Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting What did you use to kill your first deer?

243 Win, 100gr Cor Lokt. Rifle was a Winchester 670A, with a 4X Tasco scope.

Would have been around 1975 or so.

Winchester Model 94 30-30 with 150 grn Winchester factory loads. Not sure but I think they were power points. Small 4 point but seemed monstrous running straight at me. Deer was running from walker hounds and I had to split the meat with the dog's owner. 1979.

CLifford

A 12 ga. smoothbore, High Standard Flite King DeLuxe pump gun that I still have. Using Remington "Slugger" rifled slugs, AKA Foster slugs. Got a decent body sized 7 point buck just after I had quit for the day, as the light was fading. Got down from the low 6 ft. or so ladder stand I was in, laid the gun down in the leaves to get the rest of my gear together when I heard a deer charging up hill from below me through the leaves. I froze in place bent over and the deer stopped 10 yards to my right. Stayed froze bent over for about 2 minutes until the deer moved a few feet and I slowly began to pick the gun up. The deer bolted at full speed and I swung the gun to my shoulder and made a quick snap shot. As the gun went off I suddenly saw my sight picture and realized too late that I had shot too high and missed. Then the buck crumpled to the ground, twitched a couple times and lay stone dead. When I had fired too high he was at the bottom of one of his leaps, my "high " shot then connected with the back of his head as he was jumping upward. Turns out one of my buddies was walking up the hill to meet me, as he had quit for the day also. He saw the buck jump up and head uphill and heard my shot a couple minutes later. Range was about 20-25 yards.

22-250

Remington 1100 LT 20 . Smooth bore barrel with a slug. Slug was the only legal option in Indiana then in firearm . Long ago

20 ga single shot with #3 buckshot..........A doe chased by hounds.

I used my Ruger American in .308 to kill my first deer.

Ruger m77 243. Boat paddle.

Borrowed pre-64 model 94 in 30-30.

Winchester 94 in 25/35 117 Remington core-loks in 1967. Only shot I ever fired from the rifle. Still have the rest of the box of ammo that I bought with my allowance $$$ for $3.85 at the local sports shop.

Remington 722 rechambered to 308 Win from 300Sav. about 1965.

Model 12 12ga. Skeet grade with a 21" cut off barrel. #245 10 pt. 1979

HVA 30-06. with federal 150 gr factoryloads

Marlin 336 30-30, open sights with 150 sp. Approx 90 yards in 1976.

My first rifle was a Marlin 336, caliber 30/30. I was 17 years old.

Savage 1899, 1915 de'lux, 250-3000,
top

Model 94 - 32 Winchester Special.

H&R Mod 301 full stock 308win (that I wish I still had) 125gr Sierra in 1980.

30/30. Still running the same rifle.

I have since bought this rifle from OGB for a very reasonable price. This is for my son when he's big enough to shoot it. Want to say thanks again to OGB for such a nice gesture
Also a great person to talk/deal with!!!