My first buck
 

Ok ok I know its nothing special, but its my first buck.

I first hunted at age 14 with my uncle. Between the ages of 14-20 I hunted a few years and took a couple does over that time. Then I joined the Army and never had private land to hunt and being a beginner I was too nervous to hunt public land. We just recently got moved to WV for the Army and were lucky enough to find a house on 88 acres so I decided to give it another shot. I spent lots of time scouting deer and trying to figure out their patterns. I had been watching a nice 8 point on camera for a few weeks and he was definitely my goal.

Opening morning of gun season I was too excited to sleep and got to the stand a little earlier than I planned. I ended up being in the stand about an hour before day light. It was great watching the woods come to life as the sun came out though. Almost instantly I had deer all over me. I was having a hard time telling where deer were coming from because there were squirrels everywhere. As I was watching a bunch of does and a small buck feeding in front of me I decided to grab my 270 in case the 8 point made an appearance. The tree I was in had me hidden from the feeding deer so I wasnt too worried about them seeing me. Sure enough, as soon as I moved I hear crashing and deer running from behind me. I look back just in time to see the 8 point showing me his white flag. OOOPS!

All this commotion scared the deer that were feeding and they started to scatter. Im still not sure why, but at that point I decided that if the small buck(Im still not sure if its a 3, 4 or 5 point...not that it matters) gave me a shot I was taking it. He was walking straight away, but at 100 yards he turned to look back towards me and gave me a good almost broadside shot. I took the shot and he was down in less than 20 feet. Very excited about this deer even though he isnt a wall hanger, its still my first buck.

Im still seeing the 8 point on camera, so I hope he makes it to next year...

I say Hurricane, everyone tells me its Hurri-kin...LOL

Putnam county

congrats on the buck, its a great trophy and something to be proud of. The big ones will come with time.

Great job man....every first buck IS special! Congrats :D

Nothing wrong with that buck. The 8 point will give you something to get back in the stand for.

nice deer man, id hang it on the wall! hope that 8 pt. comes back around for ya!

You'll always remember the first one.

Nice first buck! My first was a little forkhorn

Thanks for your service. Congrats on your buck! Let that 8 go another year and he'll be a whopper. Good luck.

VA

Congrats! That's a good first buck. You may shoot a monster one day, a lot in between that you may forget the details, but you always remember your first.

Hey man: Great story! I'm not sure how 'special' this story is to others, but it's special for you! Like my grandad used to say, 'Thank the Lord it won't be a meatless winter.' Thanks for sharing and thanks for serving our country!!

D. Fowler

1st Deer
 

CGTS on your 1st.
Now that other buck is more in your focus.
He'll be bigger next year and give you something to focus on: not moving in your stand!!!

Nice story. Thanks for the post.