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How old where you
#3321349
06/25/12 07:47 PM
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BBD84
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At what age did you and or your kids kill your first deer and what weapon. Mine was 6 YO and I shot a 243 it was a young 6 point in madisonville with dad and a scope ring on my eye lol. Never forget it either.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: BBD84]
#3321450
06/25/12 08:16 PM
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Quack Whacker
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I shot my first deer, a doe, at the age of 13the in Timpson Texas. The deer density is not what it is out west. I had been hunting for 4the years and it was the first year that they had doe tags. She was 100big yards and I shot her left handed with a 30-06. The next morning I shot a 16" 8 point. When I finally got on the board, I went to putting them on the ground!
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Quack Whacker]
#3321479
06/25/12 08:25 PM
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TreeBass
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My first was a 6 point buck, 1100 rem with slugs at 60yds in GA at age 10. My daughters first was a couple years ago, a doe at age 11 with Ruger .243. We pulled a double that day Then a cull 6 later in the season. Little man, maybe this year at age 8. May let him work on pigs for a bit with the .223
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Re: How old where you
[Re: TreeBass]
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06/25/12 08:29 PM
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FoxTrot
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Shot a 7pt at the age of 14 with a 30.06 but I had been trying to kill a deer for 3-4 years and just could never get on one.
Now, that I have kids, I will let my daughter shoot a deer whenever she thinks she is ready(and of course I think she is big enough to shoot a rifle)
I avoid Dick's and hope they fold.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: FoxTrot]
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06/25/12 08:31 PM
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Trout-killer
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Shot a little 6 point in WV with a single shot 410. I was 11... I think...
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Trout-killer]
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06/25/12 08:50 PM
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Stevarino
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Started going with Dad when I was 6, but shot my first deer (doe) at the age of 8 with a 30-30 in the neck.. didnt tell my dad for a while after that i was aiming at the shoulder.. those 30-30's are hard to hang on to...
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Stevarino]
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06/25/12 08:54 PM
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chital_shikari
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7 YO 22-250 fallow doe serengeti ranch, london, tx
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Stevarino]
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06/25/12 09:03 PM
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BurrOak
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Started going with Dad when I was 6, but shot my first deer (doe) at the age of 8 with a 30-30 in the neck.. didnt tell my dad for a while after that i was aiming at the shoulder.. those 30-30's are hard to hang on to...
Did the same thing with my first deer, which was a 3 point. Mine was a lever action .243. I was also 8. Aimed for heart, but instead hit the neck. Buck fever, it really got to me on my first one. And still pretty much every one since.
Last edited by MikeHoncho; 06/25/12 09:04 PM.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: BurrOak]
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06/25/12 09:10 PM
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Nightbird
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My first two deer were Doe my 3rd was a 8 point all deer with a Remington model 7400 in 243 cal at the age of 13-14.
My sons first and only deer so far was at the age of 8 and it was a Doe. he shot it with my Browning A-Bolt 7mm. My son will be 12 this year and it is the first year we have been able to have a season lease. I am hoping he is able to get his first buck this year.
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"That which does not kill us makes us stronger" Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Nightbird]
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06/25/12 09:30 PM
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Leonardo
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I killed my first deer in third grade which would have made me 8yrs old. My daughter shot her first deer in second grade or 8 years old and my son just shot his first deer at 5 yrs old. My daughter and son both used a .223.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Leonardo]
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06/25/12 10:18 PM
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Drop Tine
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8 or 9 years old. Was with my granddad's Remington 742 chambered in 243. Killed my first 8-10 deer with it.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: BBD84]
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06/25/12 10:32 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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1967 - I was 8. Killed it with a 30-30.
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#3321953
06/25/12 10:43 PM
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txtrophy85
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I was 11 years old, I shot a nubbin buck with a .22-250
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: How old where you
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#3322006
06/25/12 11:01 PM
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Team By-God
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9 years old. remington 600 mohawk .243.... 3 point buck..
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Re: How old where you
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06/25/12 11:24 PM
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deewayne2003
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20yo ....Hunted quail until there wasnt enough to hunt then switched; .270win 12point
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Re: How old where you
[Re: deewayne2003]
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06/26/12 04:39 AM
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Rambow
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Opening day archery last 2011. Barnett Buck Commander Crossbow and swchacker 125g/2.25" Broadhead.
My Son at 9 years old in the A.M. a WT doe
My Daughter at 11 years old in the P.M. a WT spike
Myself at 12 years old a basket rack 8 point with Mom's .243
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Rambow]
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06/26/12 04:47 AM
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newtexan
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I come from a fishing family and never learned to hunt. As a result, I am 27 and still haven't gotten my first deer! Sad, I know.
I am going out this year for the first time and just attempting to learn on the fly (after plenty of reading). I hope I don't have to wait until I am 28...
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Re: How old where you
[Re: newtexan]
#3322935
06/26/12 05:29 AM
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Seadog
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Welcome newtexan!!! Not sad at all!!! There's always a beginning and I hope you get your first one this year!!! Good luck!!!
My first was a doe in 1967 and I was 10 at the time!!!
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Seadog]
#3322949
06/26/12 06:00 AM
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Texsun
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Decemer 17, 1978 Montague, Texas. I was 10 . Sitting in a tree with Dad cold! 17 degrees, shot a 4pt buck, broke his heart in two. Using my Dads Remy 222 he killed his first one with.....my favorite memory!
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Re: How old where you
[Re: Texsun]
#3322959
06/26/12 06:32 AM
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10pointers
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Shot my first when I was 14. A doe at 110 yards, last day of the season using a 94 Winchester 30-30 open sights. My brother shot his first a few years later with the same gun. My oldest nephew shot his first with me when he was 7 with 22 hornet. my youngest shot his first with me with 22 Savage High power at 6 years old.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: 10pointers]
#3323070
06/26/12 11:51 AM
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kamolaw
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Started hunting at 13 took a young six at 17 12ga slug Nov 80' in drizzling rain at 09:30 sitting on some 2x4s nailed in a tree fork wearing a military surplus poncho and it was about 40 degrees with me trying to talk myself into staying a few more minutes... My son was 11 we were together in a homemade box blind hunting 10 acres five does walked out and he wanted to know which one to shoot... I told him it was his choice and he dropped the only button buck in the bunch...It was a great day and one I will never forget, even more exciting when you are with your younguns and they take any deer. Thanks for stirring up good memories..
I dont shoot innocent animals...only the ones that bare thier teeth at me... Semper Fi
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Re: How old where you
[Re: kamolaw]
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06/26/12 01:22 PM
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T Hall
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I was 13 and shot a doe, sitting in a tree stand in drizzling rain. While my dad was asleep under the tree wrapped up in a poncho. Using a winchester 100, 308. rested on a 2x4 and pushed the clip release. When I shot the clip fell out and landed on my dad. My son shot a spike at a friends place when he was 12. Free hand with a 30-30. 100 yds and broke its neck. I was so proud.
It is what it is and it will be allright.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: T Hall]
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06/26/12 01:32 PM
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agsellers04
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11 years old with a .243 at my Papa's place.
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Re: How old where you
[Re: agsellers04]
#3323549
06/26/12 03:04 PM
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redchevy
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10 or 11 years old hunting with mom shot a 4pt buck that had 1 side broke off(would have been an 8pt) shooting brothers Rem 700 270.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: How old where you
[Re: redchevy]
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06/26/12 04:36 PM
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Txtrapper10
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6 years old. Still can remember it. Gut shot with .223. Dad stayed up all night tracking that deer for me. Great memory that I'll never forget.
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