What Was your first deer shot with?

3x4 Mule Deer. 50 yards, Parker Hale .30-06. 180 grain Federal Hi-Shok? or Power-Shok? factory ammo.
Last day of hunting season at mid-day.
 
A fiberglass stick bow I'd bought at a closing sale. Might of drawn 40lbs. Cedar arrows with bodkin broadheds. I was really close when I punched one in his lungs. I think I was 13.
 
7mm-08

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I had a hard time getting this big doe in the back of the Versa....I always have my gun with me during deer season and was coming home from soccer when I saw this doe. My truck was at home but the opportunity was there so my 7-08 and the versa had to do.
 
.243 Win from a Remington 788. 4 point Mule @ 50 - 70 yards. Shot high through his spine just above his lungs. He "ran" (didn't know they could move so fast with only 2 legs) for about 30 yards before we chased him down and got him properly. Not the best story but he didn't suffer for very long. Maybe a minute. I doubt he felt anything anyway, probably running on pure adrenaline. I was 16. about 15 years ago.
 
12 Gauge Remington Accutip from a camo Mossberg 500 with bushnell scope mounted. 75 yards. Municipal bylaws where I hunted prohibit the use of rifles, only shotguns allowed due to proximity between properties.


Edited to add : It was my first time hunting, and I succeeded in under 4 hours. I had prepared for two weeks prior, from calibration of the scope at the range, to buying the right gear, washing everything in unscented soap including myself, looking at call videos, etc.

I was on a mission and I met it with success. Definitely very proud of that moment.
 
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I never actually connected on the first deer I fired a shot at,buck fever and inexperience,sure scared the hell out of it though.Next guy in line picked it off with a sporterised P14 303Br.That was in the fall of 1975.

Edit:I was using a well worn 30-30 carbine.
 
All original M96 Mauser in 6.5x55 I had bought for $45 mail order from Le Baron.

Loaded with 160 grain Round Nose ammo made by Imperial.

A heart shot at about 100 yards running flat out with a Walker-Beagle in hot pursuit.
 
Browning BLR .308 (Belgium) with a B&L 3-9x40 on top. Running snap shot hit in the boiler, ran 50yrds before it piled up. That was 26yrs ago this Fall.
 
Wife's first deer:

Tikka Stainless Synthetic M595 / Leupold M8 6x42.

7mm-08, 120 grain Barnes TTSX over a maximum charge of RL15, Rem brass, CCI200 primer for a chronographed average of 3048 fps.

37 yards, DRT.
 
First: 30-06 ...Last: 30-06...In between I shot a few truckloads of deer mostly with 30-06 handloads ....that little picture to the left under my name was a nice big-bodied ten point whitetail...rifle is a Husqvarna Lightweight 30-06, made even lighter in a fiberglass stock with 4X Swarovski.
 
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First deer was a doe at about 100 yards with a Savage 99 in 243, about 26 years ago. wow that makes me feel old!! my daughter shot her first a nice 4x4 whitetail this fall 243 tikka T3 lite in a bell and Carlson stock with some reloads I built for her. 200 yard shot. He was DRT. couldn't have been prouder
 
First deer shot was this hunting season, a button horn at 60 yards, chest shot dropped where it stood last day of the hunt. Shot with "my" dream hunting gun a Savage trophy hunter 110 in 30-06 180g Winchester power max. Even got bullet back was at rear pelvic bone.
 
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