dead trees

I remember I shot a gun at a tree. I wanted to watch the ricochet off the tree. I mean it. I just shot at the tree to watch the ricochet. My mother asked me what I was doing, and I told her that I wanted to watch the ricochet off the tree. But, like, I never shot anything alive. I shot things after someone had shot them, like a deer that was already dead, but I never shot anything alive.