this is my first year hunting, i went out last saturday and this saturday and havent got a deer.

i dont see why people only go for bucks though...if everybody shot a buck there would be none left.

I killed my first deer in my second year of hunting 1981, when I was 13 years old, a decent 5 point buck. I killed my first deer with a bow, a 4 point, my second year bowhunting which was in 1986.

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second day of my second season. though next year im hoping for a doe and a buck

propmahn
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37 years ago I killed a doe my first season.

I killed my first bowkill this year after 3 years of bowhunting, it also was a doe.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

first day of second season I killed a doe. The first day of first season i missed the biggest deer I have yet to see while hunting. A huge 12 point in Ohio came with in 20 yards of my stand. I was 10 years old and shooting a single shot .410. I found out what buck fever was at a very early age. My uncle killed that same buck 5 days later and it scored in the 170's. Oh well.

While I was in the service I hit one with my truck does this count? Sence I started hunting I think my first one was about three years. I've know some guys that have been hutting for 18-20 years and still have not gotten one. The best advice I can give is have confidence and learn!!! Its not the kill thats important its the hunt.

Near the end of my first season I killed a doe on Jan 1, and a 9 point on Jan 2 of 86 when I was 16. I missed one doe earlier in the year and then I ended the season off great.

I took my first deer when I was 20, a nice 8 pointer. I had been hunting about 6 years. This was in 1982. Back then if you saw a deer in Northern NY, you called the neighbors and told them about it. At our camp in the Adirondack mountains I only remember seeing one deer ever. Nowadays, you have to shoo them out of the bird feeders and wait for them to move out of the driveway before you drive in. Driving 55 at night on our back roads is just inviting an accident.

I have a friend from our church who took a deer when he was 16 and he hasn't gotten one since, and he is retired, late 50's to 60's. Now that's perseverance!

kinda lengthy, but worth it

i hunted for three years in the mountians of eastern PA. all the other hunting camps had deer, ours had squat! i hunted with the type that only went into the woods the 2 days we were in town to hunt and NEVER did any scouting. actually, one of the members lived up there, but he didnt care about hunting. he stayed at the camp just to get away from the ol' lady and drink. our routine was go out opening day in the morning, hunt till about 10am, come in for lunch, nap and then go back out around 3:30. repeat the same thing the next day and then go back home the day after that. we spent usually a total of say 11 or so hours afield out of two weeks available. i finally said "this is insane, im getting a deer with or without these guys." so i started talkng to real hunters and explored my options. needless to say, i took advantage of the late season that year. opening day we got about 12-14" inches of snow, but i was determined. on the way in i saw a heard of deer and i almost had a heart attack, it was the first time i had ever seen deer in the wild. about an hour later 2 more walked by about 70 yards away. i was shaking so bad i couldnt help but miss. i returned the next day and had my first kill within an hour. i have hunted with the same attitude since and have seen plenty and always filled a tag! to recap, scouting is very important, the more time you spend in the woods the better your chances and talk to other local hunters. they are there, you just have to find them.

I got my first deer (doe) my first yeer hunting, but i always went small game hunting & knew where the deer were.But it took me 7 years to get my first buck, and 9 yeers to get my first deer with a bow.
Like the others said it takes time to understand the deer.I now started keeping track of the wind,clouds,time& surroundings when ever i see a deer,and it has made a big difference.