your first hunt - The Firearms Forum

pdg929 · 08-11-2012, 08:40 AM

i havent seen this thread up there lets hear about your very very first hunt. ill start off wit mine.

welp i was 15 and opening day me and my dad went out and sat in our stands all day watched the does come in and out all day. it was getting later and this deer came in and wondered around and ate in the bait pile and left. next thing i know i got a bottle of fox pee hurled my way and my dad said y didnt u shoot i said i didnt see any antlers....after some critizing he stopped and the next day at the crack of dawn the same deer came in and looked at me than i seen the one lone antler on the one side hidden by his ear. than i took the shot and made the kill( it was in the pines in nj you take what you can get lol)... my very first deer i remember it like yesterday now lets hear about yours

1LoneWolf75 · 08-11-2012, 11:40 AM

What type of hunt? First lone hunt or family involved? The first hunting experiance I can remember was with my grandpa and two uncles coon huntin. They had to carry me a lot. My first killin hunt I was bout eight when I got to kill my first coon. First deer hunt I remember I was 6. First one where I got to take the shot I was 14 had a broken arm. Took the first day of season off and me and my dad went to walkin. We scared one up and he ran right toward us. When he was 10 yrds away he turned and gave me a better shot. I shot him through the heart and he fell . My dad ran up to him and pulled out his weakly beating heart (could field dress cuz of cast and could was bloood off of it)handed it to me and said "Now you know what its like to take a life" as the heart died.

sprunner114 · 09-08-2012, 09:26 PM

i remember squirrel hunting with my dad and we were sitting under a pine. i saw a squirrel run and instead of shooting i yelled "hey dad theres a squirrel" he laughed as he said shoot it. i hit it on the first shot and as we got up to get it i thought i saw it move so i shot 2 more times haha my dad laughed so hard. when we go out now i still have to hear that story.

Country101 · 09-08-2012, 09:49 PM

Couldnt tell you mine. I've been hunting with my dad since before I can remember. As soon as I was old enough to sit still, I was on my own, I reckon.

jack404 · 09-08-2012, 09:54 PM

hunting with my grand father is one of my earliest memories but we'd been a few times before that time.. and not that long after i was out on my own ( 8 ) witha .22 single shot and 1 box of 50 rounds with the warning my parents would never buy me more ammo , i had to shoot bunnies and skin em to buy more

old semperfi · 09-08-2012, 11:29 PM

i got my first rifle at five years old.my great grandfather taught me everything i needed to know,it started out with tree rats. old semperfi

robman2629 · 09-08-2012, 11:53 PM

My first hunt was just a couple months ago. My fishing buddies took me out to hunt some turkey in the woods of Maine. We were stalking these two big turkeys and had lost sight of them when I heard my buddy say "Rob, take the shot." I had no idea where he was looking but apparently the turkeys spotted us a while ago. One was about 20 yards, the other 40+. It was made worse by the fact that not too long before there was some tree work done on the farm so I was blinded by brush. He kept saying "take the shot or I will!" Finally I just told him to take it. I moved to the right and saw both of them right as his first shot went off. I then aimed up at the turkeys and completely missed them haha. It was definitely a fun experience for me. Cant wait to get back out there!

pdg929 · 09-09-2012, 04:40 PM

good stories guys

gun runner · 09-09-2012, 05:30 PM

My first hunting trip was with my dad shooting rabbits. Did we eat the meat? NO! but it was fun to take them out from a far distance. We were using Marlin model 60s, that was around 16 years ago. Otherwise now I dont really hunt other than shoot rabbits and hogs at the farm

MSGT-R · 09-09-2012, 05:59 PM

I was at the Archery range with my ex, shooting random distance targets in the late afternoon (like a miniature golf course) when a BIG fat rabbit came out of the tall brush and sat his ass right in front of my target bale! I was already at full draw and ready to release.

Unbelievable, I couldn't have had an easier hunt. It happened a second time that day. We had rabbit for dinner that night.

carver · 09-09-2012, 07:16 PM

I got my first .22 rifle at age 9, but was hunting rabbits with a stick long before I fired that frist bullet. On one trip afield, when I was 9, that really sticks out, I got 13 turkeys!

DixieLandMan · 09-10-2012, 08:36 AM

I can't remember my 1st hunt with dad but remember the 1st time we both harvested a deer on the same day about 10 seconds between my shot and dad's shot on different deer. Started out squirrel hunting and then rabbit and deer hunting.

08-11-2012, 08:40 AM	#1
pdg929 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 111	your first hunt i havent seen this thread up there lets hear about your very very first hunt. ill start off wit mine. welp i was 15 and opening day me and my dad went out and sat in our stands all day watched the does come in and out all day. it was getting later and this deer came in and wondered around and ate in the bait pile and left. next thing i know i got a bottle of fox pee hurled my way and my dad said y didnt u shoot i said i didnt see any antlers....after some critizing he stopped and the next day at the crack of dawn the same deer came in and looked at me than i seen the one lone antler on the one side hidden by his ear. than i took the shot and made the kill( it was in the pines in nj you take what you can get lol)... my very first deer i remember it like yesterday now lets hear about yours __________________ "GOD MADE ALL MEN, BUT SAMUEL COLT MADE THEM EQUAL" " A SHEPARD MUST TEND HIS FLOCK,AND AT TIMES FIGHT OFF THE WOLVES" -->

08-11-2012, 11:40 AM	#2
1LoneWolf75 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Humboldt KS Posts: 586	Re: your first hunt What type of hunt? First lone hunt or family involved? The first hunting experiance I can remember was with my grandpa and two uncles coon huntin. They had to carry me a lot. My first killin hunt I was bout eight when I got to kill my first coon. First deer hunt I remember I was 6. First one where I got to take the shot I was 14 had a broken arm. Took the first day of season off and me and my dad went to walkin. We scared one up and he ran right toward us. When he was 10 yrds away he turned and gave me a better shot. I shot him through the heart and he fell . My dad ran up to him and pulled out his weakly beating heart (could field dress cuz of cast and could was bloood off of it)handed it to me and said "Now you know what its like to take a life" as the heart died. __________________ They can have my guns when they pry them from my cold, dead hands!!! "Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who are not." - Thomas Jefferson "I've seen the system fall apart from the rules and all our presidents lie"--"Soul Survive"- Asphalt Ballethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6DgVrYWw00

09-08-2012, 09:26 PM	#3
sprunner114 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: northeast pa Posts: 15	Re: your first hunt i remember squirrel hunting with my dad and we were sitting under a pine. i saw a squirrel run and instead of shooting i yelled "hey dad theres a squirrel" he laughed as he said shoot it. i hit it on the first shot and as we got up to get it i thought i saw it move so i shot 2 more times haha my dad laughed so hard. when we go out now i still have to hear that story.

09-08-2012, 09:49 PM	#4
Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,027	Re: your first hunt Couldnt tell you mine. I've been hunting with my dad since before I can remember. As soon as I was old enough to sit still, I was on my own, I reckon. __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101

09-08-2012, 09:54 PM	#5
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: your first hunt hunting with my grand father is one of my earliest memories but we'd been a few times before that time.. and not that long after i was out on my own ( 8 ) witha .22 single shot and 1 box of 50 rounds with the warning my parents would never buy me more ammo , i had to shoot bunnies and skin em to buy more

09-08-2012, 11:29 PM	#6
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: your first hunt i got my first rifle at five years old.my great grandfather taught me everything i needed to know,it started out with tree rats. old semperfi

09-08-2012, 11:53 PM	#7
robman2629 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 123	Re: your first hunt My first hunt was just a couple months ago. My fishing buddies took me out to hunt some turkey in the woods of Maine. We were stalking these two big turkeys and had lost sight of them when I heard my buddy say "Rob, take the shot." I had no idea where he was looking but apparently the turkeys spotted us a while ago. One was about 20 yards, the other 40+. It was made worse by the fact that not too long before there was some tree work done on the farm so I was blinded by brush. He kept saying "take the shot or I will!" Finally I just told him to take it. I moved to the right and saw both of them right as his first shot went off. I then aimed up at the turkeys and completely missed them haha. It was definitely a fun experience for me. Cant wait to get back out there!

09-09-2012, 04:40 PM	#8
pdg929 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 111	Re: your first hunt good stories guys __________________ "GOD MADE ALL MEN, BUT SAMUEL COLT MADE THEM EQUAL" " A SHEPARD MUST TEND HIS FLOCK,AND AT TIMES FIGHT OFF THE WOLVES"

09-09-2012, 05:30 PM	#9
gun runner Former Guest Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South Texas Contributor Posts: 1,871	Re: your first hunt My first hunting trip was with my dad shooting rabbits. Did we eat the meat? NO! but it was fun to take them out from a far distance. We were using Marlin model 60s, that was around 16 years ago. Otherwise now I dont really hunt other than shoot rabbits and hogs at the farm Last edited by gun runner; 09-09-2012 at 05:32 PM..

09-09-2012, 05:59 PM	#10
MSGT-R Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 898	Re: your first hunt I was at the Archery range with my ex, shooting random distance targets in the late afternoon (like a miniature golf course) when a BIG fat rabbit came out of the tall brush and sat his ass right in front of my target bale! I was already at full draw and ready to release. Unbelievable, I couldn't have had an easier hunt. It happened a second time that day. We had rabbit for dinner that night. __________________ If you suck, go back to the range.

09-09-2012, 07:16 PM	#11
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,236	Re: your first hunt I got my first .22 rifle at age 9, but was hunting rabbits with a stick long before I fired that frist bullet. On one trip afield, when I was 9, that really sticks out, I got 13 turkeys! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

09-10-2012, 08:36 AM	#12
DixieLandMan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 606	Re: your first hunt I can't remember my 1st hunt with dad but remember the 1st time we both harvested a deer on the same day about 10 seconds between my shot and dad's shot on different deer. Started out squirrel hunting and then rabbit and deer hunting.