RE: what was your first deer?
 

I would have loved to Hunt a Deer and pose proudly like some of you. But Deer in India is among most Protected animals and hunting is a crime here. A famous actor was punished for 3 years Jail term for hunting a Deer

RE: what was your first deer?
 

My first deer was a 5 point shot 30 years ago, I was 15 at the time. My dad didnt hunt so my great uncle took me and sat me down in his 4 acre purple hullpea patch. Shothim at 100 yards with a open sight 30-30. Thats all it took was hooked forever. Dont have any pics, but still have the rack.

RE: what was your first deer?
 

6 pt in 1957. Doe permits very hard to get. But Dad would of kicked my butt if I ever shot a doe or even applied for a doe permit.

RE: what was your first deer?
 

a button buck with about ten hounds behind him with a single shot 20 guage when i was 10

RE: what was your first deer?
 

7 pt mule deer buck right outside of Casper Wyoming. I shot 9 does before I ever saw a whitetail buck while I was hunting. I just can't bring myself to shooting a button even with the high hunting pressure I deal with. First whitetail buck was a 5 pt that I was proud to death of. Dropped in his tracks when I shot, what a great feeling that was!

RE: what was your first deer?
 

6 x 4 whitetail when I was 14. Beautiful deer, then a neighborhood dog or something dragged off the skull. All I have is one picture of it. Still kills me to this day.

RE: what was your first deer?
 

A spike; I dont think I was driving yet so I guess I was 15 at the time.

RE: what was your first deer?
 

A doe that I could hold off the ground by its ears...man did she taste good!

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First deer was a spike. Shot it with a Shakespeare "Wonder Bow" at about 15 feet, from a ground blind I made in the middle of a small swamp in south central Louisiana. I have no photos , just a precious, musty old "horn" plaque. That was the winter of 1962, I was just over 14. Took me until 1974 to ever get a bow shot at another !!! A fat doe at about 30 yards. I missed 4 times ! It kept coming back in. Last time hauled out of there, stepping on and breaking one of the aluminum arrows that was stuck in the ground. Both of those hunts remain fond memories. That swamp was drained into a rather large "hole" created during the construction of I-10 and there are dozens of $450K - $600K homes built in that "swamp" now.

RE: what was your first deer?
 

120lb. cowhorn. but it hooked me.

RE: what was your first deer?
 

My 1st was a 3 pt when I was 16 (1st legal year to deer hunt) here in NY. 12 years ago now, seems like yesterday.

I was watching a brushy side hill. After a coyote didn't offer a shot the 3 pt appeared and was sneaking down a stone wall fence. Using my grandfathers pump action 30-06 I put the cross hairs on him and pulled the trigger.....nothing. Damn shell was jammed. I hurried to fix the problem and after I got reloaded the deer was gone, man was I bummed. 5 minutes later he reappeared from behind some thick brush and I touched one off. After the shot I didn't see him running but i also didn't see him down. I thought the worst and decided to go see if there was any sign....sure enough there he was laying in waist high brush and burdock. I went back to the truck and honked the horn three times, signaling to my grandfather that I got one. We went back to the deer and he told me he would show me how to field dress the 1st one but after this one I was on my own. We then dragged him back to the truck and while doing so one of his antler jabbed me in the pants and ripped a hole in my brand new Browning hydro fleece pants. Seems like yesterday.... people always say shooting your 1st deer is a memory you will never forget.

My cousin shot a 3 ptr (his 1st deer) with that same gun 10 yrs prior in almost the exact same spot.

My 1st deer

RE: what was your first deer?
 

I shot my first deer without knowing whether it was a buck or a doe until I walked up on him, turned out to be a small 4 point.

I was hunting a trail with dense woods on each side, the deer jumped out onto the trail and landed on the far side of the trail; he was jumping over a mud puddle. If he had taken 2 more steps he would have been gone. I shot quickly without having time to determine whether it was a buck or a doe, turned out to be the small 4 point.

RE: what was your first deer?
 

Mine was a forked horn buck when I was 9.