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More shotguns than I thought there would be. I never considered vehicles, didn’t get one with a vehicle until I was 68 in Georgetown by the HEB. I was looking back in the rear view to see if trailer cleared a car, looked to front, caught a flash of white. I thought I hit a child. It scared hell out of me. Thank goodness it wasn’t.

45-70 Marlin from a MS tree stand, shooting 300 gr. Hornady bullet. One shot did the trick.

Long time ago.

DF

870 20 gauge.

Stevens 200 in 270

13 yrs old. 20 gauge pumpkin ball slugs with a front bead only pump shotgun on a flat out running field buck going perpendicular to me roughly 100 plus yds. Clean misses the first 2 shots, hit him about 2" behind the ear on the third shot and he did a end over end flip. 100% pure skill! LOL! Not.

That was 40 yrs ago and I can still remember all of it in detail. Man I was excited.

Still in the top 3 of the nicest bucks I've killed.

First year hunting in Canada, I was 40 years old.

Borrowed a buddies M99c, in .308.

Bought the rifle from him, after the season ended.

M1A

20 gauge slug from my Remington 870. 25yds....8 pt buck!

Interesting. More shotguns than I ever expected. I got my first deer with my dad's model 94 carbine in 32 spl. Still have it. Since another deer, antelope and a mt. lion.

I remember satellites. Darton bows were awesome back in the early 90's.

Yep - I went from that Darton to a Mathew's SQ2 - world of difference. But I have nothing bad to say about that old Darton or the guys at Trail's End Archery (Dino!) who let me shoot there for free as a teen.

Oh if we're going way back in the bow era. 1st deer killed with a bow when I was just a young squirt. 45 lb Jennings forked lightning. Finger tab, 3 sight pins......10,15,20.

I killed my first deer when I was in college using a Win '94 in .32 Win Spl that I borrowed from one of my college roommates.

1958 Savage 99F 308 with a Williams peep in 1976.

Zabala Hermanos SxS 20 gauge

Agree on surprise at the number of shotguns, 20 ga. nonetheless.

They do work if the shooter does his part.

Correction: (his or her), gotta be P.C. these days, don't ya know....

DF

I live in Michigans zone 3 so I used my Colt 12 ga. In 1967.

Thompson Center Cherokee 45 cal. Muzzleloader. I was 7 years old.

First with a rifle was using a ruger 77 flat bolt in 220 swift

Ruger M77 30-06.

Ruger M77R in .243, with old Red Box Federals - 100gr. Hi Shok. Over 40 years later, I still have that old rifle, though now it throws my handloads.