Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting What was your first deer rifle??

A 1972 vintage Winchester Model 94
that was won in a big buck contest by
my cousin in 1972. I got probably ten
deer with it 'till I moved to Texas from
Wisconsin in "82".

NrtWICheezehead, What part of Wi
are you in? I trek back home twice a year
to bow & rifle hunt deer in Bayfield and
Douglas counties.

Hunt Safe, Bruce

Winchester Model 670A 243Win, 4x Tasco. Bought in 1975.

It was a budget priced, pushfeed, blind magazine, RH bolt version of M70. (I'm lefty)

Took 3 mulies with it without any trouble.

My first deer season (12 years old) I used my grandpa's octagon barrelled 25-35. Killed my first deer with an open sight Winchester .220 Swift (13 years old). Then I recieved a new Winchester M70 Featherweight .270 for my 15th birthday.

Model 700 adl 308. weaver C4.

Ditto on the Marlin 336 in .30-30 when I was 14 (but with a Tasco 3x9 scope); same ditto on stupidly trading it away when I was 17 or 18. Killed my first two deer with it (little 6-pt, and a doe). Wish I had it back; then again, I wish I had back the .30-06 that I traded the .30-30 away on, too.

Once you have a fire arm, never never get rid of it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

first deer rifle was a TVM 40 cal tennesee rifle. Shot at alot of deer with that thing but never drew blood. Those first couple of years buck fever was really hard on me. First deer I shot was with a Lyman Hawkins 54 cal. Whenenman I gotta agree with you for the most part. However I sold a NavyArms SxS muzzleloading 12ga. I hated that thing somethin awfull. Took the money i gotfrom it and bought 2 GUNS. Havnt regretted that desicion yet

My first deer rifle was a Win m94 in 30-30. I still have that rifle but I didn't kill my first deer with it. I killed it with a Browing Bow.

I killed my first rifle killed biggame, an Antelope in Wy, with a Remington m700 Classic 270. I still own that rifle too. It still wears the same Leupold Vari X II 3x9.

CM

First deer rifle was a Pre-64 featherweight in .308 winchester that my dad bought from a friend for $200.00 and the promise that he could borrow it if he got an elk permit. It got me hooked on three things- old model 70's, the .308 for deer, and hunting. BTW, my first year hunting, I killed a deer with my Bear recurve, and the winchester. I could not understand how dad could ever have come home without a deer. I've become a lot smarter since I was 15, and understand beginners luck much better too.

My first deer rifle was a Rem. 600 in 6mm that dad bought for me in 1964, the year I turned 12 and was legal for deer hunting.
I never killed a deer 'till I was 22, but got my first one with this rifle.
The action from this rifle was used to build a custom 25-284. a much nicer rifle! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
My older brother got to hunt with moms Win 94 in 25-35
And I was GREEN with envy! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Guess I came out OK in the long run.
Virgil B.

Remington 700 ADL Synthetic in .243 Win. Had a Weaver V9 in weaver Med. QD rings and Weaver Bases. It was a great rifle at the right price for a beginner. Sold it to buy a Model 7 SS in .308 Win about 2 years later. The .308 was a shooter! 3 shot groups in one hole at 100 yards with 168 gr. Win. Ballistic Silvertips. Ended up trading it for a 3 1/2" Browning Citori. Now I have a Syn Mnt. Rifle in 7mm-08. It's amazing looking back how many rifles and shotguns that I've had and wish I still had now.

Remington 788 in .243 Winchester with a 3x9 Bushnell Banner. Like most 788s it wasn't pretty but sure would shoot. Shot a lot of coyotes with it and several deer.

Jeff

A Carl Gustav Model 94 Carbine in 6.5x55. Never did shoot a deer with that gun. Later on, my dad re-stocked it and installed a longer barrel. When I was 35, I used it on a wild pig-its first kill.
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Yeah, I know (now), having learned my lesson over the years. Of course, the last recent departures were justifiable (almost) - either keep all my toys or keep a roof over my head (between jobs). Figured I could always find new guns, bows, flyrods...

Still hard, and it ain't happenin' again.

I traded mine on a .308 and like you traded it away also. I don't even remember what I swapped that one for.

Tang safety Ruger 77 in 257 Roberts with a 4X Leupold. I had to work my butt off from age 10 to 12 to buy it. I think working for that gun made me into the conservative that I am today!

Hmmmm, liberals and some conservatives made me into the libertarian I am today...

I know what you mean, I can't imagine how many miles of irrigation pipe I moved to save money for my first rifle. It does kind of have a long term effect on how you look at things.

Jeff

.30-06, sporterized 03-A3 Springfield. Fitted with Redfield peep sight. Took the first 4 deer of my big-game hunting career with this rifle. I still have it today. It was given to me by my folks, for my 14th birthday.

A borrowed Marlin 336 30-30