My first deer was when i was 12 years old. I was at deer camp with the guys for the first time. After a first day with no luck we went to the town's " BIG BUCK CONTEST" and after seeing other youths my age with buck i was determined to get one the next day . I woke up just at day break , shook my dad and told him to get up . I quickly threw on my camo , grabbed my browning A bolt .270 and off we went. I got up to the 3rd or 4th bench on the mountain and sat down. 5 or 10 minutes later i heard BOOM!!!!! and got ready. Soon after 3 doe ( or what i thought were doe ) came up and bedded down. i got up to peek over the noll at them and maye get a shot when my dad said " Joe do you want a spike "? i quickly said heck yea and shouldered my gun to see a deer laying down . It took me 5 shots to get him down , as i missed at him bedded down with the first 4 . When he stod up i cracked him in the head . I guess i never took the cross hairs off his head . Needless to say my first was a spike.