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Offline RadSav

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2015, 01:37:53 PM »
Passed:  1975 - at school - Tenino
First Deer:  Blacktail buck 1976 - age 10
Gun:  250-3000 Model 99
Ammo: Norma 100 PSP
Shot: 10 yards

First elk 1981 - Second elk hunt archery bull.
Bow: Golden Eagle
Arrow: Acme Cedar
Broadhead: Zwickey Black Diamond Delta
Shot: 60 yards on run
« Last Edit: June 09, 2015, 05:05:43 PM by RadSav »
He asked, Do you ever give a short simple answer?  I replied, "Nope."

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2015, 01:39:15 PM »

Arrow: Acme Cedar
Broadhead: Zwickey Black Diamond Delta
Shot: 60 yards on run

Alright Mr.  You're not getting away that easy...story please  ;)
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2015, 01:50:31 PM »

Arrow: Acme Cedar
Broadhead: Zwickey Black Diamond Delta
Shot: 60 yards on run

Alright Mr.  You're not getting away that easy...story please  ;)

Wrong thread for stories  :sry:  Sent short version PM
« Last Edit: June 09, 2015, 05:07:47 PM by RadSav »
He asked, Do you ever give a short simple answer?  I replied, "Nope."

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #18 on: June 09, 2015, 02:03:00 PM »
1973, 10yrs old,
3 pt blacktail buck, 1981
Rem M700, .270, built 4yrs before I was born, still have it.
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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2015, 02:09:54 PM »
1994, 10 years old
Mulie doe, 10 years old
30-30 I thinks it was a winchester
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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2015, 02:12:38 PM »
'94 14 yrs old

2x1 blacktail Lopez island

30.06 browning


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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2015, 02:15:19 PM »
'87 12 years old
16 years 3pt mulie
Winchester model 70 .270, still have shot more deer with that than any other

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2015, 02:21:55 PM »
I think 1967
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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2015, 02:23:38 PM »
1960, 12 yrs old. First blacktail forked horn, 32 Special Winch.

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2015, 02:26:21 PM »
To the class in 1984. I was 10.


Killed my first elk (spike) a couple months later. Used my Marlin 336 30-30 Winchester

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2015, 02:27:29 PM »
1965

Have a set of horns with a 1966 tag on them

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2015, 02:32:31 PM »
1. 2001, age 11
2. 2004, age 14, muley 3pt.
3. Remington Model 700 .270 (uncle used the gun throughout his youth, and I still use it to this day)

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #27 on: June 09, 2015, 02:38:20 PM »
92 I think at 10 years old
Blacktail spike
Savage 30-06

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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #28 on: June 09, 2015, 02:41:36 PM »
If I remember it was 96/97 so 7/8 years old.. Harvested 3x3 muley at 11 or so, date of my addiction!
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Re: When did you pass hunters education class, and go on first deer hunt?
« Reply #29 on: June 09, 2015, 02:42:21 PM »
Pass spring of '97 at 9 or 10
First deer forky black tail in '99 at age 11
No clue on the model but was a 30-06. Dad still has it but it was some off brand hand me down from my uncle.

 


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