what caliber did ya use on first whitetail

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. :D:D:D

Ken
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
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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:confused:.
 
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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.
 
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...:D
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
First deer I ever shot at was with a .30-30 and it well dead in its tracks. I was so excited I shook for 30 minutes after the shot.
 
44 Mag from a Ruger SBH with a 10.5 bull barrel 200gr JHP at 1500 fps
Neck shot and dead when it hit the ground. I was 15 years old.
When I started reloading at 17 i worked up a 44 mag round that even better.
180gr JHP with 23.6 gr 2400 @ 1700 fps
 
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