Great stories all. Mine wasn' t the way I had dream but it is anything but a typical first buck story. Ok to set this up, it was my first year able to hunt big game, I had drawn a mule doe tag which I filled on the first morning quite effortlessly, so meat was in the freezer, knotch in the belt and the first deer was out of the way...time to get serious. My uncle and dad said it was now time to test my patience and ability to listen, they told me not to shot a deer but a deer with horns. Ok no problem I can do that. We headed up to the bush for the annual family moose/deer hunt, it was a tradition I was not able to partake in until that year. I was pumped, I mean couldn' t sleep for days. The 4 1/2 hour drive I was reminded of safety and of course the no doe rule. First morning we awoke to a huge snow storm, hunting was poor the entire day, next day I finally saw a deer...it was a doe and I never shot...I can do this I thought!!!! The next day was colder than all be and I only saw 2 does with fawns all day...no shots fired...I can do this!!!! The final day of my trip I was up and at em' early, I decided I would drink some coffee to get me going. Morning was gone and time to head back to camp, without seeing a deer in 4 plus hours...discouraged I sauntered back to camp about half way the call of nature came...ooooo darn coffee[X(]. Being fairly close to camp I decided to head into the bush a little so nobody found my treasure. I found an appropriate log and did my business. I just finished up when I heard a snap and then another, frozen with my pants undone still[]...I reached for my pea shooter. Once in hand I looked around to try & locate the noise maker, when all of a son a flicker of movement drue my attention. I stared long and hard, knowing it was a deer but looking for them horns. Then he moved, revealing an antler beam, raised my gun and he gave me a shot. He then bolted forward and crashed down in short order. Pants still undone I started to move until, well so did they(pants), i did up my belt and found my prize. He was a nice 4x4, I then tried to gut him as best I could and began the drag. My uncle had heard the shot and came to see what had taken placed. First thing he said was congrats on your first buck and your barn door is open[]! In the excitement I forgot to zip up my pants[], so of course I had to tell the real story, not the modified story of how I sneaked a buck in his domain[:' (]. Still get ribbed about that event, but it does make for a memorable occasion.