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First deer [doe] .410 slug
First elk [bull] 338-378 Wby 250 Barnes X

Deer & buck (same deer): Marlin .30-30 w/factory ammo (can't recall which)

Archery deer: Bear Super Kodiak

ML deer & buck (same deer): Thompson Center TreeHawk

Pig: CZ550 9.3x62

Turkey: Spanish Mauser converted to 7.62NATO with a 147 grain surplus FMJ

Bear: Remington 700 .30-06, 168 TTSX

VA, what's a TreeHawk?

Never mind, googled it. Looks pretty cool.

deer -280
feral hog - 30/30
skunk - 255/75-15

It sucked, actually.

Well, it looked cool. Not that I'm in the market, I have three T/C in-lines and a Hawken.

A 338WM Rem 700BDL with 200g Horn bullets at about 2800Ft/sec

1st deer - sporterized 30-06 180gr silvertip coues whitetail buck 1982

1st elk - same sporterized 30-06 180gr silvertip bull elk 1986

First deer no 4 mk 1 Lee emfield 180 gr factory dominion KKSP
First Moose No elk. Pre 64 winchester 70 featherweight. 180 gr old style silvertip handloads. Average retained wt 129 grains.

First deer with Ruger #1A 7x57, factory Federal 140g Sierra.
First elk with Rem. 700 Ti .280 Rem., handloaded 150g TSX over RL22.

My first deer was a small 8 I took with a Remington 721 in 30/06 loaded with factory 150gr corelocks. I think it was about 1978.



My first and only Elk, was a spike taken with a Hart barreled .270 shooting 140gr Hornady BTSPs loaded to 3076fps. Complete pass through. Elk was DRT. That was in 1990 or 1991.

John

Wow you can really age the posters by the hardware they were using.

My daughter hunts with a Stevens Favorite, and a Savage 99. She started at 12 and is only 23 now. Some youngsters eschew traditions, others do not. She has chosen the route she has because she hunts the same bush her great grandfather, grandfather, and father hunted. She opines the equipment they used is proven to work.

I respect her choices, and attitude, and have returned to my routes again from a fling with magnumitis. The old classics still work well. I am glad I never sold them. I did get rid of a 3006 that I replaced with a Tikka a couple years ago.

Randy

...or clothes they were wearing or vehicles they were using, etc. Sure brings back great memories.

Deer - 7mm RM 140 Sierras Winchester M70
Elk - 338 WM 200 NBT Sako AV Fiberclass

first whitetail deer 30/30 factory loads 1987
first bear 416 rem handloads 2000
first sitka blacktail 7RM handloads 2002
first mule deer 7RM handloads 2005
first elk 338 rum factory loads 2008
first antelope 338 rum handloads 2010

First deer, 1972 (Oregon Blacktail) Rem 742 30-06, Dad's 180 gr Nosler Partition handloads (with the cannalure rings...)

First elk-1979 (Oregon Rocky), compound bow
First mulie-1978 (Oregon) compound bow

First whitetail-1988 (Georgia) .44 Mag pistol 240 handloads
First hog-1988 (Georgia) .44 mag pistol. 240 handloads

Last elk-2000 (Oregon Roosey) .54 Muzzleloader
Last deer- Georgia whitetail a week ago. .308 w/handloads..
Last hog- a few weeks ago, .308 w/handloads

First deer: .270 Win. 130 gr. Ballistic Silvertip
First elk: .270 Win. 150 gr. Nosler Partition

First two whitetails: 1977, 220 Swift in Ruger 77 Tang Safety with factory Shilen barrel.

The stupid stupid man I see in the mirror every day traded that gun away. What an idiot he is/was.

Indeed. And, many of them had some nice stuff back then they should have never let get away from them !! I am 52.

Wow, guys. Great response to the topic!

What I found most onteresting was the amount of shotguns used; esp, 20 gauges. I don't know if a lot of those were in short range only areas but I still find it fascinating that so many scatterguns were used.

I'm still looking for my first elk but along with the WT my first muley was a Kimber 84M 7-08 with Nosler 160 Accubonds at about 2750 fps. 46 grains of H414 was pushing it and it was a steep raking shot back-to-front with complete pass through and dead right there (lasered 200 yds).

Thanks for all the replies and keep 'em coming!