By my count, Jared should have like, four years experience driving, minimum.
I like to imagine they're singing the Eagles, Take It Easy or maybe Witchy Woman.
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You&& (working title) is a queer novella about when home is other people, including the monsters lurking in the woods. Check out the about page here. You&& is a sequel to Sometimes The Mountain Buries You.
Open season starts in late September for just about everything that has an open season in this region. School starts in early September, so it's the weekend when Heather and her son Jared are picking their way towards the service road from a venture deep into the backcountry. They weren't planning on bagging anything this trip out—rather checking for moose, deer, and elk activity—so the intent behind the rifle in Heather's hands is inclined towards safety.
Heather's been hunting since she was just a couple years younger than Jared is now, and Jared since a couple years ago. Heather's been in woods like these for as long as she can remember, and Jared has been in these exact woods his entire not-quite-teenaged life. They traverse the uneven brush with ease and confidence and heavy footfalls of intentionally making noise.
The last thing they wanted was to have to wait out an obstinate bear that wouldn't budge between them and the truck on the service road. Again.
links and search terms from writing 'Open season starts in late September for just about everything that has an open season in this region'.
- https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=22560 "Report: BC Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis (Synopses) 1929 to current and LEH Regulations Synopsis 2004 - current."
- what genre the Eagles are considered
If you're into graphic design and information presentation I recommend checking out the BC Game Regulations 1962-63 and BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 1971-72 pdfs from the linked report.