I shot my first deer 20yrs ago. I was twelve and I was a stander on a drive. I didn't know if I was in the right spot but 3or 4 does came out and I got one of them. She was a big doe. I was either using my dads model 94 lever action 30-30 or his marlin lever action 30-30. I used both of them my first four years of hunting. I killed several more with his guns. I bought my own gun when I was 16.