The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter Page #4

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that thought out of an idea.

It was just something

she was pushing on me.

I'm sorry, but I can't allow it.

Your dream of watching TV all

day long is gonna have to wait.

I need all hands on deck right now.

Yeah. No. Of course you do.

We're in the middle of it, so, yeah.

Maybe we can agree

to discuss this at a later date.

- How about that?

- Yeah. I don't know, Don.

Maybe in a year or so.

But probably not.

Sounds good. Just forget

I even said anything about it.

Hey, look what I found.

Keep moving.

Be careful.

You're gonna hurt yourself.

I'm not. I'm trained for this.

Greg set me up with parkour lessons.

I thought you were taking karate.

We agreed on karate.

It was too hard, so I quit.

Well, it takes time

to learn something, son.

You can't just go around

quitting stuff 'cause it's hard.

That's not what Greg says.

Greg says

if you don't like doing something,

there ain't no reason to do it.

And it's totally cool to quit.

Well, that's a terrible lesson.

No wonder you got held back.

Greg says it was the teacher's fault.

Greg's only telling you

what you wanna hear

because he wants to suck up

and not hurt your feelings.

Trust me when I tell you

that when you get a little older,

you won't think gymnastics

are cool anymore.

I told you, it's not gymnastics,

it's parkour--

Oh, you're okay.

No, I'm not. My leg's getting ready

to seize up on me.

That's why I told you stop

playing around on the rocks. Get up.

Let me catch my breath for a second.

- Is your leg hurting or are you tired?

- Both. Dang.

Okay,

we lost the whole morning already.

- Daylight's burning here.

- But, Dad, my leg's fixing to die.

Oh, you sh*t bird!

You all right, Don?

I slipped on this damn rock

and hit my darn head.

Maybe it is a good

time to stop for lunch.

Yeah, let's make camp.

Sounds like a good idea.

Good,

'cause my blood sugar's running low.

Oh, sh*t, am I bleeding?

Hey, Jaden, where's your daddy?

- Making sandwiches.

- You ain't hungry?

I am hungry. But I'm gonna put

my hunger pangs into my music.

Oh, uh-oh. What's wrong?

I could tell you,

but you would never understand.

Oh, you might be surprised

what old Don understands.

You smoke?

Hell, yeah, I do.

Don't tell your dad, though.

Thinks it scares away the deer.

Can I get a toke?

There you go, Biggin.

I wish my dad was

more chill like you.

Your dad is definitely not the

easiest fella to get along with.

He does put a lot of

pressure on himself.

I think that's his drive

to become the world's best hunter.

I can remember

the first video I made with your dad.

We were up in Michigan, and I

was not prepared for the weather.

That first day it had snowed ten inches

and I'd forgotten my waterproof boots.

I turned to your dad and said,

"Please, Buck, let's turn back. Let's

go home. Let's get out of here."

But he wasn't hearing it.

He sat me down. He was like,

"Don, do you know what kind of

pressure I'm under? Do you?"

Every single person thinks

that Buck Ferguson gets his deer

every single time,

"and I won't turn back until I do."

- What'd you do?

- What do you think I did?

Sucked it up.

We stayed out there for another three

days and damn if your dad wasn't right.

He caught himself a nice 12 pointer,

and we made one of the best videos

we've ever made.

What about your feet?

I lost my big toe to frostbite.

You lost a toe?

Yes, I did. Yep.

Got a little bit of a balance issue

because of it.

That's not really the takeaway.

The point of the story is

your dad is under a lot of pressure.

You can understand

being under pressure, right?

I guess.

Don, why does my dad hate me?

Hate you?

Oh, come on. You don't believe that.

Your dad is tough to get along with,

but he loves you.

These last two years

have just been tough on him.

That divorce

did a real number on his head.

I think he believes this trip

is gonna somehow fix it.

Well, I wish he'd care less

about me killing a deer

and more about

giving me back my dang phone.

Caroline's probably worried sick.

I can relate to that.

If I don't call Kimberly

every now and then,

she definitely puts my ass

in the damn doghouse.

I wish there was some way

I could let her know I'm okay.

That's all I want for her right now.

- You ready, buddy?

- I'm ready.

- Are you filming? Is it rolling?

- Yeah.

Here we go. Hoverboard city.

- Don't be scared.

- I ain't scared.

Just don't wanna break my neck.

Thanks for the ride, buddy!

Oh!

Whoo!

Hey, Buck, what you doing?

What you up to?

Just looking for the shortest course

to the top of this mountain.

Oh, that's great.

Lunch is gonna get cold.

Where's Jaden?

Don, look at me.

Where's my son?

He's, uh,

talking with his girlfriend.

No, he's not. I took his phone away.

I let him borrow mine. So he's...

- You did what?

- I let him borrow my phone.

It was the right thing to do.

He really wanted to speak with her.

I took that away from him

so he'd focus on this trip.

How could you do that?

I guess I'm just a

believer in true love.

He is really torn up about this girl

and I didn't think it was right--

Don! Stop it! I'm his father.

I know what's best for him,

and I'd take it kindly

if you would

not undercut my authority again.

Copy that.

Nothing is going the

way it's supposed to.

I cooked this nice meal.

The whole thing's gonna go to waste,

just like this trip.

And now,

I get to go be the bad guy again.

Thanks a lot, Don.

Jaden!

Jaden!

What did I tell you, son?

No phone calls until after this trip

and you disobeyed me.

What do you have to say for yourself?

What do you have to say for yourself?

Caroline broke up with me.

What happened?

She went to this middle school dance,

which everyone knows

is a recipe for disaster.

Now she says she doesn't want

to date someone in elementary school.

That's ridiculous.

You two are the same age.

That's what I told her.

Well, are you doing okay?

I'm fine. She's the one being stupid.

She's being so dumb right now

I can barely stand it.

I hate being in elementary school.

Look, Jaden...

I know you like this girl,

but let me tell you something.

There is nothing wrong with you.

If Caroline or whatever her name is

can't appreciate you for who you are,

then she does not deserve you.

Is that why you and

Mom got a divorce?

Yeah. There were some other things.

It started in '09.

DVD sales were down slightly.

Your mom was proving

through this whole thing

to be a terribly selfish woman.

She just had to give up

her lavish lifestyle,

trips to the mall, that sort of

thing, and then she just went crazy.

Just started acting out.

Around that time,

Greg just kind of weaseled his way in

and basically stole

my family out from me.

It's funny hearing both sides.

Why? How do you mean?

Mom said that you were

always out hunting.

And when you weren't hunting,

you'd sit around drinking.

Kinda checked out, like.

She said whenever she

tried to discuss it,

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