A Hunters Tale

April 12th, 1985

8:00AM

Made camp southwest of the trail, found a nice spot not to far from the river. I haven't been out in these parts in over ten years but I'm going to document this trip. My ex wife thinks she can bring me down, this trip is to show her nothing can bring me down. I miss her though. I saw some moderately fresh tracks a few clicks back, deer by the looks of it. It's time to start hunting.

10:00AM

Lost the deer's tracks, started to fish alongside the river. My ex wife always said that I waste my time coming up here, it's why I stopped coming all those years ago. It feels almost therapeutic being back here, around all the trees and animals. Nature won't sleep with your best friend for twenty years right? What a thing to write down Dale. I stopped taking my medication when she filed for divorce. I couldn't do it anymore, it felt like all I wanted to do was cry but I couldn't. I cast my fishing line ten minutes ago, haven't gotten a bite yet.

11:30AM

Caught a few river salmon, one for lunch, and one for dinner if I can't find anything else.

2:00PM

I came across a cabin about eighty feet from camp, door was locked but I could see through the windows. It looked like a cozy second home for someone, I used to have one of those before she made me sell it so she could buy a new car. I miss my cabin. I've been tracking a deer for the last two hours, I finally have sight on him.

4:00PM

Dragged the deer back to camp, venison tonight baby! Betty never liked venison, she didn't like most meats. I could never understand why though. The birds in the sky give me hope that one day I can fly as freely as they do. At this point I feel like my thoughts are just coming out of me and into the pages of this journal I bought today. I never talk about how I feel, and maybe this is a way to heal? Time will tell I guess.

9:00PM

I see distant smoke, could be another hunter, nothing too out of the ordinary for these areas just noting it down in case it becomes something more.

11:00PM

I was right, nothing out of the ordinary. I better get some sleep. I will be trekking deeper into the woods in the morning, and I will need all the rest I can get. Goodnight.