First fishing and hunting experience

Iguanas

Cleaned iguanas

My first memory of fishing was at the age of nine years when my grandfather took me to a pond near the Caroni Factory in Couva called "Four Ponds". The ponds had a lot of alligators in the water and on the banks. I was always excited by how my grandfather came home to show us his catch and to tell us his stories and encounters while fishing there until one day I asked him to carry me. I insisted that I wanted to catch a fish just like him. He was very hesitant because of the alligators but eventually gave in and told me that he will carry me. He quickly made a rod out of bamboo for me and dug up some worms. He taught me the basics not thinking that I will actually catch anything. When we started to catch I was definitely amazed, fascinated and overjoyed when I caught my first fish which was a "cascado" as he called it. I continued to fish and at the end of the trip, I caught 7 fishes. It was because of this memory of my grandfather that I cherish this experience the most.

It was not until four years ago that I began hunting. I started hunting when I met a now very close friend who introduced me to the sport. I started target practice with pellet guns. Eventually, I was fit enough and was permitted to go out to hunt. My first experience was to shoot a ripe mango from a tree. My friend, his dad and I decided that we will take a short trip to a piece of land that they own. However, this trip turned into a 24-hour challenge and we decided that we will have fun while we were there. While shooting at this group of mangoes, unnoticeably there was an iguana laying on the branch next to it sunning out. Now, my eyes were fresh to this hunting business, I definitely did not notice it. My friend quickly noticed and told me "hey, why don't you take a shot?" I was up for the challenge and take a shot. In the first two shots I thought that I had missed. Apparently, I didn't because when I hit him a third time he rolled over and fell straight to the ground and began to run for a short distance. That is until he got weak and I was able to run him down wearing a dress and rubber slippers to catch him...and that was dinner!

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