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How old where you #3321349 06/25/12 07:47 PM
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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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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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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 smile 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 peep



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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)



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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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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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Originally Posted By: Stevarino
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.


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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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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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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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1967 - I was 8. Killed it with a 30-30.



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I was 11 years old, I shot a nubbin buck with a .22-250



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9 years old. remington 600 mohawk .243.... 3 point buck..


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20yo ....Hunted quail until there wasnt enough to hunt then switched; .270win 12point


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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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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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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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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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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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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..



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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.



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11 years old with a .243 at my Papa's place.


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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.



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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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