Summary Of Doe Season

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“Doe Season”, is a short story written by author David Michael Kaplan. It appeared in his debut collection, Comfort, in 1987. David Kaplan shows Andy’s character developing from girlhood to womanhood, while taking a “rite of passage” deer hunting trip with her Father, Charlie Spreun (Spoon), and his son Mac. Andy who enters the woods is quiet nine year old girl, who is being brought along a hunting trip by her father on her first hunting trip, because he believes she will bring luck when finding deer. However, she gets teased by Charlie Spoon and Mac about her size and inability to be any help on the hunting trip. Andy first showed Charlie Spoon and Mac that she wasn’t a burden, when she gathered the firewood. All of this takes place