My first was an 8pt that broke 1 side off making him a 4pt. Shot with my brothers rem700 270 at about 75 yards in Garden Ridge Texas on what is now the George Ranch Subdivision. I was 11 or 12 and I believe it was 1997.

that sucks. about the subdivision part.

I shot my 1st "real" buck on a property that is now a acreage subdivision

Button buck up in Minnesota. First year out, by my dads side, I had to ask permission to shoot. Long story on that one. Bottom line my dad was quicker than me back then.

Thanks, this year focus is getting my son on his first.

a buck. Who would have thought the kid in this picture would have grown up to be the stud of a deer hunter you see today?

My fiancé lives on 3009 about 2 miles down the road from there... She shot a 140 eleven point off the back porch last year first day of season. Bigger deer than I've ever killed

Mine was a doe, first deer I ever SHOT I gut shot... tracked for 2 hours and notta. On he way back to the house leaving the ranch we jumped a doe and I shot her off the hood of the truck

basket 8 in eastland county, marlin 30-30, 1992, 12 years old, first season being allowed to hunt alone.

i had just shot and missed at the doe he was chasing when i saw him step out, missed him twice before connecting with the 3rd shot. after he ran about 40 yards and crashed, the doe came back through and i missed her again. i remember not being able to hold the gun steady and actually taking some deep breaths to calm myself before shooting at the buck, which obviously didnt work. i was working that lever like the (real) rifleman.

got down and sprinted about 500 yards to my dads stand and he asked why i was sighting my dang rifle in from my stand.

Doe in 2005 with a barrowed 30-30.

Button buck at the ripe old age of 13. I had a doe permit and thought I was shooting one.

( Marlin 336 R.C. In .30-.30, with iron sites back in Missouri)

You big STUD. Mine was a button buck in Burnet county, 1980.

Shot a doe, still remember it like it happened yesterday.

1st was a doe when I was 9. First time in stand by myself. 2nd came about 2 seconds later when I saw the 7pt about 30 yards behind the doe look up. Both were smaller deer, looking back, but I thought I was a "Bwana." Shooting a 742 Woodmaster in. 308 that I still have and use.

About 12 years ago or so, my first deer was a doe. Shot her on my grandfathers place, my dad sitting next to me, and with a gun I had worked all summer for and bought at a gunshow - Remington 1100 20 guage. Shot her about 20 yards away in the head with buckshot. Great times.

I'm really embarressed to say... one of each... two does came out and I shot them both... turned out to be twins yearlings, one a button buck.
Man it SUCKED to be me that day in camp!

Doe, then the following year I got my first buck.

Doe in Cisco. I'll never forget that one. She was elevated on a hill and in a full run. Hit her in the spine with my 270 at 80 yards or so and she dropped. Lucky shot though, an inch or so higher and she would have been home free.

A Doe killed on a dead run (the deer; not me) in 1968 with my Marlin 336...that I still have. I may die a rambling old man with Alzheimer's that doesn't even know my own name, but I will remember every tiny detail about that. Partially because my Dad slapped me on the back so hard he knocked the wind out of me.

A doe with my dad's Marlin 30-30. I was out on some families land around Santo, and started following a creek where I found a lot of tracks. I sat on the ground under a tree about 60-70 yards away and waited. Sure enough, in the evening the deer started to move down the creek bank. I picked the biggest doe out and the rest is history. Great memories.

buck opening day 10 pt 130ish mills county 243 broke shoulder bullet under skin on far side still got bullet an mounts on the wall

3 point 41 years ago with my Daddy's Winchester .30-30 I have now. I was 8.

spike at about 10 yards with a 16ga full of buckshot.

It was 1955, so it better not have been a doe!

I killed my first deer, a doe, last December at the tender age of 36. Needless to say I'm hooked and got the fever real bad. Speaking of fever I missed a nice buck the following week. Get him this year I hope!

First deer shot was a buck, first recover was a doe. A small buck and after hunting ducks since 4 am and driving 300 miles I was in my first deer blind. Took what looked like a chip shot the deer ran and never found it. Didn't realize the 2400 acres I was on, I was hunting near a fence and deer could have been 10 yards inside the thick cedar and never saw it. Made me sick. But made me appreciate it more. I have shot deer on that same ranch in the heart and watched them run 70 yards in the wide open. Lesson learned. Never hunt near a fence.

Many deer drop but just as many run a bit.

Buck, and all luck! 2 seasons ago, at age 51. Since then I've bought 3 rifles, 2 tripods,..... I'd say I'm hooked!

1st was a 5-6 YO 7 point, spine shot ([censored] high) DRT.