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= Week 3 Adult: Bob White = Student: Hunter Frohning Book Title: Guts by Gary Paulsen Pages Read 52-100

This week Gary talks about his hunting experiences and what he did to make the wepons or the money he had to make to buy the weapon, which is very interesting. He also talks about his first kill with a .22.

He reminds be of my uncle Brandon Francis. He is an avid hunter and takes a whole month off to hunt and always gets new stuff for his gun or bow every year. His dad taught him what he knows and so did my dad.

The traits I would like get from him is the knowledge of the wilderness around me. When he was in the woods, he could tell what to do what trails to follow and the animals that left the trail. I can only tell what made the trail if I see tracks.

My answer to that would be who wouldn’t want to be friends with Gary. He is a great man with great knowledge. He is a nice person and knows the woods so if I went hunting with him he would be a good guide. Plus I’m sure he tells great hunting and fishing stories.

To answer your question you sent me in your week 3 letter. My best hunt wasn’t when I killed something but when a doe caught wind of me. I was in the woods alone and my dad was in the next woods with my brother. The first thing I saw was a squirrel and that was it for a while. But about an hour before I was out of shooting light (when you are bow hunting you run out of light quick) a doe walked in and she was feeding and messing around and as soon as she was in the open she would have been drilled. When she came in the open, she walked off before I could get a shot, but she went behind a little patch of trees and that’s when I heard her wheeze and I knew she had winded me. Even though she knew I was there, she came back out and looked up at me in my stand. She was 20 yards away and I had an open shot, but before I thought about drawing my bow, she stomped her foot. I was as still as a rock, but she still saw me and she stomped two more times. I tried to draw but when I did she ran off. Now I thought I had heard the last of her, but she wheezed again and scared the scent-away spray out of me. That was the last deer I saw that season but I have killed two more before that.

If you have any interesting fishing stories send them to me in your next letter. I love a good fishing story in fact I have a few of my own but I will put that in the next letter.

= Week 4 Adult Bob White = Student Hunter Frohning Book Title: Guts Pages Read Finished

I thought it was a really good book. I thought that he was really interesting and that he should make a big book about himself, be cause his stories are really interesting.

I really enjoyed the book; because of the imagery and the way he expressed his stories. I also liked the recipes and the other stuff he used in this story.

I would recommend this book to anybody who loves hunting. Also if they love a good story then this book is it because it is all true and all by Gary.

Gary changes from a young Minnesota boy into a avid outdoorsmen of a man. Also through the years he learned that all you will ever need in life are the bare necessities, because everything else is just luxury. And what I learned from that is that all you will ever need is a fire, some shelter, and food.

I would like him to answer questions like: How Did you get so successful from coming from a bad home? Or, Can you teach me something of survival in the parts that we live in? The final question I would ask him is? Can you come to our school and share you life story and some other cool things?

I don’t really think that I can change the ending he put on it, because there was no happy ending or no bad ending either. The ending was Gary’s ending and I can’t change that or his life.

Hey Mr. White,

I guess this is the last letter that will be typed so I guess by now you have the book done. I have a question; When is our last meet? If you have read my week 3 letter then you have read my story. Was it interesting? Truthfully that is all I really can write about.

Adult- Bob White Student- Hunter Frohning Book- Guts by Gary Paulsen -148**
 * Week 4

Hunter, Sorry this one's late, but at least it's before the night we meet in person. I also really liked the book. I think I would really enjoy reading his stories (if he has any) about sailing the Pacific. I wonder if he ever caught Marlin or Shark?

I think my favorite part of this last section is when he told about running his dogs on trails in northern Minnesota and how the dogs would enjoy making sure the cart rider would spill. I imagine if it was funny from the dog's perspective, it was terrifying from his- being face to face with a huge snapping turtle. I wonder if the eggs would be o.k. fried or scrambled?

Like you, I think the book ended too soon. I think anything he writes, truth or fiction would be interesting. Thanks for your hunting story. Once again, the thrill of the hunt doesn't have to be in the kill but in entire adventure whether you end up with the trophy buck or not.

My cousin Dennis and I went backpacking in Mineral King, California which is near Sequoia National Park. A river ran near the campground that we stayed in to get used to the altitude before we started our hike, so of course we had to wet our lines. We happened upon a deep pool that was loaded with trout! There was a small stream that flowed into the pool so we dammed it to make a catch basin that held about 10 or 20 gallons of water and proceeded to fill it with pan sized rainbows. I'm talkin 70 or 80 in a couple of hours- well past the limit so we had fresh fish the next morning for breakfast before hiking into the backcountry. We did put the fish we didn't eat back in the river.

The last track meet is Monday 5-10 with Effingham. I've enjoyed this process. Good luck at NCHS next year!