Students at St. Louis High School received the day off for the opening day of firearm deer season Nov. 15.; many students took this as a day off from school, and others took to the hunting blinds.
Simply put, “Deer Day” is the first day of regular firearm season in the state of Michigan. In which case, multiple students at SLHS will take to their blinds, and for some of them, get their first deer of the season.
Brothers Hayden and Jackson Shattuck at SLHS had two different outcomes on “Deer Day.”
Jackson was able to shoot his first deer of the year, a nine-point buck. According to Jackson, “Just watching him come up and walk right where I want him was a great feeling.” He knew he was going to have a great shot at the deer when this buck walked right in front of him, and he took his opportunity.
“It feels nice to get out of school and go sit in the woods. I think it’s important to know how to do all the things with the deer,” continued Jackson. He believes “Deer Day” is great for receiving a break, but also as a learning experience for people who may be uneducated about the deer that live with us here in Michigan.
As for Jackson’s brother, Hayden, he did not have the same great day as Jackson had. Hayden said, “My ‘Deer Day’ experience was pretty bad. I woke up at 4 a.m., went out at 6 a.m., and was in and out of the blind for around 12 hours till the last light. I only saw one living animal, and that was a doe; the deer snuck up behind us, but I didn’t want to shoot it because I only had one tag and wanted a buck.”
“Deer Day” can be a different experience for everyone at SLHS; for some, it just might be a day off from school. Others might go out to the blind to try to get their first deer of the rifle season. Some may end up getting their deer, while other students like Hayden will not have the best of luck.
