What firearm (or bow) did you get your first deer with?

[mikebyrge]

6 point buck. Stevens double barrel side by side 20 gauge w/ #4 buckshot. 12 years old with my Uncle Bob.

Killed a few with a Stevens double in 20 g myself. It was my #1 gun back when we used to run dogs and #4 buck was the load.

[cj_sandman]

Always thought it would be with my Tikka .270, but that particular weekend I took a buddy out with me and let him borrow the Tikka because it was light weight and easy to carry.. so I ended up getting my first deer with a 6.5 Creedmoor.

[AD88]

30-30


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[hybridhunternm]

Old savage .222... about 20 years ago... took an antelope the same year with that gun too!

[RifleBowPistol]

Ruger 44 Carbine, in 44 Mag. Still remember, I loved the Remington 240 gr. hollow cavities. The deer did not, nor did the turtles. I killed my first deer around 1982 or 83, a little fork horn whitetail.

I sure wish I had that rifle back, loved that rifle. It had a 4X Weaver, with a post style crosshair. Hell of a pig and javelina gun. It would light the night up. I could fire that thing at night, it would light up everything for quite a ways, then you could not see anything for a while afterwards. I remember shooting at some javelinas in the dark and it lit up the road all the way down to where the javelina were, about 50 yards away and beyond. The shocked look on their faces, when the whole area lit up and that god awful noise. Always reminded me of the old WWII films, where they would fire cannons at night and light the area up, with the blast.
Then I liked to shoot turtles in stock ponds. It would rain turtle chunks for a while afterwards. You could always tell when I got the turtle. If I missed, it would just rain water back down, 15 seconds later. If I got the turtle, it would rain water and turtle chunks 15 seconds later.

[LGLP]

1974 - Open sight Savage 222/20 gauge...using the "top" barrel on a Comfort, Tx forkie.

[45er]

Sako Finnbear 30-06

Real County, Texas 1962

[BBRU]

Remington 700 30-06, in 1992.

[mchildress]

71 7.7 jap grand dad sent back during WWll

[TXBowhunter11]

remington 870 12 gauge with 00 buck, around 1998.

That’s weird, this is exactly mine, I was 8 years old. How old were you?


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[sethg]

Mine was a Marlin 30-30 at a hundred yards (beginners luck), 2016

[quackadikt]

Killed a few with a Stevens double in 20 g myself. It was my #1 gun back when we used to run dogs and #4 buck was the load.

I never saw #4 buck in a 20ga load. Mine was always Winchester 2 3/4" #3 or Federal 3" #2.


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[CLW]

243

[rosco11]

got a doe with our S&W model 1500 .222 Rem at about 60 yds many years ago.. still love that rifle too!

[adriang15]

Another for marlin 30-30. First deer with bow was a doe with my mission venture.