Kolt's first deer
Kolt has made a friend who owns a boat (Steve). This could be good b/c it satisfies Kolt while giving us more time to save for our own, but it could be bad b/c Kolt is now going to want his own. They decided to go hunting last weekend on Kruzof Island, just west of Sitka but still part of the city & borough of Sitka. (It's not that far away from our island.) Nobody lives on Kruzof Island, however, the forest service has a cabin over there that can be rented & there are also some campsites. Part of Kruzof Island consists of Mount Edgecumbe, a dormant Volcano considered to be the iconic feature of the Sitka area. You can see the volcano from miles out in the ocean, making it an ideal navigation aid in the days before GPS. Mount Edgecumbe is usually snow capped year round & is the smooth slopes are often compared to Japan's Mount Fuji. On April 1, 1974, a local prankster named Porky Bickar flew in and ignited 100 old tires in the crater, convincing nearby residents of Sitka that the volcano was erupting. There are supposed to be some really beautiful hiking & biking trails on the island so I am hoping I can go over at least once while we live in Alaska. Like the main island, Kruzof is also full of brown bears.
Anyways, back to Kolt's hunting trip......
Kolt has never killed a deer & it has been on the top of his "list". A couple weeks ago Kolt went out with his friend & b/w the two of them, they killed a deer. Long story short.... Kolt shot the deer in the foot which stopped it, Cooper (the friend) shot the deer in a good spot & killed it, however, they didn't think it was dead so Kolt shot it again in the back strap which essentially "ruined" the deer. They didn't get a lot of meat off of it & they both considered it to be Cooper's deer. So, Kolt & his friend Steve, went hunting on Kruzof. Kolt shot a deer, in the "kill spot" (I'm not sure what it is called) & it fell right over. Then Steve shot a deer that they had to track just a short distance. Needless to say, Kolt was VERY VERY proud of his first deer.
