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

Browning .30-'06, it was the only rifle I had

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!

Remington 870 20 ga.

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.

Stainless steel Ruger M77 sportster in a 7mm Mag.

A single shot Ithica break action 20 gauge, a great gun for a 12 year old kid.

Remington 788 243 155 yards

a browning a bolt .22/250 around 35 yards

my first was a young eleven pointer with a bow at nine yards when i was 14. Am i the only one who got his first with a bow?

lukem,
I had about 30 bow kills under my belt before I pulled a trigger on a deer. Rem 870 Wingmaster LW 20ga with slug barrel. I bought that gun for my son the day he was born. Some SOB stole it a few years back.

7mm-08 Remington Model 7

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

Remington 700 in .243 (don't quote me on the .243, i'm not exactly sure).

Nate

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!)

NEF .410 single shot 3" slug

I killed my first whitetail (a 150+ inch 4 by 6) with a Marlin model 1894 44 magnum shooting a 240 gr JSP, wearing a Leupold VXII 3-9/50 scope.

lever action 3030 winchester, merked some deer that season

Remington 870 magnum shooting remington sluggers

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

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....

First Deer, Buttonbuck, Model 94 Winchester in 30-30 with 2-7 x 32 Simmons Prohunter and 170 grain Winchester Super-X Powerpoint. First Antlered Buck, 7 point, Model 7600 Remington 30-06 with 3-9 x 40 Bushnell Scope and 150 grain Remington Core-Lokt.

Savage Model 110 in 308 WIN

November 15, 1968, it was a four point buck at 15 ft. I used a Marlin 444, and this gun has taken another 40 since that day.

FOX 20ga side-by-side, 3inch #3 buckshot, 11 years old

Remington 11-87

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

Savage model 24 .357 mag over a 20 gauge. I only weighed about 85lbs at the time and it was the only gun that wouldn't kick me off of my tree stand. Through the heart at 50 yards using the .357 mag barrel. Jerry rigged with an 22 scope from Kmart.

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

.30-06 from a Mannlicher-Schoenauer 1950, offhand shot through an aperture sight, with a hasty sling, range about 230 yards. Memorable because it was my dad's rifle, and his dad's rifle before that, and my father was with me when I made the shot.

With my first rifle, a Savage 110 in .243 with an old Weaver scope. Got it new for Christmas from my dad. The deer was a last day, last hour miracle of a muley.

Well, good story actually! I was helping a best friend across a creek, and my grandfathers .35 Marlin was resting on a tree, a doe came flying past, so i grabbed the closest gun, which happened to be my helpless buddies 30.06 Remington. My buddy had fallen in the creek since i let go of his hand to grab the gun. But, i got my first deer, one shot too.

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

I got my first deer (mule deer) doe with a remington 700 .243 the same gun got me my first buck also a mule deer and my first whitetail a few years later I still have it and still use it on deer.

I bought a 30:06 with a borrowed 6X,Weaver Scope on it. I let a boyfriend of my sister, borrow it and never got it back! He lost it in a card game.
I still miss that gun!

A borrowed marlin lever action .30-30. Shot a doe at a hundred yards and was never more nervous in my life.

Another oddball -- my first (and the next sixteen or so after that one) was taken with my Dad's 7.7 Japanese Arisaka. My kids hunt with it now. Great rifle, lots of history. As ammo is next to impossible to locate, we've gotten quite adept at handloading. -Bob

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.

Sporterized P14 or P17 Enfield in .280 Remington purchased at a gun show. 165 gr. Core-Lokts. Shot two does out of a group on a foggy morning in Llano County.

Pleasent memory-W/gramp's as coach shot a nice 5pt. with an H&R 20gauge topper shotgun. We had honed the aim point well w/slugs and distance was almost 40yds.Nailed um w/agood lung shot and didn't have to walk far to chk him afterward's. sure miss the old guy and his hunting prowess was amazing!! especuially w hogs in the foreverglades.

Marlin 30/30, open sights. It was 9am sunny cold 28. PA

Remington 700BDL .30-'06 + Rem 165gr factory loads at about 80 yds. Thought I missed with the first shot! Mulie buck went down with the second. I put two in the engine room an inch apart.

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

A mossburg 500 20 guage. I can still remember it like it was yesterday. I had 5 minutes until i had to get down to go to sunday church when 2 does came walking by. Needless to say i didnt make it to church.

A single shot 20gauge, i dont know the model

Remington 7600 in .243

It was a remington 1100 in 16ga.(God I miss that gun). He was a HUGH 8pt.(to a 12yr old)still not bad even now that I've taken bigger.

20 ga. remington 870, opensites, remington slug.

Remington 12 ga.

I got my first deer with a marlin 44 mag lever gun. I still own and love it. It dropped her right on the spot at 30 yards. I would have shot her further out but had problem with scope. I had it dialed to 9 for some reason and couldnt find the deer in the scope (haha). so by the time i figured out what was wrong she was really really close. well it all turned out all right in the end.

Winchester Model 37 single-shot .410.........
I love it!!!!!!!!

.270

Remington 760 270 win. I bought it used when I was in school and put a Bushnell 3-9x40 Trophy on it.

I have rescently sold it and bought a Tikka T3 270 and put a Leupold FXII 4 x 33 on it.

357 gamemaster

The good 'ol .270!

I havent shot one yet

a Remington 20ga.

Winchester model 70 in 7mm rem mag with a redfield 3-9x30mm scope.

i killed my first deer with a 243

tc encore 243

I shot my first deer with 2 guns strangely enough.I was walking on a old road by close to my grandparents house with a old stevens double barrel 16 ga. old gun with rabbit ears . I had a slug in the left barrel and buckshot in the right.I let my sister boyfriend use my 20 ga pump because his 410 would not shoot something wrong with fireing pin .He probably dryfired it to many times.Anyways Alan was about a hundred yards to my left down in a little bottom when I heard him shoot.Looking to my left I could see a deer running up the draw and was going to cross the road about 20 yrds in front of me.I pointed the gun down the road as the deer jumped I shot witch spun the deer sideways and off it went.Alan came running up and thought he had missed so I quickly reclaimed my shotgun and went after it catching up quickly I finished the job with the 20ga.That was in 1984.I'm trying to scan the picture so can post it and others but having problems...GLASSMAN73

After talking to my dad it was not a stevens shotgun but a DELPHIAN ARMS double barrel ,with side hammers.And now that I look at it,with electrical tape,tie wire ,shims and what looks like small trim tacks holding it together I cant figure out what my parents were thinking letting me hunt with it..It looks like its ready to blow up just setting on my desk.....LOL...GLASSMAN73

Small 8 pt with a .257 Roberts with a 4x weaver scope from about 250 out.

A Mossberg bolt action .243 took my first doe when I was 12 and hunting with my Dad and brother.

50. caliber knight muzzleloader on a yearling in Iowa when I was 9 years old.

336 Marlin in 30-30

30-30 Marlin got that for my 12th birthday and proceeded to harvest a 13lb turkey (well only 11lbs after the feathers settled) a 7pt buck that year. I was in seventh heaven!

Remington 11-87 with a rifled barrel and 1.75 x 4 brush scope, still my favorite gun.

Savage 11 FNS, .308. The doe was "trotting" from left to right up a small gully at ~46 yds away. Put the scope (Nikon Monarch 3x9) on his heart, pulled the trigger. She bolted and made it another 10 yrds at most. Will never forget the gift of all that meat in the freezer for the first time. Truly amazing experience.

remigton 870 express i got i real big doe

Remington 870 express 12 gauge.

I used a 30-30.

I shot my first whitetail wit a ruger .308. It was a fourpoint halph rack.

I used a Remington model 1100 20 gauge to kill a really young doe. I can remember it like it was yesterday. There were 4 does comin in and i was gonna shoot a small one and my dad would take the biggest, he had that 12 right up in my ear pretty much. I shot he shot, killed the doe. I hit a tree. I shot, missed, shot and missed, then my gun jammed. So i fixed it, reloaded, and i thought it was done. But I look down and not 5 yards from the tree was a tiny doe. So I shot, and I hit her!!!!!!!! Granted t was in the rump, so my dad had to cut her throat which was a little traumatic, but then again I shot her so...

Mossberg 500 i purchased with money from my first job.

h&r single shot 12 ga. with an old remington 2 3/4" lead rifled slug. a very nice 6 point at 187 lbs hanging! ah to be 17 agian!!

small buck at 225 yards with dads Smith & Wesson modle 1500 in a 243 caliber.

I took my first whitetail this past season with my first gun- winchester ranger 3030

It was a Remington 788 in .308 with a handloaded 150 grain Barnes X-Bullet.

surprised there werent more 30-30's im this thread, more deer have probably been killed with that caliber then all others.

My wife killed her first this past season with a Handi-Rifle chambered in .243 Winchester with a Federal Premium loaded 85 grain Barnes TSX bullet.

A remington 700 .243, Nikon BDL scope. I can still smell the gunpowder..

Savage 111 in 30-06. I remember it as if it was yesterday...

winchester 30-30 and is still the one gun in my collection that is my go to gun and has killed more deer than any other gun in my collection