How old were you when you killed your first deer and was it a buck or doe. I was 12 and it was a 6 point buck. Mo.Hick
I was 19, second day deer hunting I shot a 6 pointer at about 10 yards. After that I was hooked, shot 6 more deer that year and 5 last year. I got a nice 8 for the wall last year and I won't shoot any bucks I can't mount. Just destroy some does. Here in Illinois you really get to SEE :rant: some results when you pass on 2 1/2 or borderline 3 1/2 year old bucks. "Let em go, let em grow"
watch it bowman, my first deer was also with shotgun when I was 16. Monster button buck that maybe weighed 70 pounds dripping wet.
I was 19, my first year of any type of hunting, let alone bowhunting. A big, fat doe in about 10 acres of woods surrounded by apartment complexes.
How old! If i can remember that far back 10 or 11, 1 shot with a 20ga. It was a giant doe (bigger than me at that time) I remember because my dad raised hell at me because we were way down in a swamp and he had to drag that big thing out of there!:laugh: First with the bow;16 doe then buck 4pt a week later!