Oh and it was a little ole 5 point

Shot my first deer at 11 with a 30-30. It was a small 8 pointer that is still proudly hung on my wall.

7 year old with a break open 30-30 and I shot a 5 point with my dad on our lease in Eldorado, TX.

I got a late start on hunting (grew up in South Florida).....I was 20 and killed a doe with shotgun.

I started my daughter a little earlier she was nine and killed a young deer with excellent character. She was using her mom's 45 caliber muzzle loader.

Here is her pic of her first deer (posted before)...

Don't feel bad. My dad wasn't a hunter, so I was well into my teens before I started hunting. And it wasn't until I met my wife in my late teens that I was able to hunt with guys who really knew how. I had moved to Texas and must have been close to 30 before I shot my first deer.

IMO, guys who take up the sport as adults often find themselves more knowledgeable and skilled that their adult peers simply because they've put more time and effort into learning and studying the sport and all that goes with it. I mean, how many eight-year-old kids are interested in reading about deer behavior?

I was 10 3030 marlin killed a basket rack 6 in Red River Co

Wow,great buck, congrats to her. My first was a little nubber,I was probably 19,near Inks lake,Burnet cty.

I shot my first deer, an 8 point buck, with a bow when I was 60.

I shot my first Mule deer when I was 12 with a Mini 14. One shot, through the heart.....just say'in.

Thanks for the encouragement Texas Dan. I have a list of things I want to do before I turn 30 and that is at the top for sure.

shot my first one this past year. 20yr old and 270 rem

7 YO a 3 point haha shot it with a 30 30. I was so nervous I shot him in the buttox

Awesome picture btw

Thanks.....one of my favorite hunting memories. Soon after the pic, she wanted to get back into the double stand to catch caterpillars.

Congrats to the young lady on a great buck!!!

1968= 4yrs old in Harper TX with a Jefferson 22mag
Still shoot that gun

Killed my first deer when I was a freshman in highschool. It was a doe and I killed it with my Grandfather's 30.06.

Killed my first deer with my teeth at 3 years old. Seriously, at 6 years old with a Remington pump 30-30.

I was 10, killed a spike in Nacogdoches Co. My dad and I where sitting in a box stand and a doe and the spike came out. They stayed about 100 yards out forever. Finally they came into the food plot. I managed to hit the top and bottom of the window with my gun barrel trying to stick it out the window. I had never shook so bad. Buck Fever had me!! Pulled the shot bad. Hit the little spike in the spine just above the flank. Shot 5 more times at it and never cut a hair.

I had to shoot it with dad's 3006. We still laugh about it today.

Killed my first deer with Dad's help at 5 in Comstock. The little 9 point rack is right above my desk.

6 years old. Was a doe I shot with my uncles .375 H&H... I was one tuff lil dude...


Well maybe a .223.

didn't come from a hunting family either. Shot my first doe when I was 19...back in 1990. 30-30 lever action. Still have the rifle, but now hunt with a .270.

I took up deer hunting late in life and only do it on a casual basis (no lease or pricey guided hunts). Shot my first deer at 43 on a TPWD drawn hunt. I put in my footwork on the area to be hunted, took a stand at what I thought would be a good place, and had a doe walk up on me within an hour. I shot her at 23 feet with a Marlin 308ME and dropped her in her tracks.

I doubt I will ever be so lucky again.

I was hunting before I was riding a bike, but can't remember exactly what age....

17 years old, Win. 94 .30/30, 3-pt buck