Easy, Winchester Modle 94 Trapper open sites. Winchester 150 grain hollow points boadsided at about 30 yards. Hit it in the hind qaurter and made a mess out of the whole thing, but when the dogs are barking and things are moving fast its easy for a 13 year old to get excited. Still gets me excited today!

Stainless steel Ruger M77 sportster in a 7mm Mag.

.270 Ruger Mark 7... hit him right about the shoulder and gave us one hell of a search. Looked for him for about 3 hours and finally came upon him 3 miles away from where i shot him. The bullet penetrated one lung and man did he get far on that.

Remington 870 express. open sights. i shot two deer earlier, but this one was the first one that my dad didn't have to kill. it was a 7 pointer. and i watched it fall 20 yards from me. i cried because i was so happy.

22-250 from a Remington 700 BDL. Leupold Vari X I 3x9.

.50 caliber percussion front loader.

Marlin 336 in .35 Remington. 1960's model made and finshed like a Swiss Watch, smooth as silk with a great trigger. A rifle I would really love to have back. Some scum bag stole it...

Savage 110 .30-06,@50yds. the buck fell right over, slid down the snowcovered hill right past me. Almost took me out. Still love that gun topped with an old leupold vx1 2.5-8x

I took my first deer with a Winchester 12 gauge pump with a smooth bore slug barrle with open sights.

Remington model 788 in .308 win. at 90 yds.

Winchester 243. Still have it.... hopefully my wife is gonna start shootin next year!

a browning a bolt .22/250 around 35 yards

.35 Rem. Marlin 336C, made in 1964. Still have it.

beekeeper I feel your pain.

First mule deer: Remington Model 600 carbine in .308 Win.
First whitetail: a Remington Model 700 BDL in .30-'06

Remington 788, .243. It was a great tack driver. Unfortunately, it was stolen (along with a .22LR and my bow) when I was moving back in '87. I replaced it with a Remington 700 in .270. Again, another tack driver. (But I still miss that 788!)

Colt AR-15.

lever action 3030

A Marlin 336C in 30-30 with a Winchester 170 gr ST bullet.

Remington 870 express 20 gauge with a cantilever barrel and leupold sccope

Old FN mauser 98/30.06 with columbian crest. full military that I sporterized in 8th grade wood working class in school. Kicked like a Mule. Dropped a 11 pointer @about 100 yrds. with open sights 40 years ago.Still have it but 10 years ago had a friend gunsmith re-barrel then a full customize job.He wanted it to have a new mark 5 action but I opted to keep old for old time sake. has compensater to reduce recoil. His wife done beautiful carving on new stock.Truly one of a kind. will pass on to Son or Grandson.

Remington 870 Express 12 gauge with 2 3/4 inch Remington Premier copper slolid.

Remington 11-87 12 gauge.

A marlin 30-30 lever action with iron sights from 90 yards. i was ECSTATIC!

Ruger m77 270 with 130gr lead nosed soft point remington cor lokt.

NEF .410 single shot 3" slug

lever action 3030 winchester, merked some deer that season

Here's an obscure one for you. A Savage 170 pump action rifle in 30-30.

i was 12 with pardener single 20 ga.droped the buttenbuck at about 30 yards that was two year agos ago i rember it like it was yesterday happyist moment of my life....

.50 Flintlock longrifle. Davy Crockett was my childhood hero, so when I finally started hunting deer at about 22 I decided that I was gonna get my first one with the flinter. After 3 years of going deer-less, I broke down and bought a centerfire for a Christmas present to myself. The next season, I killed an 8-point during muzzleloader season for my first deer. Go figure....

Marlin 336 in 35 Rem. It was early 60's vintage handed down to me by my dad. Open sights of course.

I used a new england firearms .410 single shot and i hit that doe square in the face i was years old

Remington 870 12 gauge w/ rifled slug barrel

tikka 7mm 08 didn't try to hard to remember, it was one of the best days of my life

My first deer was a spike, taken with a Savage Model 340V chambered to .225 Winchester that is now retired and living quietly in the back of my gun safe. Hardly the best choice for whitetails but it worked well if used properly.

My father's Remington model 700 BDL in .30-06 with Leupold VXII 3-9X40. Made a 90 yard offhand shot.

First Deer: it was the opening day of a cold, wet, and dreary youth season. i was hunting with my ithica single shot 20 ga. two does walked into my kill zone a whole 20 yards away. i dropped the lead doe with a head and couldnt reload fast enough to get the second.
First Buck: i was using my father's weatherby patritian 12 pump and i was doing a drive with one of my buddies. he shot at the buck and he dropped so i hit the doe. when i shot, the buck popped back up and i dropped him in his spot. there was one 12 ga hole in the deer and my buddy was using a 20 ga.

Winchester Model 1894, 30-30 Lever action

kind of an odd-ball my first rifle and favorite of the two I own my vintage Mossberg 472 .30-30 lever rifle

My father-in-law's Ithaca 20 gauge with Leupold scope in MI.

My Grandfather's hand me down 1891 Argentine Mauser in 7.65x53mm. My Grandpa Aquired it back in the 40's or 50's and used it for most of his elk and deer hunting through the years. It is topped by an old Weaver k-4 scope that has been on it for at least 50 years.

Killed my first deer with a bow...however the first I killed with a rifle was four years later with my T/C Pro Hunter 7mm Rem Mag with a handloaded 160gr Nosler Partition at about 150 yards. The deer never knew what hit it.

A Winchester Model 70 made in the mid 50's in 243 that hit whitetails like a truck up to 250 yards. It had a Weaver V3-5 and I rue the day I sold that rifle, but still own and occasionaly use the scope as a back up for my 308. The Model 70 weighed about 9 lbs so the felt recoil was so slight, helped a youngster stay with the shot and follow through better. That was about 48 years ago.

Spike horn taken with my Model 94 Winchester 30-30. I keep it as my "go to" weapon of choice when it gets late in the season and I need to put some venison on the table. My father gave the gun when I was 12y/o and it will be the gun I have in my hands when I take my last deer many years from now!!

I took my first doe with a 6mm. The doe was about 30 yards and scared me death when she came in. I will never forget that feeling!

Savage 99 in .243 with 100gr. core-lokt remington loads. Never forget that rifle.