The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter Page #5

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you'd shut her down

and leave her no choice but to leave.

She said that?

She also said that it was

the hardest thing she ever had to do.

You know why I love hunting?

Because when you're out in these

woods, there's nothing to disturb you.

Back home, the outside world has a

way of just barging in on your life

and just screwing everything up.

It makes a man feel powerless.

But out here, all your cares

just kind of melt away.

When you find a deer,

and you bear down on that deer

with your rifle,

and you fulfill your rightful place

in nature for one moment,

that power is restored.

Everything just falls into place.

I could sure use

that right about now.

Oh, your time is coming, son.

When you take that monster buck

we've been tracking,

everything will make sense,

I promise.

I wish I didn't have to wait,

'cause I'm carrying a lot of stress,

especially in my back.

Come with me, son. Grab that ax.

There's gonna be a

real party tonight

Everybody gonna

jump and shout

Yeah. Yeah!

All your sisters

and your brothers

Bring on up out into the light

This is your land, my land

Everybody gotta be free

There'll be no more suicide

Love is all we need

To make this world succeed

It's only love, yeah

Can't you see we're all the same

In their machine

Don't you see it now?

All I cry is in vain

When we cause other pain

And we forget what is right

Oh, yeah

Singing la de da

Come on, now everybody

Singing la de da

Oh, yeah

Singing la de da

Come on, everybody

Singing la de da

Whoa! Look at this.

Whoo!

This rope bridge

will save us time for sure.

Whoa! Look down there.

- Here we go.

- There you go.

I'll go first to test it.

Just make myself feel better.

- Long way down, Buck.

- Yeah.

We good?

- You got me?

- Yeah.

- I'm on the edge of frame?

- Got you framed up.

Look at that.

Whoo! Here we go.

All right.

- You all right?

- You got it. Yeah.

All right.

- Here we go.

- Here we go.

You know what I'm thinking, Don?

You should cover this stuff

from the other side of the bridge.

It's hard to see my face

shooting from here.

- Uh, how am I supposed to get--

- No.

You know what I'm talking about?

Capturing the emotion

on my face better?

Yeah, no, I understand.

- You want me to cross the bridge first...

- Yeah.

...so I get coverage of you testing out

the bridge before anybody crosses it,

- because it's unsafe.

- Exactly.

Be able to cover my face better.

I do think a zoom would also be nice,

though--

The zoom would be great

from the other side of the bridge.

To do that but also to follow the push,

your back, see you hit the other side.

From the other side, though, it would

be more the narrative simplicity.

Zoom on me. You bring me in.

We sell a lot of videos.

Yeah. Hey, number one.

We're going for the best shots.

Best video we've ever made.

- Here we go.

- All right.

Lights, camera, action.

Here you go.

- Jesus Christ.

- You good? You ready?

- Yeah, I'm good.

- Good.

- It's a long way down.

- It is.

It's gonna look great.

Come on, buddy. There you go.

There you go!

All right. All right.

Holy sh*t.

- It's a long way down. Watch your step.

- It is.

You're looking good.

You're doing all right.

- Okay.

- Doing good, Don.

Okay. Got it.

Oh, God damn it.

Oh, my God.

You look so funny.

You're cracking us up.

Let's see how you look

when you get out here.

Doing good, buddy.

You're doing good.

- Don, you got this.

- Oh, my God.

Holy sh*t. Oh!

Shakier than a damn Studebaker.

- Steady.

- You loving this, right?

Buck, you're gonna have a blast

out here, you son of a b*tch.

Oh, my God.

You're all right.

- Okay, okay.

- You got it, buddy.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Oh...

- Oh, my Jesus H.

- He's moving good.

- Oh, he made it! There we go.

- Whoo! Yeah!

- Good job.

- Good job, Don.

He did a good job. He focused.

I did it!

Nice job, Uncle Don. Nice job.

I'm very grateful. You rolling?

You were right!

It is a pretty good angle.

We're rolling.

All right.

All right, son. Wait here while I test

the integrity of that rope bridge.

Here we go.

Whoo!

All right, buddy, here we go.

Whoa! It's a long way down.

- It'll be all right! You got this!

- Oh, yeah.

Looking good. Slow and steady, Buck.

Oh, that's a long way down.

Good thing no one else

has crossed that one before.

Whoo!

Oh, yeah.

Oh, this is exhilarating!

Show off.

I'm coming for you, non-typical!

There you go!

- Success!

- Here you are.

That was awesome.

What's he doing?

Check it out. Zip line!

Jaden Ferguson, put that belt back on

right now and cross it normal.

That is a direct order. Over.

This is gonna be a rush.

Jaden, no!

No, no, no!

Oh, sh*t.

Oh!

Come on.

Keep going. Keep going.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

- Help!

- God dang it.

- Oh, Jesus.

- Dad! Help me!

Hold on, son! Don't let go!

- Help!

- I'm coming!

Dad! Help!

Hold on! Hold on, Jaden.

- I'm slipping!

- I'm coming!

- Please, Dad!

- Hold on.

Please help!

- Dad, I'm slipping!

- Hold on!

- I'm slipping!

- Son, hold on tight!

- Hold on!

- Hold on, Jaden!

No! No! No! Don't let go!

Almost there.

- Help! Hurry!

- Almost there!

Oh, sh*t!

I got you, son. I got you.

Oh...

Oh, what a stupid-ass idea.

I'm just glad you're safe.

Do you know how much you mean to me?

I'm not even mad that you did

something so dumb and so stupid.

Thanks, Dad.

Plus, you gotta admit, it's pretty nice

just to chill here for a little bit.

Are you still reading this article?

- No.

- No.

- But I was still looking at the pictures.

- Oh, sorry.

It's nice we got this time to talk.

I want to tell you that I know

you're going through a lot of stuff

and dealing with the divorce.

And now Greg's moved in and he's

talking about marrying your mom.

It's gotta be feeling weird.

Yeah. Mom was saying the same thing.

The other night, Mom and Greg

sat me down at the table

and said if they ever get married,

I might feel weird what to call Greg.

She said I can either

choose to call him Greg

or I can choose to call him Dad.

- Uh-huh. What'd you say?

- I said I didn't want to do it.

- I thought it was strange.

- It's very strange.

- Good for you, son.

- Then you know what?

I tried it and it wasn't that bad.

What? You called Greg "Dad"?

Yeah, but only, like, five times.

I figured that if they ever get married,

I might just switch back and forth.

How could you do that, Jaden?

What's the big deal?

It doesn't mean anything.

Yes, it does, Jaden. It means a lot.

Where are you going?

I'm gonna look for that deer.

- Where are you going?

- Gonna go track that non-typical.

- You all right, buddy?

- I'm fine.

We don't find that non-typical,

Jaden's never gonna shoot a deer,

and this whole trip will be a bust.

You want me to come with?

No. You stay with Jaden.

I want to be alone.

Sure, Buck.

Jaden? How you doing, sweetie?

No, it's not Jaden. It's Buck.

Buck? I can barely hear you.

Is Jaden okay?

Oh, Jaden's fine. Everybody's fine.

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