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<blockquote data-quote="WMAn" data-source="post: 3482253" data-attributes="member: 9245"><p>I would go with a shotgun instead of a 22.</p><p></p><p>As far as doing something wrong goes, I started with my grandfather and uncle using a 30-30 with open sights. Every piece of clothing I had was bought used from kids who had outgrown it or from Wal-Mart, think cotton and lots of it.</p><p></p><p>My first hunt, at age 10, was from a climbing stand set-up on the base of the tree so I could use the gun rest. Just after legal light, I got very cold, started to shake, dropped my gun, and broke the stock.</p><p></p><p>I didn't see any deer that year, the next year, or the year after that. I couldn't sit still/stay warm. </p><p></p><p>I saw my first deer while hunting at age 13. A 2.5 yo eight point that looked absolutely huge to me. I missed him the first shot and grazed him at ten yards with the second (he was in a rut daze). We never found him. The next day I missed a doe. Opening weekend of rifle, I twice scared off deer that my grandfather could see, but I couldn't by asking too loudly, "Is it a buck?"</p><p></p><p>I killed my first deer at 14, which happened to be the first year I hunted in a stand and with a scope.</p><p></p><p>My point being that my introduction to deer hunting was done wrong in every possible way (improperly clothed, on the ground with no blind, open sights). Only once can I remember getting so upset that I wanted to quit hunting and that one time was all of 30 minutes in the middle of an otherwise enjoyable hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WMAn, post: 3482253, member: 9245"] I would go with a shotgun instead of a 22. As far as doing something wrong goes, I started with my grandfather and uncle using a 30-30 with open sights. Every piece of clothing I had was bought used from kids who had outgrown it or from Wal-Mart, think cotton and lots of it. My first hunt, at age 10, was from a climbing stand set-up on the base of the tree so I could use the gun rest. Just after legal light, I got very cold, started to shake, dropped my gun, and broke the stock. I didn't see any deer that year, the next year, or the year after that. I couldn't sit still/stay warm. I saw my first deer while hunting at age 13. A 2.5 yo eight point that looked absolutely huge to me. I missed him the first shot and grazed him at ten yards with the second (he was in a rut daze). We never found him. The next day I missed a doe. Opening weekend of rifle, I twice scared off deer that my grandfather could see, but I couldn't by asking too loudly, "Is it a buck?" I killed my first deer at 14, which happened to be the first year I hunted in a stand and with a scope. My point being that my introduction to deer hunting was done wrong in every possible way (improperly clothed, on the ground with no blind, open sights). Only once can I remember getting so upset that I wanted to quit hunting and that one time was all of 30 minutes in the middle of an otherwise enjoyable hunt. [/QUOTE]
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