HuntinFool
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Cjg-beefs post got me to thinking, and I was wondering what everyone's first buck was. So if you have a picture post it up with a story and if you don't just tell your story.
Post your first buck.
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It was about forty years ago. Been hunting with my dad and sister all day long. Got back to the truck, drove a few miles in the forest on our way home, I forgot to tell you it was the last day of the season. Anyway my dad spots some deer out the window, and says theres a buck! He stops, and we get out of the truck, the deer are gone. My dad says, it was a small forkie, you know, they don't usually run off. Lets walk out in the trees after them, so we did. I walked about a hundred yards off the road, and me and my dad split up. I walked about fifty more yards and a buck stands up,Iput the trusty model seventy 270 on the buck, and bam! he go'es down. As I walk towards the buck, he get's up and I shoot him again. When I walk up to the buck, I think to myself, this buck doesn't look like the first buck I shot at. My dad walks up and I tell him what happened, I then walked back and found another buck. So I was a poacher on my first buck, I shot two. Well my dad showed me how to gut them out, and filled out our tags. The only thing wrong was he put his tag on the biggest one!
It was a once in a lifetime deal,it changed things forever. all I could think about after that first buck was BUCKS, BUCKS and more Bucks.
Never had a two in one season again, thank god, the warden wouldn't approve.
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Brownie
It was a once in a lifetime deal,it changed things forever. all I could think about after that first buck was BUCKS, BUCKS and more Bucks.
Never had a two in one season again, thank god, the warden wouldn't approve.
Thanks
Brownie
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This was my first deer i ever killed. i killed it in 2009 with a rifle. In Nevada it was a hunt that i will never ever forget!! In the picture is me and my Dad.
Stubaby
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Here is mine....
I didn't even start hunting big game untill I was 27(4 years ago). All I wanted was a 4 point and half-hour into shooting light on opening I had my first deer. I will never forget how nervous I was trying to hold the gun steady, then how excited I was to see the deer hump up after I shot and fall over.
"That's a special feeling, Lloyd"
I didn't even start hunting big game untill I was 27(4 years ago). All I wanted was a 4 point and half-hour into shooting light on opening I had my first deer. I will never forget how nervous I was trying to hold the gun steady, then how excited I was to see the deer hump up after I shot and fall over.
"That's a special feeling, Lloyd"
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Wish I had a pic of mine, probably don't even have the antlers anymore.
I took my first buck the first year I was able to hunt, I guess about 14 years ago. If I remember right it was the last day of the hunt and I had to be back at my bagging job at the local grocery store later that day.
We had been hiking around in the foothills earlier in the morning to no avail. At about ten or so we got in the truck and started to head back home. It wasn't long before we saw a few deer up on the hillside. As we looked it was quickly apparent that along with the does stood a buck. I quickly jumped out of the truck with my dad's savage 30-30, loaded it and got down on one knee. Luckily the buck just stood and watched as I took my time to calm down and make a good shoot. Kaboom and the buck dropped, one shot one kill. As we walked up the hill only 100 yards away layed the giant 1x1. Not a monster muley, but I sure was excited. We got it cleaned up and in the back of the truck. I was late for work, but luckily my boss understood and didn't mind.
I took my first buck the first year I was able to hunt, I guess about 14 years ago. If I remember right it was the last day of the hunt and I had to be back at my bagging job at the local grocery store later that day.
We had been hiking around in the foothills earlier in the morning to no avail. At about ten or so we got in the truck and started to head back home. It wasn't long before we saw a few deer up on the hillside. As we looked it was quickly apparent that along with the does stood a buck. I quickly jumped out of the truck with my dad's savage 30-30, loaded it and got down on one knee. Luckily the buck just stood and watched as I took my time to calm down and make a good shoot. Kaboom and the buck dropped, one shot one kill. As we walked up the hill only 100 yards away layed the giant 1x1. Not a monster muley, but I sure was excited. We got it cleaned up and in the back of the truck. I was late for work, but luckily my boss understood and didn't mind.
Kilo etched this pic of Eelgrass with his first buck...
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never_catch
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I don't have a pic either but here's the story...
I shot it and it fell over dead.
~Z~
I shot it and it fell over dead.
~Z~
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yes i know it is nothing big but to me he is a monster! This is my 2011/ first buck! opening morning My buddy and i hiked into his old honey hole where he has shot several bucks out of and we get about 3 miles in and up on the ridge we spot a group of hunters below us so we went over to the next ridge. well opening weekend i saw 4 bucks but could never get a shot. so we went to his buddies property that he calls the farm. first morning we only saw does, the next day it rained but one again only does. My buddy was optimistic about the next morning since it was the next morning after a cold front moved through. We get to the farm and get up on the first ridge and we spot 15 does and 4 bucks 2 of which were a nice 3 pointand a very nice 4 point. There were about 300 yards away which is a distance i felt very very confident shooting. as luck would have it i had buck fever like crazy! i could not sit still. 4 shots later they went over the ridge so i got more ammo and went over as well. then i spotted this bad boy 245yrds and i dropped the hammer. He is a small buck buck it being my first buck and being the 4th deer hunt i have had and hiking every bit of the years before i couldnt be happier!
Don't pass on the first day if you would shoot it the last day
treedagain
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nice bucks thanks for sharing....
BIGJOHNT
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Back in the old days....we did take alot of pictures like we do now. Plus they we pretty crappy pictures when we did take them. We had to carry those little deposiable flash bulbs around when it got even a little dark. Then we got those great photo- matic 110 cameras w/ bulit in flash....sik !
HuntinFool
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Well here is my first buck. I got him this year on the general muzzy hunt.
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1969
13 years old.
California, D-7, between Yosemite and kings Canyon NPs.
Told my dad I wanted to go deer hunting.
We hunted the high country for a few weekends, then we got a late start one morning so he just pulled over in the foothills when it got daylight.
Hiked around for a while, and then my dad says "something is moving up there, might be a deer". I moved forward, and this guy was bedded in some tall grass. He stood up, I leveled dad's M99, .300 Savage and shot him. From that moment forward I have loved hunting.
13 years old.
California, D-7, between Yosemite and kings Canyon NPs.
Told my dad I wanted to go deer hunting.
We hunted the high country for a few weekends, then we got a late start one morning so he just pulled over in the foothills when it got daylight.
Hiked around for a while, and then my dad says "something is moving up there, might be a deer". I moved forward, and this guy was bedded in some tall grass. He stood up, I leveled dad's M99, .300 Savage and shot him. From that moment forward I have loved hunting.
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This is my first buck that was killed in nevada in 2010. I missed a bigger one that was around 180 this year. This buck netted in the high 150's and grossed right at 170. Great buck on a great hunt! Will never forget that buck and just got his mount back.
This is my first buck that was killed in nevada in 2010. I missed a bigger one that was around 180 this year. This buck netted in the high 150's and grossed right at 170. Great buck on a great hunt! Will never forget that buck and just got his mount back.
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Maybe this photo will work.
Maybe this photo will work.
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My old man used to own the last house up soldier canyon in Stockton, Ut. It was my first year to legally carry a gun (15 years ago) and we had planned on loading up the horses around 9 or so on opening morning to go for a ride up Settlement canyon. Throughout the night I tossed and turned as the anticipation built, finally I couldn't take it and hiked up the canyon behind the house at around 4am. I knew 2-3 bucks were using it nightly to access the neighbors land. I sat for hours by myself in the dark waiting for the sun and just as it was getting light I saw a group of deer with a couple of bucks run out of the canyon, then I spotted the reason why. It was the typical Utah pumpkin patch marching right down through the canyon to set up on the BLM/private boundary lines. I was pretty bummed out to say the least. I looked back towards the house and saw that my dad was about done loading the horses. I also saw a group of deer about a half mile away and just knew there was a buck in there so I ran down the mountain as fast as possible. I jumped in my dads car and blew passed him down the driveway and up the road (he was pissed that I took the car but I didn't care, I was chasing an elusive Utah 2 point). I ended up killing my first "Monstermuley" right in front of the house.
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sonofthesouth
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Lol. I love this picture, what a classic.
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Lol. I love this picture, what a classic.
Son
here's my first buck on the left. was shaking like a leaf. luckily he was only 80 yards or I prob would have missed him. shot him 10 or so years ago when I started hunting at 21. I am obsessed with it now???? Missed out on a lot of hunting in my younger years.
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Son...was that bad A station wagon your huntin rig back then? They don't build em like that anymore!
