13 years old, on a sea kayak trip in the early 1980s. Little blacktail buck. Traditional longbow with 3 blade steel broadheads. Didn’t know how to clean a deer but I had cleaned plenty of salmon, halibut ling cod and rockfish do I figured it out. 
Your first big game ... with what and when ?
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Awesome Thread, Mine was a 9 point White-Tail Buck, Hunting with my Uncle and Grandfather when I was 14, in 2004, I was using my great-grandfathers Remington Model 81 chambered in 35 Rem, I'll never forget my Uncle and grandad coming over the ridge after Making the shot, They may have been more excited then I was, The buck didn't take a step, fell wear it stood at 30 yards or so away. I also took my first Black Bear with that rifle a year later, After quite a few hunts it only come's out on nice days now but always at least once a year, and fingers crossed it will continue to be handed down to a 5th generation.
It was 1973 , after hunting deer for 10 yrs. without seeing even one , with the old boys using the push & block method .
I then tried the tracking method. At 1st. good light after a light snowfall I walked around the fields looking for fresh tracks
going back into the bush. I found some & followed . As the bush got thicker I went slower with rifle @ the ready .
Then a 6 point buck jumped from it's bed . A running shot about 40 yds. with my 99 Savage EG in .300 Sav. using Dominion
180 gr. KKSP bullets threw a spray of red blood all over that fresh white snow . Tracking to find him was easy with that fresh snow.
Pictures & mounted horns both remind me of that special day ,,,,,,, My 1st. deer !
I then tried the tracking method. At 1st. good light after a light snowfall I walked around the fields looking for fresh tracks
going back into the bush. I found some & followed . As the bush got thicker I went slower with rifle @ the ready .
Then a 6 point buck jumped from it's bed . A running shot about 40 yds. with my 99 Savage EG in .300 Sav. using Dominion
180 gr. KKSP bullets threw a spray of red blood all over that fresh white snow . Tracking to find him was easy with that fresh snow.
Pictures & mounted horns both remind me of that special day ,,,,,,, My 1st. deer !
beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
!968 in Parry Sound Dist. a whitetail buck with a 44-40 Mod. 92 rifle ... ahead of a couple of hounds. A July hound bred in Georgia and a locally bred Bluetick.
We hunted on Crown land that became a Provincial Park several years later.
We hunted on Crown land that became a Provincial Park several years later.
October 25th 1995, 2x2 mule deer buck at 30y with a m94 30-30
September 1996, 5x5 mule deer at 165y with BSA 7mm Rem Mag, 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
September 1997, 3x2 bull moose at 100y with 7mm, 175gr Barnes X bullet
November 1997, 5x5 mule deer at 50y with 308 Norma Mag, 165gr X boat tail
October 1998, 2x1 mule deer at 35y, 7mm Rem Mag 160gr Barnes X
September 1996, 5x5 mule deer at 165y with BSA 7mm Rem Mag, 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
September 1997, 3x2 bull moose at 100y with 7mm, 175gr Barnes X bullet
November 1997, 5x5 mule deer at 50y with 308 Norma Mag, 165gr X boat tail
October 1998, 2x1 mule deer at 35y, 7mm Rem Mag 160gr Barnes X
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
Mine was a bull caribou in March 1992. I used my Dad's Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker in 30-06.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
Small white tail buck. 1976. Brand new Winchester Model 70 in 308. Dad had bought a No. 4 303 British for me from MacLeod's Hardware store; been getting me a deer tag since 1969, but was always youngest guy in the party, so always first tag to get used, first to put away rifle, then "push bush" ... Such was life in rural Sask back then!!
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
I’m a relatively new hunter compared to most that have posted so far, I shot my first wt deer three years ago with my sporter No.4 LB. I still remember it in great detail, especially the 350y uphill drag through the cut block to get to the road in the pitch dark by myself. I earned it and it was an awesome experience.
whitetail buck with my dads Ross 303..50 yrs ago now but i recall every detail as if it was yesterday. At 15 the half mile drag to the road was a piece of cake and the smile on dads face was priceless...i was now a hunter of deer.
1958, Muley doe with a M17 Enfield 30-06 [Friend of mine still owns this rifle, and has shot a trainload of game with it]
1959, Heavy muley buck, different M17 30-06. Old Weaver KV on it.
I was [am] hooked. Dave.
1959, Heavy muley buck, different M17 30-06. Old Weaver KV on it.
I was [am] hooked.
Dave.
Would have been mid 80`s, my first deer, it was a nice 10 point buck that I got mounted..... Interesting fact.......It was with an Excalibur wolverine crossbow that we (brothers and I) just bought it in a Brampton outdoor shop just before going to a farm in Calendon East....(10-15 minutes away)...........
I had already scouted the area and planned on where to sit, my brother dropped me off, he went to another farm to hunt..... Just after sundown, this buck came out of the bush. I was sitting on the ground just under a tree (you know one of those trees in the middle of the farmers field surrounded by tall grass around that one tree..... This tree was about 50 yds away from the bush.... The deer came out walked broadside, started to take a leak of all things... So while he is doing his thing, I take the 27 yd shot, (BTW, farthest shot on a deer with a bow even to this date) the deer ran and I was like WTH just happened... That deer ran off, did I hit him?
There was a little bit of snow on the ground, I walked to impact site, seen some blood (can't remember if I found the arrow or not) but I followed the tracks and blood for about 70 yds into the bush before coming to a log across my path.... I went to stand on the log to have a better look.... As I am looking for the deer or blood, I look down on the other side of the log and there is the deer dead.... Startled me so much it made me jump 10ft back... Wow.............
Dragged him out to the open field and waited for my brother to pick me up..... Super excited....
We were so green, super excited that we put the deer in the pickup, drove back to the store to show off our success..... At first it didn't seem that they believed us(couple young punks just buy a bow a few hours ago and shoot a fairly big buck).... They came out of the shop to have a look... I am sure they congratulated us at some point but what I remember most is them laughing and making fun of us for not gutting the deer.... What can I say, we were green
I guess that was about 35 years ago.... still remember it pretty clearly.... Funny thing is I have shot many deer since but can't seem to remember the second one at all.....
I had already scouted the area and planned on where to sit, my brother dropped me off, he went to another farm to hunt..... Just after sundown, this buck came out of the bush. I was sitting on the ground just under a tree (you know one of those trees in the middle of the farmers field surrounded by tall grass around that one tree..... This tree was about 50 yds away from the bush.... The deer came out walked broadside, started to take a leak of all things... So while he is doing his thing, I take the 27 yd shot, (BTW, farthest shot on a deer with a bow even to this date) the deer ran and I was like WTH just happened... That deer ran off, did I hit him?
There was a little bit of snow on the ground, I walked to impact site, seen some blood (can't remember if I found the arrow or not) but I followed the tracks and blood for about 70 yds into the bush before coming to a log across my path.... I went to stand on the log to have a better look.... As I am looking for the deer or blood, I look down on the other side of the log and there is the deer dead.... Startled me so much it made me jump 10ft back...
Wow.............Dragged him out to the open field and waited for my brother to pick me up..... Super excited....
We were so green, super excited that we put the deer in the pickup, drove back to the store to show off our success..... At first it didn't seem that they believed us(couple young punks just buy a bow a few hours ago and shoot a fairly big buck).... They came out of the shop to have a look... I am sure they congratulated us at some point but what I remember most is them laughing and making fun of us for not gutting the deer.... What can I say, we were green
I guess that was about 35 years ago.... still remember it pretty clearly.... Funny thing is I have shot many deer since but can't seem to remember the second one at all.....
Early 80's a whitetail doe fell to the brother's TC Pennsylvania Hunter which i borrowed. She and two others came to a grunt call, spined her from a tree stand and will never forget the bawling and thinking "What Have I done".
This was after sitting 4.5 days in the rain, in a home made tree stand, being told by the old boys, that is not how you hunt deer, you have to drive them. After many years and more than my share of good deer and better hunts I still get that same rush when it comes time to drop the hammer each fall.
This was after sitting 4.5 days in the rain, in a home made tree stand, being told by the old boys, that is not how you hunt deer, you have to drive them. After many years and more than my share of good deer and better hunts I still get that same rush when it comes time to drop the hammer each fall.
rifleman762
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Alberta
2007: a spike fork moose by Muncho Lake. I was using my dad's Mauser 98 sporter with a Douglas barrel and German markings intact . 308 with 180gr Partitions. The bull moose was following a cow that had previously passed within 5 yards of me and then came back around to the wallow I was at. That was an exciting day for a young man.
. 308 with 180gr Partitions. The bull moose was following a cow that had previously passed within 5 yards of me and then came back around to the wallow I was at. That was an exciting day for a young man.
