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“The freezer will be full of meat this winter,” Pete tells his skeptical wife as he heads to the mountains for his annual elk hunting trip.
Montana’s Big Hole Valley offers some of the best elk habitat in America. Pete has been preparing for his fall elk hunting trip over the summer, and he plans to bag a large bull elk this fall to fill up the home’s deep freeze with delicious and tasty elk meat.
In scouting the mountains, Pete knows exactly where the elk will be when he returns for bow hunting season. Armed with his very effective and precise compound bow, he knows success is just one accurate shot away.
Hiking into the mountains, Pete stakes out a familiar area and waits quietly in the tall grass and brush. The anticipation builds as his body stays on high alert. The nervous tension only adds to the anxiousness of the hunt.
Suddenly, an enormous bull elk wanders through the trail, just as Pete expects. His position provides a nearly perfect angle and distance. He takes careful aim with his bow, pulling it back with careful precision.
Plummeting to the ground with a groaning thud goes Pete!
The arrow flies harmlessly into the trees. Pete’s shoulder has popped out, and the throbbing sting is excruciating. He rolls around on the ground in acute pain.
Deliberately and triumphantly walking past the stricken bow hunter, the elk looks down at him with a slightly confident look as if to say, “I guess your freezer will be empty again this winter.”

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My son is doing the same in Wyoming right now!
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Kathy, I hope he has much success. I taught in Wyoming one year back in the mid-80s.
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Beautiful country. True wilderness in some places. What did you teach?
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Haha! 🤣
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Michelle, I am happy you enjoyed. I embellished a bit, but my friend actually experienced this. His freezer stayed empty.
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Sorry about the pain!
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It must have hurt like none other.
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Lol
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Bonnie, if you are laughing, this is my intention. I don’t think my teaching colleague was laughing too much.
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Me either.:)
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OH man sounds painful and disappointing!
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The story is based on a real event experienced by a teaching colleague years ago.
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Man that’s sad!
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