First time I actually shot a deer was when my dad told me to finish off one of his that was on the ground wounded with a hit to the spine. Head shot did it.

My first actual deer was when I was 13. I finally got to sit in a stand by myself. I had hunted a 180 acre plot of land almost every day and saw nor hair nor limb of a deer and no one else hunting there did either. Last day of the season we had about 40 people do a drive while my dad and I sat in stands. Well about 10 minutes into the driving I see legs moving into the woods and soon a deer comes running across this narrow shooting lane we had. My gun was up so I quick eased off the safety, followed (not lead) the deer and shot. Turns out my shot ended up in the back half of the deer but it dropped like brick. My first deer was a nub buck, but it was a deer and i was proud as heck. By the way, the drivers were actually going in the complete opposite direction. I guess I got the dumb one[8D]