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First one was in about 1984 a nice fat doe shot with a Marlin 336 35 Rem with open sights, 200 grain Remington ammo. Deer went straight down with a double lung shot at about 60yds. The doe raised her head a little and I shot two more times hitting it in the head once.

Most recent was 2019 Thanksgiving weekend. Shot a nice little 6 point at about 60 yds through the woods with a Winchester 70 XTR Featherweight Winlite 270 topped with Zeiss Conquest 2.5-8x32 and Barnes Vor-TX 130 grain ammo. Double lung shot dropped him on the spot and he kicked once or twice.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

First was a Doe in 1987 with a 40# compound bow
Last was a buck that had shed its antlers last month with a Ruger 77 Hawkeye 30-06 and Federal 180's.

1955 small 8 point on an island off the Texas coast M94 30-30

Last week meat doe M70XTR Fwt. 257 R, 100gr Hornady.

First was a spike buck in 1999 taken with a 50 cal muzzleloader. TC Black Diamond with open sights. Last was a decent sized doe on a lottery hunt in Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge on December 14, 2019. She was taken with a Sako A7 300wsm with a handloaded 150gr Accubond topped with a Zeiss Conquest DL 3-12x50.

#1 was a doe back in 1974 with my grandfathers 742 06 iron sights, last was A Big Doe 11/27/19 with a 25/45 sharps AR and a red dot sight! Iv Killed alot of deer, but most with bows & crossbows a few with hand guns!

First was my second year deer hunting in 1975 on my dad's family's original home place in the Arkansas Ozarks. I killed a wide and tall 6 point with my uncle's open sighted Remington 742 in 30.06. Neck shot at about 25 yards. DRT

Last one opening Saturday evening of regular gun season this year. A big doe killed with a 40 yard shot to the back of the neck using my dependable old Winchester M-70 30.06. DRT. About 150 killed between those two deer and damn few of them killed with neck shots.

First was December 1974, a spike buck, taken with a 12 gauge Ithaca 37 and #1 Buckshot. At that time, buckshot was the only legal implement allowed in NJ for deer hunting, slugs became legal the following year.

Last was November 2019, a doe, taken with my Remington 7400 Jamomatic in .308 with a 150 grain cup & core bullet.

First was a 150# dressed forky shot on the trot w a PSE Vector 55#.
11:52 opening day 1985 (Oct 1). 21 yards
2216 w Wasp Series II 3 blade. Went about 25 yards.

Last was 181# dressed eight point, Nov 18 2019. .35 rem Model 760.
25 yards. 8:30 am. 200gr Hornady LeveRev. Crumpled.

Both Indiana deer.

First was a doe in 1958. Last was a large buck fawn in mid-December 2019.

We moved to Canada in December 2005, so first for me was Fall 2006.
Fork horn buck, Savage M99c .308

Last December, 8pt buck, T/C Encore ProHunter, 25-06.

Wife & son, fall 2009, spike bucks, Savage M11, .243.

Wife's last, November this past season, 7pt buck, Savage Lady Hunter, 7mm-08.

Son's last November, big, fat doe, Savage M11, .243.

First was December 1985 IIRC, doe at about 40 yards with a Winchester model 94 30/30.

Most recent was a doe last Saturday morning with a Savage 99 in .308, again at about 40 yards.

Seems like a lot of years between those.

My first deer was a doe with dad's 870 Wingmaster 00 buck around 1992

Last one was a doe today with my Tikka 7mm08

IIRC, first deer was in '66. Spike shot with Westernfield 12 ga. and #1 buckshot.

Last deer was a doe shot Tuesday evening with Dad's old rifle. 1955 Win. Mod 70 270.

First was a 10 point buck killed on a dog drive Nov. 7th of 1987 with my trusty Benelli 121 SL80 and #4 buckshot.

Last was a big doe sometime in Nov. 2018 with a .257 Weatherby Mag.

My first was a six point buck when I was 14 years old back in 1966 with a Mossberg 800A in .308 in Winchester. The last was a fat doe taken this year with a Savage 99 EG in .300 Savage. it was taken within a hundred yards from where my first was taken, a small wood plot in Western Pa. but I wasn't wearing the Woolrich this time.

I was 7 when I took my first deer, 1972 with a Marlin bolt action 22lr. My grandfather was a firm believer in never wasting anything edible. I ear holed her at about 30yds out of the hay barn while she ate cracked corn out of the feed trough. I really wish I could find his old rifle, I would probably give every dollar I had and then some.

Last 2 were a big fat pair of does, first one at approximately 140yds and the second one at about 240yds. Both shot within a few seconds of each other. 200gr ELD-X pencil holed both of them, one thru the side of the noggin and the other thru the base of skull/upper portion of the neck as she walked straight away from me, paralyzed her and it took a second round from my pistol to finish her off. The no expansion of the X bullet has me baffled, 3 deer and 2 pigs all with the X bullet in 300 WSM and not one expanded or remained inside the animal.

First one was in 1990, a small 8 pt. buck at 40 yards with a .30-06 Remington 700 ADL with 180 gr. Core-Lokt. Double-lung shot, ran about 20 yards. Most recent was a doe this past December with a new CVA Wolf muzzleloader with a 250 gr. Hornady SST over 100 grains of Pyrodex. 90 yards. DRT from a high shoulder shot. Passed through. This was my first kill with a muzzleloader.

I notice that many of the deer mentioned unapologetically were does. Obviously many are meat hunters who aren't ashamed of it. Good for all of you, I am the same way. My first was back in the mid to late 50's, a doe with a .270. The last was a spike horn in 2016 taken for sausage meat with a 30-06 loaded with a 170 gr. 30-30 bullet down loaded with I 4895 powder.

Since then poor health and a lack of access has prevented me from getting out again. Age has made me accept this without too much trouble.

Jim

First- November 1974, old 5 point whitetail at about 40 yards with a .35 Remington Marlin, in a Mt.Laurel thicket in Carbon County, PA
Last- November 2019, 5 point mule deer at about 40 yards with a 30-06 Remington Sportsmman 78 near an Aspen grove in Clear Creek County, CO

I need to correct mine, called my cousin, the 22lr was a Glenfield, not a Marlin.