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Old 02-14-2007 | 10:14 PM
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I started going Bear hunting when i was 7 with my Pa in Oregon in 57. Moved to Cal. and took hunters ED safety course in 62 and took my 1st Deer a Blacktail forky with my .410 and slug!
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Old 02-15-2007 | 09:59 AM
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I STARTED DEER HUNTING WHEN I WAS 15 PUT DID NOT HARVEST MY FIRST DOE TILL I WAS 16. MY SON STARTED HUNTING HUNTING AT THE AGE OF 6 AND TOOK HIS FIRST BUCK.
GOOD HUNTING.
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Old 02-16-2007 | 07:43 PM
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I was in stand with my dad at 5. Started deer hunting 11, killed first at 12, am 16 now.
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Old 02-16-2007 | 08:29 PM
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About 24. I missed out on some good hunting, but my kids won't!
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Old 02-16-2007 | 08:52 PM
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Small-game since 8, big-game since 14.
I am now 40.
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Old 02-16-2007 | 09:07 PM
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I went wit my dad and saw him get a doe at age 3 and was hooked from then on. i got my first deer when i was 10 and am now 15.
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Old 02-22-2007 | 01:08 PM
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OK since everyone wants to go unrealistically low, then i started deer hunting when i was still in the womb. Actually I was born in the woods as my dad shot a deer. Then he made me go gut it to. I have been hooked since.

2 years old? 3 years old? You guys are ridiculous.
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Old 02-22-2007 | 01:15 PM
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i started hunting when i was 12, got my first big buck when i was 13 (5x5scored 148.5) am now 22
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Old 02-22-2007 | 04:36 PM
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My uncle had me in the woods before I could walk. I started when I was 11 and killed my first deer when i was 12. Been hooked ever since.

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Old 02-22-2007 | 09:02 PM
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Have a prozac fingerz42...

I was 14.. I killed 3 armadillos on my first deer hunt with my 30.30. I don't know why I didn't see any deer???
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