what caliber got your first deer

[eagle rider]

270 Win here. Ruger 77. Far shot at a big meaty doe too for a rookie.

[wildcat junkie]

1973, Bear Razorhead/55# Ben Pearson recurve, Western PA.

 

10 years later my 1st firearm kill, .535 patched round ball/100gr ffG, home built Plains Rifle, Southern, IN

 

1995, first "suppository gun" kill, 12ga slug, 870 Remington pump, Southern, IN

 

1999, first CF rifle kill, .243, M700 Remington, Northern NY state.

Edited December 29, 2015 by wildcat junkie

[TreeGuy]

Rem 870 express mag. 3"... Still shoot the 3" too. Shoulder loves me !

[peepsight]

Remington 30-06 in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania. There was a little bit of tracking but it all came together nicely.

[nycredneck]

Year was 1987 with a 30-30 Winchester model 90 with iron sights, shot a doe then a buck 3 seconds later that was following the doe. Never hunted with a gun again and shot over 50 deer with my bow since.

[Tughill Tamer]

Not sure of the model but it was a Winchester 308 semiautomatic with a beautiful engraved wood stock.The gun had previously been my dad's and I took it over when he past away,the deer was a nice 7 point in Henderson harbor in 1998 it was trailing a doe and ran right under my tree stand.I have since had the gun stolen from me in a burglary when we were out of town. Irreplaceable!

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[Marion]

7mm weatherby mag. First animal that gun had ever taken.

You Can't Beat My Meat!

[chas0218]

Remington 870 express mag in 20ga. with rifled slug and the bird barrel with those screw on rifle sights. I actually took a lot of deer with that gun until 3 or 4 years ago when they allowed rifle in 8F. 

 

Love that gun, 2 years after starting to deer hunt I bought a hastings rifled barrel. I could drive tacks with the open sights out to 200 yards. Man that gun can shoot with that long hastings barrel!

[stubborn1VT]

Borrowed .32/40.  Shot a 5 point at 18yds.

[Doc]

12 gauge Ithaca Deerslayer.

[Larry]

44mag DW 8"

[Trial153]

Browning Safari.....Easton 2219, Hoyt bow bullet broadhead

[Salmon_Run]

My Remington model 742 in .308, that gun has many miles logged on it and the blueing is worn off in several locations.

Just cleaned it yesterday and placed in back in the safe. 

[Pygmy]

On ‎12‎/‎25‎/‎2016 at 3:32 PM, stubborn1VT said:

Borrowed .32/40.  Shot a 5 point at 18yds.

Was that a M94 Winchester ?? Or perhaps a single shot of some configuration  ?

Also could have been a Marlin lever...

Edited December 27, 2016 by Pygmy

[stubborn1VT]

You got it. Marlin lever. Full length tube.  Holds 7? Curved butt plate.  Was my great uncle's, then my grandfather's.  It needed a firing pin.  My best friend got it fixed by a gunsmith he knew just before rifle season.  I shot a nice 5pt with it at 18 yds.  Those hard, flat-nose bullets don't mushroom.  So there I was in 14" of fresh snow, with no blood, no hair, just long bounding tracks.  I was trying to figure out how I missed!  I didn't.  He was double lunged and went 80 or 90yds.  I didn't like the way the bullets performed, and I never carried it again.  Now I use a 7 Rem Mag.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Just got thinking about what my first deer was taken with. I may have misspoke earlier. It was my Grandfathers old Remington Model 9 shotgun. One of the most dangerous shotgun ever made and I don't mean to the animals. Full choke and over 30 " barrel if I recall. Oh and did I mention it was dangerous and kicked like a mule. 

[chenango]

Browning sweet 16ga. took my first deer and it was a small fork horn in 1969 when I was 16 yrs. old.

I still use the gun for turkeys and small game and my son's use it for deer when they come home.

[stubby68]

         Ithaca 900 12 guage.

[peepsight]

Remington 30-06 pump ...... decent eight point that I had to track a bit.

[NYBowhunter]

First deer 30 years ago was a doe i shot with at the time a brandy new browning 30-06 semi-auto, gift to me from my parents. Still have the rifle.

[bugsNbows]

Browning Sweet Sixteen in 1968. Story entitled Remembering... (posted above under success stories). Still vividly remember all. 

[moog5050]

First and second deer were taken with a Matthews Helium (hated that bow though).  First gun deer was a 12 gauge smooth bore - not even sure what brand as it was borrowed -- thank goodness it was a 50yd shot at most.   Oh the memories way back to 2012.  lol