What caliber took your first deer?
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My first deer was shot with a 7mm 08. My rifle is a Remington Model Seven. Hardly a kid, I was 44 years old at the time, and had been hunting whitetail for only three years. I shot the buck with one shot, through the heart at about 60 yards. The bullet was a 140 grain bullet, and this was more than adequate at the distance. It did damage and break the shoulder as it exited the animal, disturbing some of the meat on that off side. This has been the only deer I have shot, passing on some bucks the following season that did not present good, clear shots. I have taken a caribou and a moose since then, with a larger caliber. Andrea Fisher Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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First with a rifle was a 3pt whitetail with Marlin 1894 in .44 mag at 150 yards at age 11. Lucky shot clipped the spine on the trotting buck. First was a year earlier (age 10) while squirrel hunting alone. Hunting on logging trails with with chest high grass on both sides I walked into a herd of deer. They scared the heck out of me (Hey, I was 10). When this small doe darted out in the road in front of me at 20 yards I was releived it wasn’t a wolf (Did I mention I was 10?). I decided to burn it good like my Dad frequently did the neighbors trash eathing dog with a .410. I was using a single shot 20 guage with 2 3/4 #4s for squirrel. The broadside shot dropped the doe instantly. Boy was I shocked. Wrong as it may have been, we did indeed bring the deer out. Wasting a deer is worse of a crime than killing one out of season in my opinion. Fortunately with age came wisdom and I can look back on the incident and laugh. DuckHunt Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Late 80s, first deer was a 4 pointer – well, glorified spike – at 30-40 yds shooting a Winchester 1200 Ranger in 12GA using Winchester 00 buck. Pellets broke his shoulder and perforated heart, lungs, and windpipe. I was very happy about it all, but I don’t like buckshot now – you can’t shoot very far with it. Jon Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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.340 Weatherby (it was the only rifle I owned in 1974). -jc- Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the past several >years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) mule deer shot >with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old.
I was 17 (more years ago than I care to think about) when I shot my first whitetail deer, a monstrous (at the time) 7 point buck. It was taken with a borrowed 8mm German WWII Mauser in full military configuration. God, that was a heavy beast to lug around the woods. — Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> My first deer was shot w/ a 30/30 in a Savage 24, 20 ga on the bottom, 30/30 on
Mine was taken with a us enfield (remington).30-06 very heavy rifle maybe 115 yds slight downhill no wind offhand deer dropped like a rock. and a moment that I will NEVER forget! 35 +/= years ago central Wyoming I feel like and old man > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
– OK! So whose smart ideA was it to put the CAPSLOCK kEy rIGHT nExT TO tHE sHiFt kEy (Seek not to confound me as I am dim witted and slow of study) Just remember…if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off. ~Wedge Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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My first hunt was at age 11, carrying a single shot .410 with slug. Fortunately, I did not get a shot, so I didn’t cripple one. My next hunt was many years later, and was successful — with a Rem 760 in .30-06. Peter Torvik Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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My first deer was taken with a 30/06, using Federal Classic 165 grain ammunition. I’ll tell you how it transpired. I walk up to some rocky ledges that overlook a small ravine. Looked around for a second and did not see anything. So i sat down and reached for a reeses peanut butter cup when i looked up and saw it. I actually had to wait a minute for it to turn broadside, and when he did WHAM, down he went. I saw the tail flickering on the ground and shot it again. What a riot. He was dead before he hit the ground. Been using the 06 ever since and have had the same results. Pretty much no tracking. It was a 70 pound button buck. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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6 pointer, 50 yards, slug from a double barrel 12ga. Dropped where he stood. I haven’t seen one in the woods since. It’s been 14 years since I shot that deer. As always, maybe next year. — If you can’t run with the Big Dogs, stay on the porch Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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A fifty pound recurve bow. Well my first deer just appeared out of nowhere, it was about 5:30 and it was just beggining to get dark. He walked up and looked at me, and kept coming. I tried to draw my bow and he bolted, right then and there i thought it was over and whispered (loud i guess) SHIT! The deer then turned and came back around. When his head was behind a tree i drew and he didn’t come out for around 20 seconds. When he did i loosed my arrow and it got him right in the engine room from 6 yards away. He jumped 5 steps and later during field dressing we found my broken arrow and broadhead lodged in his heart. It was great. Jay Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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7mm Rem Mag out of a Savage 110 at 90 yards. Flipped him up into the air and dropped him on his side dead. Ken > First one was shot with 7mm magnum; he dropped in his tracks.
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lever action 30-30 Winchester here too, doe, age 12 approx. > Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the past several > years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) mule deer shot > with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old. > I couldn’t find a recent post so sorry if this has been done already. > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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20ga 5/8oz. 2-3/4" from a Mossberg 500C, in 1999. 150 lb (gutted and dressed) Whitetail doe. She was a biggie! Taken south of Battle Creek, MI.
> Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the past several > years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) mule deer shot > with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old. > I couldn’t find a recent post so sorry if this has been done already. > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Took my first last year with a 30-06 150gr HP. I’m 47. The same season my 14 year old son took his first whitetail with his 30-06. It was a good season for us. For him – first day out – we were both in a platform blind at about 12′. I wanted to coach him through the first chance to shoot. 1/2 hour later two does show up at about 35 yds out. He takes the first with a perfectly placed shot. She runs about 15-20 yds and drops solid. I keep telling him it doesn’t always work that way…… We are in the first part of the muzzleloader season now and are holding out for bucks. Regards, Faltlander Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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8 pointer scored 138 1/2 with a 6mm. MoBass
> Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the past several > years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) mule deer shot > with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old. > I couldn’t find a recent post so sorry if this has been done already. > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Got mine with a 30-30 lever action at age 12 with peep sights at about 120 yards. PS I always go for a neck shot. They drop on the spot and you don’t waste any meat. Chuck – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi! Mine was a whitetail 3 pointer taken with a 20 gauge Mossberg using > buckshot at very close range. Taken at age 36. Always, Gene. > 4×4 Mulie. 7mm Rem Mag, Winchester mod 70. 260 yards. Hit him in the upper > parft of the neck. Never saw him fall. Took me an hour to find him. He > was laying right where he was standing at the time I shot him. Whoda thunk > to look there? By the way, before anyone jumps on me about neck shots, I > was aiming for the kill zone behind his shoulder…just a bad, but lucky > shot. I practiced at the range a lot that year and never made a screwedup > shot like that afterwards. > Happy Hunter > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the > past several > years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) > mule deer shot > with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old.
My first was with a 20 ga slug, in 1980, at about 30 yards. (So was my second…) Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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<piggyback> Spike, WT, Marlin 30-30,12 years old. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I used a 30-06 at about 30 yards, iron sights too! I was 16. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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remington 760 (pump) in 30-06, with simmons 3×9. perferated a 90 lb doe at 98 paces. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the past several > years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) mule deer shot > with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old.
I got a 6-point whitetail with a .50 cal in-line muzzleloader. Before you buy. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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dropped like she’d been pole-axed. Greg
> Hi! Mine was a whitetail 3 pointer taken with a 20 gauge Mossberg using > buckshot at very close range. Taken at age 36. Always, Gene. > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> Hi! Mine was a whitetail 3 pointer taken with a 20 gauge Mossberg using > buckshot at very close range. Taken at age 36. Always, Gene.
4×4 Mulie. 7mm Rem Mag, Winchester mod 70. 260 yards. Hit him in the upper parft of the neck. Never saw him fall. Took me an hour to find him. He was laying right where he was standing at the time I shot him. Whoda thunk to look there? By the way, before anyone jumps on me about neck shots, I was aiming for the kill zone behind his shoulder…just a bad, but lucky shot. I practiced at the range a lot that year and never made a screwedup shot like that afterwards. Happy Hunter Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Hi! Mine was a whitetail 3 pointer taken with a 20 gauge Mossberg using buckshot at very close range. Taken at age 36. Always, Gene. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I took my first dear, a button buck, last year (from where I was sitting it looked like a large doe, maybe I DO need glasses). I used a .50 cal Rem 700 muzzleloader. I was 42 years old. My son is seven, and he hopes to get HIS first deer next year. -Norm
> Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the past several > years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) mule deer shot > with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old. > I couldn’t find a recent post so sorry if this has been done already. > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Hello everyone! Just wandering what calibers were used in the past several years on a first buck or doe. My first was a six point(3X3) mule deer shot with a 30-30 winchester lever action. I was nine years old. I couldn’t find a recent post so sorry if this has been done already. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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My first deer was shot w/ a 30/30 in a Savage 24, 20 ga on the bottom, 30/30 on top. Buck dropped like a ton of bricks, from about 25 yds. Made me think all deer dropped like that, so when I shot my first elk and it didn’t drop, I was surprised. boarhuntr Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
