First Kill
sneekeepete
3/13/09 9:23am
After reading that story that Notenoughtags posted about his brothers first buck it gave me an idea. I would love to see everyone's first big game kill and hear a short story about it. I know that even though my first buck definatley didn't break any records I am still very proud of it.
I hunted for two years without ever firing a shot because I passed on so many young bucks. My third year I drew out for a muzzle loader tag and hunted my hind end off. Late on the third evening of the hunt I spoted this buck 80 yards off the road while heading back to camp. I made a perfect shot and had my first buck! Now everyone else please share yours!
I hunted for two years without ever firing a shot because I passed on so many young bucks. My third year I drew out for a muzzle loader tag and hunted my hind end off. Late on the third evening of the hunt I spoted this buck 80 yards off the road while heading back to camp. I made a perfect shot and had my first buck! Now everyone else please share yours!
8,171
Heres my first bull.
3 years ago I was planning on going elk hunting up the canyon and my best friend called said he seen a few bulls that night before right outside of town, I decided to drive up there just to check it out.. 8 am Going up the road I seen a bull running thru the scrub oak about 1/2 miles away.
My heart was pounding like crazy, I pulled off the road grabbed my backpack and my .280 and started running down the dirt road to where I seen him. I also noticed about half way there 3 other hunters going in the same direction.. I was determined to beat the other guys.. I ran nonstop. He was standing in the scruboak about 100 yards away, he couldnt see me but knew I was there. I crawled on my hands and knees and laid in the tall grass..1 shot and he went down. I was so excited.. And of course I was alone and didnt get to share my experiance with anyone. But thats ok.. Hes not the biggest but I am still proud that I shot and gutted the little 5x3 myself..
someone had shot him the year before and when I cleaned the skull I found the bullet still lodged in his pedicle. poor guy!
I don't have a photo of my first kill either. Over in a post that 79Ford did called Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him, I tell an embarrassing story about my first kill go read it for a laugh.
The ordeal took several hours. I had told my dad that was was going to hike into a bowl below our camp for one last attempt while he broke camp. Over four hours later I dragged my first big game animal into an empty camp. It was a little bow killed spike. My dad had pack up camp and driven around to the far side of the bowl. He figured because I was gone so long that I had crossed over the the other side of the valley and that he would pick me up so that I wouldn't have to hike back. By the time he came back down to get me we had to throw the deer in the truck and be on our way back. My mom needed my dad to be home for something that evening so we never got around to photos in the rush to get home. You can bet that if I did have a photo of the experience, I'd look like an akward teenager with a big cheesy grin holding the smallest legal spike you ever did see. After wiping the milk from his mouth he did make some great table fare.
Mark
Thanks all for posting. Brings back some great memories.
my first elk taken the year i turned 12 (Dad wouldnt let me hunt elk till I was able to shoot the -06
My first year trapping I took a pile of muskrats,a few mallards a ditch cat amd my trophy coon...think I was 10
first elk kill I was in on...
AntlersOutWest - upper setting road? Good to hear a gal out running the boys to get the kill.