what caliber did ya use on first whitetail - Page 3

BurkGlocker · December 23, 2008, 04:16 AM

First deer I took was with a .410 shottie loaded up with S&B's 00 buck. I have taken more deer with that combo than with any of the rifles I have ever had.

Brad Clodfelter · December 23, 2008, 05:32 AM

Rem 760 30-06

7pt buck

MrClean · December 23, 2008, 08:52 AM

I'll join the exclusive 35 Remington club with 'sleepy'. Dad had loaded up some 200 gr Silver Tips and I leveled two back to back that the dogs were running. Devastating round.... both dropped immediately. Of course, I was lucky enough to be standing within 20 yards of them too. I'm sure that helped.

BK1977 · December 23, 2008, 09:44 AM

a savage pump 30/30 with a tasco 4x, would have been a nice 6 but he broke a pt off, neck shot him at 75 yds. I remember getting fever so bad!!

mfree · December 23, 2008, 10:20 AM

Ain't happened yet, but the two guns I figure are the most apt in the collection are a sporterized type 99 with Lyman peeps and a scoped Marlin...

...so either 7.7 Arisaka or a nice middle-load 300gr LFP .444 Marlin

SilentHitz · December 23, 2008, 11:02 AM

Ithaca 12 ga. pump...00 buckshot. Right between the eye and ear, dropped like a rock.

zpurdy · December 23, 2008, 11:41 AM

1st marlin 336 .30-30, and the second was with a rem 700 7mm mag (only gotten 2)

thallub · December 23, 2008, 12:50 PM

Took my first deer with a Beretta made 6.5mm Italian service rifle in 1952. He was shot through the heart and was DRT. Still have that rifle and the antlers of that 8 point buck.

pbrktrt · December 23, 2008, 09:24 PM

my first was a small doe with my grandfathers 16 gauge 870. i was 13 at the time. i gut shot her in my excitement & then ran her down. gramps chastised me for shot placement & chasing the deer but later said he was quite proud that i found it. he made me do the field dressing & i puked twice from the horrid smell. i told myself i would never shoot a deer in the gut again. i graduated after that to his woodmaster 300 savage pump & was considerably more accurate with that. thanks for bringing back the memories. great times with my grandfather. 43 years later i still have the love of the outdoors & hunting & fishing. i now use a custom Vanguard in 270 win & enjoy the sport as much as then.

MeekAndMild · December 24, 2008, 12:03 AM

.303 Enfield

kametc · December 24, 2008, 01:34 AM

Caliber?......first Whitetail???.....

It was a full length 2016 Gamegetter with a 125 gr Satellite broadhead. Shot from a PSE Phaser II in the early 80's. Range of about 15 yards, from a ground ambush.

Ken

A Macker · December 24, 2008, 01:40 AM

Win 70 in 300 WIN mag, it was a buddies gun. I went right out and bought one chambered in 300 WBTHY mag just so mine was bigger.

Dallas Jack · December 24, 2008, 12:37 PM

1948 Remington model 721 in .270 Winchester. Belonged to my step dad.
Dallas Jack

Quickdraw Limpsalot · December 24, 2008, 05:56 PM

Shot my first one a loooooooong time ago with a borrowed model 788 Remington in .308 from my "Papaw." I was too young at the time for my own deer rifle, but a year or two later I talked Dad into buying my trusty .35 Rem 336. I'd never heard of the round, and I'm not sure Dad had ever used one... but he knew then that it was a dandy round. Now I do too.

crowbeaner · December 24, 2008, 06:05 PM

My first, you ask? Ithaca 12 gauge Deerslayer 24" barrel, Federal F127RS slugs in the red and white box. I shot the doe first and the buck walked over and stood in her hoofprints, so I shot him too. 3 shots, 2 finishers with a 357, 2 deer, and a half mile drag at dark thirty by myself to the car. Man, was I tired and elated.

ojibweindian · December 25, 2008, 10:43 AM

All deer I've ever taken have been with a 7mm Rem Mag. Nails 'em like the Hammer of Thor! Hopefully, this weekend I'll be able to get my Marlin XL7 in .30-06 bloody. If successful, it'll be done with a 165 grain Hornady Interlock over H380.

rem870hunter · December 25, 2008, 01:12 PM

12 ga. 1 oz rifled slug,fired from a wingmaster magnum.

UniversalFrost · December 26, 2008, 03:34 PM

30/06 at 180 yds on a stationary whitetail buck with a perfect broad side shot. was using 180 gr. nosler partitions, IMR 4895 and cci bench rest primers and winchester brass. gun was a winchester model 70 (pre 64) with krieger heavy sporter barrel with lyman model 17 front sight and wiliams rear peep sight. The buck fell in his spot and never got up. I was 14 at the time. buck field dressed at 224 and the rack scored 168. This was up in South Dakota where I grew up.

kraigwy · December 27, 2008, 11:00 PM

I was about 8 years old, living on a farm. I went to the store paid 25 cents for three 16 gage shotgun shell (buck shot), and an old single shot 16 gage that belonged to my grandfather. Now back then I'd set around for hours listening to stories of deer hunting. How deer would get you with their antlers or feet if you wern't careful.

So early one morning I was put on a stand, while my uncle started out to make the drive. I was there about 20 minutes when I heard something running toward me, when got in sight I just knew it was comming after me. I fired, it went down and got back up, The extractor was screwed up and you had to pry the hull out with a knife. The sucker kept coming and I knew I was dead, I shot again and he went down again, only to get up again. I shot the third time and killed him. Don't know what I would have done if I needed a third shot. I only had three.

Anyway I ended up with that shotgun, I think it was only supposed to be used with Black powder, but who knew that then, certainly not an 8 year old kid.

shortwave · December 28, 2008, 01:20 AM

kraigwy,thats a funny story. I think I was around 8 or 9. Shot a doe with my first gun-'Buckbuster' single shot 12 ga. loaded with 2 3/4 Rem. slugger.Hunted with it for years and started all my boys out on it. They`ve all shot their first deer with it. Grandkids next victims. It seems to kick harder today than it did then

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BuckHammer · December 28, 2008, 05:21 AM

I believe I was twelve when I got my first whitetail. I was using my father's 20 ga. I believe that it was a Smith and Wesson. I liked it because of its iron rifle sights.

Dearhunter61 · December 28, 2008, 12:03 PM

It was with a 30-30 and like most on this forum I immediately upgraded the following year to a 30-06 thinking I needed a rifle that would enable me to shoot longer distances...and then two years later the 7Mag.

Reality? Most of the deer I have taken have been at less than a 100 yards and I have only shot perhaps 1 or 2 in the 23 years I have been hunting that would have stretched the ability of the 30-30 but boy I sure look better carrying that 7Mag when I was younger...

22lr · December 28, 2008, 12:40 PM

12ga
A 90 yard shot to the spine, dead before she hit the ground.
I live in Indiana and we are limited to shotguns or pistol caliber rifles. needless to say I cant complain with the performance of a 12ga sabot round, talk about human kills.

12GaugeShuggoth · December 28, 2008, 09:08 PM

First deer was a spike taken with my dads single shot 20 gauge loaded with buckshot. One shot to the vitals, deer didn't run more than 20 yards or so before going down. Deer was probably 35 or 40 yards away, maybe closer. Still have the gun and still hunt small game with it, but not deer. I was around 7 or 8 I think.

Oneholewonder · January 1, 2009, 10:10 PM

I'm with Kametc on this one!!!

A 50# Bear Recurve with a cedar arrow. I still have the bow but it's been so long since I shot it I can't recall the weight of the Fred Bear broadhead.

Like Kam I also killed my first doe on a stalk. I was able to hide my profile behind some tall grass for most of the stalk until I reached the low cut portion of the field where she and another doe were feeding. Then I took one arrow out of my quiver and left the quiver behind and did a belly crawl for another 25 or 30 yards to close the distance to 35 yards. I waited until neither deer was looking, took a knee, knocked my arrow and double lunged the biggest doe!

My first rifle kill was shortly after that with a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 caliber. I think I shot a 140 grain bullet.

December 23, 2008, 08:52 AM	#53
MrClean Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2008 Location: State of Confusion Posts: 336	I'll join the exclusive 35 Remington club with 'sleepy'. Dad had loaded up some 200 gr Silver Tips and I leveled two back to back that the dogs were running. Devastating round.... both dropped immediately. Of course, I was lucky enough to be standing within 20 yards of them too. I'm sure that helped. __________________ I'm like a Fat Kid on a Playground..... " I ain't Playin' " Lifetime NRA, USPSA, HCSO, CRS Club

December 23, 2008, 10:20 AM	#55
mfree Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Posts: 506	Ain't happened yet, but the two guns I figure are the most apt in the collection are a sporterized type 99 with Lyman peeps and a scoped Marlin... ...so either 7.7 Arisaka or a nice middle-load 300gr LFP .444 Marlin __________________ "If it's rare, strange, or odd, i want it." I drank the cool-aid. Coal Creek Armory

December 24, 2008, 12:03 AM	#60
MeekAndMild Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2001 Posts: 4,988	.303 Enfield __________________ 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 24, 2008, 01:34 AM	#61
kametc Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2007 Location: S W , Montana Posts: 206	Caliber?......first Whitetail???..... It was a full length 2016 Gamegetter with a 125 gr Satellite broadhead. Shot from a PSE Phaser II in the early 80's. Range of about 15 yards, from a ground ambush. Ken __________________ "Allons" Blackhorse Troopers !

December 24, 2008, 06:05 PM	#65
crowbeaner Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2007 Location: Upstate SC Posts: 1,943	My first, you ask? Ithaca 12 gauge Deerslayer 24" barrel, Federal F127RS slugs in the red and white box. I shot the doe first and the buck walked over and stood in her hoofprints, so I shot him too. 3 shots, 2 finishers with a 357, 2 deer, and a half mile drag at dark thirty by myself to the car. Man, was I tired and elated. __________________ If you want your children to follow in your footsteps, be careful where you walk. Beware the man that only owns one gun; he probably knows how to use it. I just hope my ship comes in before my dock rots.

December 23, 2008, 04:16 AM	#51
BurkGlocker Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2008 Location: Sheppard AFB, TX Posts: 568	First deer I took was with a .410 shottie loaded up with S&B's 00 buck. I have taken more deer with that combo than with any of the rifles I have ever had.

December 23, 2008, 05:32 AM	#52
Brad Clodfelter Registration in progress Join Date: January 26, 2007 Posts: 925	Rem 760 30-06 7pt buck

December 23, 2008, 09:44 AM	#54
BK1977 Junior Member Join Date: December 5, 2008 Posts: 7	a savage pump 30/30 with a tasco 4x, would have been a nice 6 but he broke a pt off, neck shot him at 75 yds. I remember getting fever so bad!!

December 23, 2008, 11:02 AM	#56
SilentHitz Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Ms. Posts: 1,984	Ithaca 12 ga. pump...00 buckshot. Right between the eye and ear, dropped like a rock.

December 23, 2008, 11:41 AM	#57
zpurdy Member Join Date: December 11, 2006 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 32	1st marlin 336 .30-30, and the second was with a rem 700 7mm mag (only gotten 2)

December 23, 2008, 12:50 PM	#58
thallub Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2007 Location: South Western OK Posts: 3,112	Took my first deer with a Beretta made 6.5mm Italian service rifle in 1952. He was shot through the heart and was DRT. Still have that rifle and the antlers of that 8 point buck.

December 23, 2008, 09:24 PM	#59
pbrktrt Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2008 Posts: 313	my first was a small doe with my grandfathers 16 gauge 870. i was 13 at the time. i gut shot her in my excitement & then ran her down. gramps chastised me for shot placement & chasing the deer but later said he was quite proud that i found it. he made me do the field dressing & i puked twice from the horrid smell. i told myself i would never shoot a deer in the gut again. i graduated after that to his woodmaster 300 savage pump & was considerably more accurate with that. thanks for bringing back the memories. great times with my grandfather. 43 years later i still have the love of the outdoors & hunting & fishing. i now use a custom Vanguard in 270 win & enjoy the sport as much as then.

December 24, 2008, 01:40 AM	#62
A Macker Member Join Date: December 21, 2007 Posts: 24	Win 70 in 300 WIN mag, it was a buddies gun. I went right out and bought one chambered in 300 WBTHY mag just so mine was bigger.

December 24, 2008, 12:37 PM	#63
Dallas Jack Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2005 Location: Dallas Posts: 386	1948 Remington model 721 in .270 Winchester. Belonged to my step dad. Dallas Jack

December 24, 2008, 05:56 PM	#64
Quickdraw Limpsalot Senior Member Join Date: September 20, 2004 Location: Rural Kentucky Posts: 478	Shot my first one a loooooooong time ago with a borrowed model 788 Remington in .308 from my "Papaw." I was too young at the time for my own deer rifle, but a year or two later I talked Dad into buying my trusty .35 Rem 336. I'd never heard of the round, and I'm not sure Dad had ever used one... but he knew then that it was a dandy round. Now I do too.

December 25, 2008, 10:43 AM	#66
ojibweindian Senior Member Join Date: April 20, 2000 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Posts: 1,198	All deer I've ever taken have been with a 7mm Rem Mag. Nails 'em like the Hammer of Thor! Hopefully, this weekend I'll be able to get my Marlin XL7 in .30-06 bloody. If successful, it'll be done with a 165 grain Hornady Interlock over H380.

December 25, 2008, 01:12 PM	#67
rem870hunter Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2007 Location: N.J. and trying to decide what state to move to. Posts: 973	12 ga. 1 oz rifled slug,fired from a wingmaster magnum. __________________ BEAR Bows,Remington shotguns,Marlin rifles

December 26, 2008, 03:34 PM	#68
UniversalFrost Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,300	30/06 at 180 yds on a stationary whitetail buck with a perfect broad side shot. was using 180 gr. nosler partitions, IMR 4895 and cci bench rest primers and winchester brass. gun was a winchester model 70 (pre 64) with krieger heavy sporter barrel with lyman model 17 front sight and wiliams rear peep sight. The buck fell in his spot and never got up. I was 14 at the time. buck field dressed at 224 and the rack scored 168. This was up in South Dakota where I grew up. __________________ Lifetime member VFW and NRA "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (when all else fails play dead) -Red Green

December 27, 2008, 11:00 PM	#69
kraigwy Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 11,061	I was about 8 years old, living on a farm. I went to the store paid 25 cents for three 16 gage shotgun shell (buck shot), and an old single shot 16 gage that belonged to my grandfather. Now back then I'd set around for hours listening to stories of deer hunting. How deer would get you with their antlers or feet if you wern't careful. So early one morning I was put on a stand, while my uncle started out to make the drive. I was there about 20 minutes when I heard something running toward me, when got in sight I just knew it was comming after me. I fired, it went down and got back up, The extractor was screwed up and you had to pry the hull out with a knife. The sucker kept coming and I knew I was dead, I shot again and he went down again, only to get up again. I shot the third time and killed him. Don't know what I would have done if I needed a third shot. I only had three. Anyway I ended up with that shotgun, I think it was only supposed to be used with Black powder, but who knew that then, certainly not an 8 year old kid. __________________ Kraig Stuart CPT USAR Ret USAMU Sniper School Distinguished Rifle Badge 1071

December 28, 2008, 01:20 AM	#70
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	kraigwy,thats a funny story. I think I was around 8 or 9. Shot a doe with my first gun-'Buckbuster' single shot 12 ga. loaded with 2 3/4 Rem. slugger.Hunted with it for years and started all my boys out on it. They`ve all shot their first deer with it. Grandkids next victims. It seems to kick harder today than it did then. Last edited by shortwave; December 28, 2008 at 01:32 AM.

December 28, 2008, 05:21 AM	#71
BuckHammer Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 286	I believe I was twelve when I got my first whitetail. I was using my father's 20 ga. I believe that it was a Smith and Wesson. I liked it because of its iron rifle sights. __________________ Luck runs out. Boiler Up!

December 28, 2008, 12:03 PM	#72
Dearhunter61 Senior Member Join Date: May 5, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 518	It was with a 30-30 and like most on this forum I immediately upgraded the following year to a 30-06 thinking I needed a rifle that would enable me to shoot longer distances...and then two years later the 7Mag. Reality? Most of the deer I have taken have been at less than a 100 yards and I have only shot perhaps 1 or 2 in the 23 years I have been hunting that would have stretched the ability of the 30-30 but boy I sure look better carrying that 7Mag when I was younger...

December 28, 2008, 12:40 PM	#73
22lr Member Join Date: December 28, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 30	12ga A 90 yard shot to the spine, dead before she hit the ground. I live in Indiana and we are limited to shotguns or pistol caliber rifles. needless to say I cant complain with the performance of a 12ga sabot round, talk about human kills. __________________ A pistol isn't a weapon, its a tool designed to get you back to the weapon you should have been carrying in the first place.

December 28, 2008, 09:08 PM	#74
12GaugeShuggoth Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 534	First deer was a spike taken with my dads single shot 20 gauge loaded with buckshot. One shot to the vitals, deer didn't run more than 20 yards or so before going down. Deer was probably 35 or 40 yards away, maybe closer. Still have the gun and still hunt small game with it, but not deer. I was around 7 or 8 I think. __________________ ---Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.--- ---Enlightenment is the ability to take infinite pains--- MOLON LABE

January 1, 2009, 10:10 PM	#75
Oneholewonder Member Join Date: December 24, 2008 Posts: 78	I'm with Kametc on this one!!! A 50# Bear Recurve with a cedar arrow. I still have the bow but it's been so long since I shot it I can't recall the weight of the Fred Bear broadhead. Like Kam I also killed my first doe on a stalk. I was able to hide my profile behind some tall grass for most of the stalk until I reached the low cut portion of the field where she and another doe were feeding. Then I took one arrow out of my quiver and left the quiver behind and did a belly crawl for another 25 or 30 yards to close the distance to 35 yards. I waited until neither deer was looking, took a knee, knocked my arrow and double lunged the biggest doe! My first rifle kill was shortly after that with a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 caliber. I think I shot a 140 grain bullet.