At what age did you start deer hunting

[foodplot]

wow!
some of you guys were fortunate enough to have someone take you when you were young that is great.....!
you should be grateful to the one who introduced you to deer hunting and took time to take you....
My son killed his first when he was 9

 

[Dbllunger]

13. Killed my first at 14 and now I'm one week shy of 54. Still enjoying the hell out of it.


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[MickThompson]

16. Dad hunted small game a little but never deer or turkey. I was introduced to hunting by a family friend, but college, beginning a career, getting married, and doing all this east of Knoxville where there are more Elmers than deer in the woods really put a damper on things.

It feels like I've died and gone to heaven with all the good hunting opportunities between Nashville and Knoxville.


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[easy45]

13


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[John.M]

My dad took me once when I was 8 or 9. We didn't see a thing - mostly walked through the woods looking for sign/tracks. I carried his Ruger 44 carbine ("Deer slayer" I think is the model name - either official or unofficial).

I went with a couple of buddies in high school several times. Growing up in Arkansas where we lived, it was buck only. I never saw a single buck, and only a handful of does. I just thought it was an excuse to camp in the middle of the woods, and get drunk.

When I returned from Germany in 2002, my boss at Fort Knox talked me into hunting in one of the draw hunts on post. I killed my first deer - a little doe - at the age of 26. I didn't hunt for the next two years while I was in grad school, but have hunted every year since. I'm 41 now.

 

[csi-tech]

24

 

[TN Larry]

I was 10 when I first started and killed my first at 11. I am 36 now. It seems back then that the first few years that kids only went on the juvenile hunt.

My son and daughter both started and killed at 6. My son is 10 this year and been with me every weekend since juvenile. He has killed 14 deer total, and I told him that he needs to realize how fortunate he has been and not take it for granted. My daughter is 7 this year but not wanted to hunt.

 

[rem270]

8 or 9. Killed my first deer at 9. Pretty sure I hunted the year before once during mz one time.

 

[Wobblyshot1]

20 years old in 1972. The deer numbers were such that if you saw tracks the hunt was considered a success....LOL!

 

[Dully]

14 east tn. 31 when I killed my first ,it was with a bow,had to go to mid Tn. To do that .east Tn. Was really bad back then,if you seen one,you was happy,72 now

 

[14deerhunter]

I started hunting with my dad when I was 5 or 6 and actually getting to hunt and shoot I was either 8 or 9 my first juvenile hunt I killed a 4 pointer will never forget it I would scare more deer off hunting with dad before I could cause I would get to excited and say dad a deer and point and they would either hear me or see me lol

 

[huntintn]

10 in 1974, killed my first at 16. My neighbor got me started. His son is a warden now for twra.

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[dewclaw]

Started when I was 12 and turned 54 yesterday. So been at it a few years and still get a kick out of killing one!

 

[Grandslam11]

15


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[walker]

Started deer hunting at age 10. I'm 48 now

 

[gatodoc]

Started deer hunting at the young age of 60....

 

[losthunter]

46 for me.

 

[Reaper]

Pretty sure I was twelve, I'm 42 now and still can't get enough.

 

[Snake]

Early twenties as no one in my family deer hunted but we did small game hunting . First two deer I killed was at Fort Benning Ga. as a guest . First buck in '84 spike in Tellico decided that I finally had scored there so I was done climbing those mountains . Same year in Meigs killed my biggest to date a 11 point also killed a 5 point in Meigs that year as I was on cloud nine . Went a few years before I killed another buck I think in '87 killed a real nice 8 point . Started hunting middle Tennessee couple years after and thought I had went to deer heaven . Been blessed I think I killed deer in about 18 different counties nothing like da though. 63 now and getting old but still like to hunt but my aliments limit me some .

 

[lightsareout]

My first year hunting was when I was 14; this used to be the age in Michigan - there wasn't even a youth hunt then. (16 years ago)

But I was going out and sitting with my dad probably around 7 or 8, awesome memories I will never forget.