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J.C. Higgins bolt action .22. Thirty yard head shot. Dropped like a lead balloon.

A .300 Savage 99R. I was 12. It was 1959.

The deer was a 4 point muley. A nice one.

Savage 110 tactical .308 win. Vortex diamondback tactical 3-9x40. Hornady 178 gr ELD-X. Great rifle, too heavy to tote around for hunting but accurate. Sold it, moved on.

A savage 110 30-06. That was 33 years ago.

Remington 700 BDL 30-06 still have the gun with the redfield 4 power scope on it.

700 BDL in .270. The mule deer dropped right there. So did the next two, as well as my son’s first two deer with the same rifle, and my first elk.

Whitetail doe marlin 336 and a 150 grain Winchester powerpoint

Winchester 94 AE 30/30. Worked pretty good on a 125 pound doe.

Savage 170 pump in 30-30, 170gr deadliest mushroom in the woods.

Need to pass it to some kid who will use it.

Mossburg 500 12 ga with vent rib barrel and pumpkin ball slugs. Year before I missed a deer with a savage Stevens single shot 12 ga that a point of impact about a foot from where you put the bead so I talked my dad into an upgrade for the next year.

Browning BAR in .270 Win

Winchester Model 94 Trapper in .30-30 with open sights. 1987 and I was 18.

Winchester XTR 30/06

first deer, handloaded 130gr bullet, standing off hand shot at a moving target.
I forget what the rifle is called.
something grand I thinks...

Glenfied 30A in .30-30. I was 15 saved my money up at my $1.85 an hour job, then had my parents buy it for me.

An arrow. After sticking many in trees. Home made, with a Hills Hornet three bladed head. Neck shot in spine, tho wasn`t looking at the neck.

M760 Carbine in 308. Factory loaded R-P 165gr. ammo.

First deer (and first shot ever) was a forky on the run (15 yards) w a 55# compound.

First gun deer was an 8pt w 12 ga shotgun, smoothbore.

Ithaca 37 Deerslayer 12 ga.

Hanco: Remember my first Deer like it was yesterday, even though it was in 1959.
The Rifle used was the families only "gun" a sporterized Winchester Model of 1917 in caliber 30/06.
I was 12 years old Hunting in the Wolf Canyon of taxingtons Okanogan country. Original peep sighted Rifle and the shot was 125 yards or so - to harvest a dandy 2x2 Mule Deer Buck.
Drug that chubby young Buck all the way back to camp "whole" (by myself) as I had NO idea how to dress it out.
Lot of water (and Big Game animals) under the bridge since then.
Time flies.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy