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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19089756 01/09/24
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Brittdog Campfire Member B Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 164 Cheney	Browning A bolt in 7mm rem mag shooting 150gr B tip over IMR 4350. 30 years ago and I remember it like yesterday.

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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19089765 01/09/24
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DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker D Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,781 Likes: 2 NE Illinois	Hand picked rock out of the creek bottom and a sling shot! It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you! NRA life member Illinois State Rifle Association member

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19090726 01/09/24
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Lslite Campfire Regular L Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,933 Texas	Winchester 670 carbine in .243 with a cheap Bushnell scope. " It ain't dead.As long as there's one cowboy taking care of one cow,it ain't dead ! " Monte Walsh

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19090749 01/09/24
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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19090760 01/09/24
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Oldagpilot Campfire Greenhorn O Joined: Oct 2022 Posts: 93 Arkansas	Remington 742 243 didn’t like it much but it did the job. I bought my grandson a Winchester 270 featherweight and got an extra stock on eBay and shortened it to 12 inch he is 8 years old and has killed 2 deer so far he is a hunting machine.

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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19090808 01/09/24
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trplem Campfire Regular T Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,083 NE WI	That would be a borrowed 98 mauser in 8x57, "customized" with a cut down stock some time in the '60s. I think I might be the youngest guy to use such a contraption for hunting, as I'm a mere 54 years old.

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19090853 01/09/24
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HarleyHutch Campfire Regular H Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,228 Adirondack Mnt's	1st long gun deer, Mossberg 20 ga smooth bore, after being made fun of for carrying a 20 ga. 1st pistol deer was a .41M I don't want a pickle, I just wanna ride my motorcycle

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19091134 01/09/24
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thebobcat Campfire Greenhorn T Joined: Oct 2022 Posts: 30 Eastern NC	Remington 700 BDL 270 with 130 gr corelokt

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19091317 01/09/24
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ipopum Campfire Regular I Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,480 Likes: 2	Winchester model 95 (1903) 30-06 in about 1951 This was the family gun. Killed a nice 4x4 mule deer buck in spite of not knowing anything. It had the issue buckhorn sites & they worked on many head of critters later in my hunting days.

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? Mule Deer #19091353 01/09/24
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Ranger99 Campfire Tracker R Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 3,764 Likes: 1 Republic of Texas	Originally Posted by Mule Deer My father's Western Field .30-30-- a Montgomery Ward "store brand" Marlin 336. The ammo was also Western Field, probably made by Federal. He bought it at the local "Monkey Ward" retail store, three blocks from our house in Bozeman, Montana--and the ammo was also Western Field, probably made by Federal. It was a package deal with a fixed 4x, made by Light Optical of Japan. The range was about 40 feet, in ponderosa pine timber. Could only see the shoulder area through the scope, but the doe dropped right there. I don't remember the photo, but the episode was written up in one of my loading manuals somewhere as a foreword

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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? Mule Deer #19092488 01/09/24
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ExpatFromOK Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 4,083 Oklahoma, Canadian River	Great picture! "There are no dangerous weapons. There are only dangerous men." - Robert Heinlein

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19094307 01/10/24
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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19095659 01/10/24
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Steelruger22 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 654 Likes: 1	Early 90s PSE Spirit Compound Bow. Game Getter II aluminum arrows. Thunderhead 125 on the end. She was 18yrds from my treestand. It was OCT 17th 1997, I was 12. First season I was legal to deer hunt in Michigan back then. She field dressed @110lbs and had 2 fawns in tail. I will never forget it. Dad taught me and assisted me in tanning her hide. I still have it and it hangs on my wall. Last edited by Steelruger22; 01/10/24. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same... President Ronald Reagan

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? Just a Hunter #19095971 01/11/24
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Plumdog Campfire Regular P Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 860 Florida Nature Coast	Originally Posted by Just a Hunter Winchester M0d 94 in 30-30 Mine was a 94 in .32 special. Borrowed from ma.

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19096214 01/11/24
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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19098085 01/11/24
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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19099129 01/12/24
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las Campfire 'Bwana L Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 32,135 Likes: 3 Kenai Peninsula, AK	Win '94, 30-30, . 1966., central ND. Dad's rifle. Nothing with it since. Couple brothers killed with it in the interim in NV, ID. It's my walk-about rifle up here. I should kill something with it again. 1966 was a long time ago! I did kill my first moose with a Marlin 336 now sleeping with the fishes , in 1969 or 70 before I re-acquired the '94 from a deceased brother. Last edited by las; 01/12/24. The only true cost of having a dog is its death.

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19099642 01/12/24
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Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19101284 01/12/24
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Torqued Campfire Regular T Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 2,845 Likes: 1 Henry Co Mo	Remington 760 Game Master in 30-06. It belonged to my grandfather, I took it over when I was 14-15. Still have it today, killed 2 deer with it this season. But have lost track of all the game it has put in the freezer and on the table. Just because you're offended doesn't mean your right.

Re: What did you use to kill your first deer? hanco #19102154 01/12/24
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