Stillwater165
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Post up a picture of your very first buck, big or small and what state ! I like to take a trip down memory lane every once in a while, back in much better days ……..
Mine was well over 30 years ago, I’m shocked my dad had a camera of some kind that day. I honestly don’t remember what he had and he’s no longer here to tell me.For me that was 30 years ago. Nobody carried cameras.
You’ve improved every year since!View attachment 149456I was 16 years old and this is when @one_dryboot asked me for advice on how to kill little deer. I’ve never let him down since!
1963. 15 years old. Lever action open sights 30-30. 200 yards and lucky. Covered up the deer with the barrel. Lobbed it in.
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Well my first one was 50+ years ago,we had road hunted all morning and hadn't seen anything. About 400 yards from camp we saw 3 deer and one was barely legal. They began running off and I found the buck, made the shot and he went head over heals. Upon arriving at the deer, it had no antlers. Dad was hot thinking I shot a doe, my heart sank. After further inspection that little forky broke off both horns in his tumble. Can you spell RELIEF??
It was a bottle of beerI’m thinking 1966 or 67 ,unit 44 Idaho first buck with my 30-30 , my dad drinking a can of beer to celebrate
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AwesomeThe first picture was the year I got out of the Navy 1975 at the Bookcliff's Rifle hunt Eastern Utah, the second picture was 2020 45 years later also at the Bookcliff's and it was an Archery hunt.
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That tag brings back a ton of memories. Good job.I think there is a photo of the deer somewhere, but I did locate the rack just now. The date was Sept.19,1964. The tag is still on the rack. I remember the game warden asked if I saw the fork before I shot? My Dad told the warden to STFU. The warden got red in the face and signed it off.
I had no where to go but up from there.
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