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My first deer was aslo when I was 12(as per PA state minimum age). It was an abnormally warm year for PA, infact I think I only wore a pair of jeans and a long sleeve shirt and a light jacket. Probably atleast 50 degrees or more.

We used to hunt in Martinsburg PA and my first year of hunting was absolutely amazing. It was just after day light when I spotted a deer slowing walking up a path towards me. I could see it had antlers but I couldn't tell how big it was. As it got closer I was able to make out what I thought was a 3x3(There were ARs in place, something like 2 or 3 pts on a side) so I told my dad that I believed it was legal and he told me to take the shot(he had still not seen any antlers on the deer). So I took the shot at about 50 yards and it droped right in its tracks with a shot to the spinal cord. It turned out to be a 3x1 with the broken antlers on the one side.

That year I had seen literally a hundred+ deer and my dad told me to not expect to see anything like that on a regular basis and he was quite right. After that first year I hunted in Martinsburge for another 4 years wihtout any luck at all before finding a new spot in Bedford. I'll never forget having 30+ doe all starding within 40 yards of my stand(some directly underneth me) as I talked to my dad. Such an awsome sight.


I have been trying to enstill a love for hunting in my little brother who will be 12 next season however he just doesn't seem interested. Its hard to get someone interested though with the lack of all around sucess we've been having this year. Lets face it no kid wants to sit out in the woods for hours in the cold and not even see anything!