guess the jigg/lure thingy on the end looks like a fly. So thats why its called fly fishing.
It is said that you catch some really weird things while fly fishing. Things like rings, bracelets, and other sorts of interesting objects.
When fly fishing fisherman usually try to go for golden trout, brown trout, steelhead trout, brook trout and lake trout.
Day 6.
Palomar Mountain stream
What uupppppppppp!!!!
So today I learned about how to find water while in the wilderness. So i guess you like look for a bunch of animal tracks cuz the animals always know where the water is. If the tracks go downhill that is your best bet. If you find a watering hole or something make sure you clean the water because it may be full of harmful bacteria.
You can also go downhill because water travel downward. If you see a little stream going downhill follow it and it just may lead you to a big river or stream.
If you find a stream and want to drink water out of it then you should go to a fast moving part of the river so that there is a less chance of bacteria being in the water you are drinking.
If you are in the wilderness over night then you can collect dew! I mean I’ve seen this done in movies and stuff but I didn’t think it actually worked in real life. You can take a piece of fabric like a cloth or a piece of a shirt and rub it over the grass and plants. Make sure that the plants aren’t poisonous though. That could be a problem. So when the cloth or shirt becomes soaked then ring it out into a container so that you can keep the water.
