what was your first kill

[rtbbq2]

I don't have a pic of my first deer handy, but it was a 4x4 mulie.  Yes, that's 4x4, not an 8 pointer.  I've never understood why you whitetail guys count them on both sides.

He was a super deep forked buck.  He trotted out of some quakies at about 50 yards, quartering away.  I only had a quick second to decide to shoot.  I saw some really tall antlers and lots of points, so I took him.  He was 21" tall and 14" wide.  Kind of a bizarre set of antlers on the guy.  I got him mounted, and he's currently on the wall at my buddy's cabin in Montana.

Here's my first elk.  Any bull permits are tough to get in Utah, so spike hunting is all you can do.  I have a European of this guy that's on my office wall.

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• thsmormonsmokes
• Dec 14, 2012

I've got video of me taking a bite of my first elk's liver.  I used to have it on youtube, but I took it down.  It's pretty graphic and I didn't want to give those PETA freak shows something to talk about.

I thought PETA was People Eating Tasty Aninals....What do I know..............

 

[redneckman]

My first kill that I can remember was probably a piegon out of my grandpa's barn with the pellet gun when I was little.  I think I recall my dad had to take the pellet gun away because there were piegons everywhere on the ground.  I guess I was a pretty good shot when I was little.  Shot my first deer when I was 14 with a rifle that was my great grandpa's and was also used by my dad to shoot his first buck.  I shot my first deer with a bow in 2008.  I will never forget the memories of hunting with my family.

 

[venture]

OMG!  Do you still have Great Grandpa's gun?

If so please post a pic!

I still love to shoot my Daddy's old .22 from the late 1930's.  I feel his hands every time I use it.  A cheapo and not a collector item, but still a decent shooter.  I figger he paid about $11 for it.  Maybe $15 with the crappo scope it came with?

No amount of money could make me part with it.

My apologies if this is considered a hijack of the thread.

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[redneckman]

We still have great grandpa's gun.  There is no way we would ever get ride of it.  It is not that old though.  He bought in back in the 60's or 70's if I remember right.