Doe Season

In the story “Doe Season” by David Kaplan, Andy is on a hunting trip with her Father and friends of her father. While on the hunting trip, Andy talks about the woods as being a safe place that made her feel good. In the woods she was able to feel like she was like one of the guys, spending time with her Father hunting. The woods was her comfort zone, she liked the feeling she had when she was in the woods. Andy talks about how the ocean frightens her, “It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden. If you walked in it, you couldn’t see how deep it was or what might be below; if you swam, something could pull you under and you’d never be seen again. It’s musky, rank smell made her think of things dying.” (459) Andy is afraid to grow up, she is entering a new phase in her life that is frighting to her.
After Andy shot the deer in the woods, Andy has to come to terms with dealing with death as it is a part of growing up.