I Shot My First Deer!!!

LoadIt · November 30, 2005, 04:20 PM

I have been deer hunting in Missouri a couple of times when I was a teenager but never got anything. Now at age 32 I finally decided to go again, this time in Kansas.

A little after 9:00 A.M. I heard my Dad fire twice. He had shot two doe's. So I climbed out of my stand and helped him gut and load his deer into the back of the truck. We were about to leave and take the deer to be processed when I saw a deer up the hill about 75 yards from where we were at.

I told my Dad to shut off the truck and I got out, loaded my rifle, and tried to reacquire the deer that I saw. It was in some pretty thick woods so I had to move around a bit to get a clear shot. My bullet hit him in the neck and the buck dropped.

What luck! I was bummed about having to leave the hunt for the day to help my Dad and at literally the last second, I got my first buck. Although it is by means no trophy, it is still food for the table.

22-rimfire · November 30, 2005, 06:28 PM

Congratulations on your first deer and a buck at that. May this be the first of many years of hunting enjoyment and success. You broke the ice!

I shot my first handgun buck this year on Sat. Nov. 26th. It was a 7 pt buck at 50 yards. One shot with a 480 Ruger SRH w/2x Leupold scope. I felt pretty good about this.

marmark · November 30, 2005, 08:31 PM

Cherish the memory.

Clayfish · November 30, 2005, 11:04 PM

Congrats. Don't be ashamed of your first deer being small. My first was a small button buck I took for a doe. Good shooting and enjoy that freezer full of meat.

Art Eatman · December 1, 2005, 09:39 AM

Great! Keep on keepin' on!

Art

FirstFreedom · December 1, 2005, 10:00 AM

Congrats!

Twycross · December 1, 2005, 02:02 PM

Two thumbs waaayyy up! Are ya hooked yet?

FrontSight · December 1, 2005, 06:20 PM

Really happy for ya, that's awesome, congrats!!

AdamGrier_atc · December 2, 2005, 09:00 PM

Great job!!! COngrats! Be proud of it!

yorec · December 2, 2005, 09:37 PM

Good for you - anytime you and your hunting partner can both fill out on the same day is a good one.

LoadIt · December 5, 2005, 01:40 PM

Thanks everyone. Now I'm ready for next year...LoadIt

marmark · December 5, 2005, 03:03 PM

Congrats.

springmom · December 5, 2005, 03:07 PM

You know, everybody goes for the "trophy" animals... which of course means that the trophy genes get culled out of the gene pool. Not always so great for the herds, anyway. You have a fine buck there and he will make some good venison sausage, stew, backstrap, etc., etc. You should be proud.

Springmom

Wingbone · December 5, 2005, 03:22 PM

I feel that if you put you time in, and do it fairly, every deer is a trophy. Congrats to you.

MeekAndMild · December 5, 2005, 07:32 PM

Looks like a pretty good deer to me!

dm1333 · December 12, 2005, 01:46 AM

Venison tastes good no matter how big the horns. I get as much enjoyment out of knocking quail or grouse down as I do taking deer or pig or turkey, so don't worry about the size.

shureshot0471 · December 14, 2005, 12:48 AM

Shootin your first deer is sacred and a moment to cherish for the rest of your life congrats good first deer

Toney · December 15, 2005, 01:44 AM

Congrats!!! fair size body for those antlers, looks as big as my 8pt

Jack O'Conner · December 15, 2005, 07:45 AM

Good shooting. The experience of killing a deer is always a little sad, at first. But making a quick kill is something to be proud about.

The younger bucks and does are better trophies on the dinner plate that the older herd bucks. Enjoy!

Jack

youp · December 16, 2005, 06:04 AM

They are ALL trophies. It brings great joy to me to be around someone that has been bitten by the deer hunting bug. My youngest son got his second buck this year. I think he may be helplessly bit too. Sincere congratulations.

Hello123 · December 16, 2005, 12:29 PM

Good job. Sounds like it took some skill to get a clear shot.

November 30, 2005, 08:31 PM	#3
marmark Member Join Date: November 27, 2005 Posts: 34	Congats Cherish the memory. __________________ No one can force me to run into a burning building, I'm a volunteer!

December 1, 2005, 10:00 AM	#6
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	Excellent! Congrats!

December 1, 2005, 02:02 PM	#7
Twycross Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 1,187	Two thumbs waaayyy up! Are ya hooked yet? __________________ The test of character is not 'hanging in' when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty, and persistence of example when you know no light is coming. - Vice Admiral James Stockdale, USN (ret.)

December 2, 2005, 09:37 PM	#10
yorec Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,328	Good for you - anytime you and your hunting partner can both fill out on the same day is a good one. __________________ What part of "... shall not be infringed..." don't you understand?

December 5, 2005, 03:03 PM	#12
marmark Member Join Date: November 27, 2005 Posts: 34	Congrats. __________________ No one can force me to run into a burning building, I'm a volunteer!

November 30, 2005, 06:28 PM	#2
22-rimfire Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 5,323	Congratulations on your first deer and a buck at that. May this be the first of many years of hunting enjoyment and success. You broke the ice! I shot my first handgun buck this year on Sat. Nov. 26th. It was a 7 pt buck at 50 yards. One shot with a 480 Ruger SRH w/2x Leupold scope. I felt pretty good about this.

November 30, 2005, 11:04 PM	#4
Clayfish Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 953	Congrats. Don't be ashamed of your first deer being small. My first was a small button buck I took for a doe. Good shooting and enjoy that freezer full of meat.

December 1, 2005, 09:39 AM	#5
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Great! Keep on keepin' on! Art

December 1, 2005, 06:20 PM	#8
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Really happy for ya, that's awesome, congrats!!

December 2, 2005, 09:00 PM	#9
AdamGrier_atc Senior Member Join Date: January 11, 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123	Great job!!! COngrats! Be proud of it!

December 5, 2005, 01:40 PM	#11
LoadIt Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 269	Thanks everyone. Now I'm ready for next year...LoadIt

December 5, 2005, 03:07 PM	#13
springmom Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2005 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,823	way to go! You know, everybody goes for the "trophy" animals... which of course means that the trophy genes get culled out of the gene pool. Not always so great for the herds, anyway. You have a fine buck there and he will make some good venison sausage, stew, backstrap, etc., etc. You should be proud. Springmom __________________ I will not be a victim home on the web: www.panagia-icons.net (my webpage) www.nousfromspring.blogspot.com (Orthodoxy) "I couldn't hear you. Stop firing the gun while you're talking!" Frank Drebin, The Naked Gun

December 5, 2005, 03:22 PM	#14
Wingbone Senior Member Join Date: September 23, 2005 Posts: 136	"by no means a trophy"??????? I feel that if you put you time in, and do it fairly, every deer is a trophy. Congrats to you.

December 5, 2005, 07:32 PM	#15
MeekAndMild Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2001 Posts: 4,988	Looks like a pretty good deer to me! __________________ In a few years when the dust finally clears and people start counting their change there is a pretty good chance that President Obama may become known as The Great Absquatulator. You heard it first here on TFL.

December 12, 2005, 01:46 AM	#16
dm1333 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2005 Posts: 401	Nice buck Venison tastes good no matter how big the horns. I get as much enjoyment out of knocking quail or grouse down as I do taking deer or pig or turkey, so don't worry about the size.

December 14, 2005, 12:48 AM	#17
shureshot0471 Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2005 Location: In the sticks of East Texas Posts: 185	Shootin your first deer is sacred and a moment to cherish for the rest of your life congrats good first deer __________________ "Prefection is not attainable,but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi "Gun control is putting that second bullet through the same hole the first one made." - Ted Nugent

December 15, 2005, 01:44 AM	#18
Toney Senior Member Join Date: August 17, 2005 Location: Stillwater Oklahoma Posts: 790	Congrats!!! fair size body for those antlers, looks as big as my 8pt

December 15, 2005, 07:45 AM	#19
Jack O'Conner Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2005 Location: Manatee County, Florida Posts: 1,976	Good shooting. The experience of killing a deer is always a little sad, at first. But making a quick kill is something to be proud about. The younger bucks and does are better trophies on the dinner plate that the older herd bucks. Enjoy! Jack

December 16, 2005, 06:04 AM	#20
youp Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2005 Location: south of Canada, eh? Posts: 438	They are ALL trophies. It brings great joy to me to be around someone that has been bitten by the deer hunting bug. My youngest son got his second buck this year. I think he may be helplessly bit too. Sincere congratulations.

December 16, 2005, 12:29 PM	#21
Hello123 Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2005 Posts: 571	Good job. Sounds like it took some skill to get a clear shot.