well just started deer hunting last year!
But... i was using a 12 g shotgun, but i didn't really like shooting it with a slug, so my dad was letting me use his 30-30 marlin but i didn't really like it.... it need to be fixed... and i didn't like the scope that much... and one day my gramp got me to try an old 303 enfield that he gave me and wow i liked it alot... so i used it for the rest of the season but didn't get one... shot at one deer that hole year with a shotgun and i wont do it again :( i missed.
I have sence got 2 more 303's one more enfield and a nise brit! i'm getting a scope put on the brit i think... or aybe the enfield dunno yet... my gramp got a 30-30 win that he said would be good for me... i don't wine the marlin but i have heard from alot of people about the win not going far so i dunno.. the win is brand new last year.... might have some pics of em' sometime....!

The first gun I ever went hunting with was a hand me down from my dad a 303 british.

My first was a H&R topper 20 guage. For deer it used remington hp slugs when they came out originally all we could get was peters solid slugs and yes I mean peters not remington peters. The stores in east Texas at that time had LOTS of old ammo. We used to buy ammo predominantly at The Brookshire brothers grocery store in Crockett, Texas. Or at the Fina gas station or Ag Coop in Grapeland Texas. Although I do seem to remember buying a few boxes at one of the gas stations that sold bait, ammo, and guns off the rack out close to houston county lake way back then. You could walk into the store and the guns were on a rack buy the ice machine. Rifles standing up and pistols hanging by the trigger guards on the walls above them. Man that was the day. Heck I can't count the number of times I coulda bought a garand or a 30 caliber carbine for less than $75 bucks back then. Course back then we thought they were nuts asking that much for them when you could get 303 brit rifles at the surplus store for $25 out of a barrel on the sidewalk.

What the heck every happened to those days you know now that I think about it we didn't have school shootings back then and I ain't all the freakin' old.

GoodOlBoy

First whitetail was with a Savage model 99e lever action in a .308 cal. That rifle shot great. (inside 1" with factory). Was a gun that my father gave me when I was 14. Should have never gotten rid of that one........

Number one is my 257 Roberts and then comes my 7mm.

My first to years were with a 30-30 marlin given to me by my great grampa. the next 2 years were with a .303 British. Since then .270 Savage. Although I prefer to hunt with my Hoyt.

My first weapon was a Marlin 336 in 30-30 but my first sucessful deer hunt was accomplished with a bow! I was a greenhorn bowhunter and was amazed at how many more deer I was able to see during bow season here in Missouri. Well it did'nt take long for a doe to come into range and I was able to control my nerves and the shakes and make a nice shot! Needles to say I was hooked for life! I much prefer to take my game with a bow rather than a rifle but I am still a diehard gunhunter, I have taken all my best bucks during gun season. A nice 11 pointer last year fell to my custom model 700 in 338-06. My most memorable bowhunt took place in New Brunswick in 1999. I took a nice black bear at just 15 yards! Man was my heart pumping for that one! Someday maybe I'll get a digital camera and I'll be able to post pix of my mouted critters.
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I sympathize with you Big Johnson. I too foolishly traded my 30-30 that was first deer rifle for a Rem Model 7 in .308. Not that the little 7 in not a joy to carry but I just miss the old 336 in 30-30. I don't buy guns to trade or sell but rather to hang onto and enjoy even if I haven't shot many of them in a while. I learned my lesson though and have never traded or sold another gun after letting my old 30 twice go. I suppose that if I fell on hard times then I'd have to start liquidating but hopefully that does'nt happen. I'll just keep cart'in my wore out butt off to work
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I started with a bow, 30-30 was short lived as I bought a 30-06, then went to a .280. I still hunt with a bow (compound) but mostly hunt big game with a muzzle loader and rifle. Good hunting, grayghost

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I use 25-06 if there is no overlap with elk. If their is I use my 300 SAUM. I can also be found using muzzle gun. All classify as "other".

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My first deer was a doe to a .243, first buck a30-30.My last deer with agun was adoe with a30-06.Abow has gotten them since.THis year i may try agun again,7mm wsm maybe.
bud

first deer was a 3x3 blacktail
3006 bolt action

Remington 742 30-06. Federal 150 gr. Hi-shok ammo. That combo got me over 20 deer over the years until I stupidly traded it off. But the 243 I traded for hasn't failed me yet either. Just bought a 7 mag, so we'll see how it does.

My first deer was taken with a Savage 99 in .300 Savage. Still shooting it now. Had a lot of guns through my hands but it's knocked down everything it's pointed at so far.

Took my first couple deer with a 30-30 winchester. Then moved on to bears. My dad passed his 7mm on to me and I use almost full time now