Comments on: How long did you go? http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:08:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marian http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Marian Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:29:20 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2159 I harvested my very first deer (a 6 pt. Buck) within 5 minutes on the deer stand with my step-son's .243. The following weekend I shot a spike with 9-3/4in horns with my husband-to-be .306. He would take me hunting with him while dating and one day I told him I could do this....he showed me how to shoot a rifle and the rest is history. :) PS: On vacation in VA and saw your post and could not resist to comment. Heading back home in the morning. You really have a nice site Simply Outdoors! :) I harvested my very first deer (a 6 pt. Buck) within 5 minutes on the deer stand with my step-son’s .243. The following weekend I shot a spike with 9-3/4in horns with my husband-to-be .306. He would take me hunting with him while dating and one day I told him I could do this….he showed me how to shoot a rifle and the rest is history.
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PS: On vacation in VA and saw your post and could not resist to comment. Heading back home in the morning. You really have a nice site Simply Outdoors!
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]]> By: Phillip http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2156 Phillip Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:12:16 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2156 Good one! I shot my first deer the first year I was allowed to carry my own gun. Nothing to it? It took me three years to get another one, then five more years before I started killing deer on a regular basis. When I moved to CA, it took me five years to kill my first blacktail, after many, many screwed up attempts. I'm still waiting to actually hit one with an arrow. Just went to the compound, so my confidence is high. Good one!

I shot my first deer the first year I was allowed to carry my own gun. Nothing to it?

It took me three years to get another one, then five more years before I started killing deer on a regular basis.

When I moved to CA, it took me five years to kill my first blacktail, after many, many screwed up attempts.

I’m still waiting to actually hit one with an arrow. Just went to the compound, so my confidence is high.

]]> By: jeff http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 jeff Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:44:54 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2148 Well for deer I started at 12 years old with a bow..And of course I didnt have clue what I was doing..But I will have to say from 12 to 20 when I shot my 1st deer was my best time in the woods! After my 1st deer have shot at least 2 every year since.. Turkeys took me 3 long years..But now I'm hooked I learned most of my hunting skills when I was younger just walking the woods and taking everything in..I will never forget those days! Well for deer I started at 12 years old with a bow..And of course I didnt have clue what I was doing..But I will have to say from 12 to 20 when I shot my 1st deer was my best time in the woods! After my 1st deer have shot at least 2 every year since..

Turkeys took me 3 long years..But now I’m hooked

I learned most of my hunting skills when I was younger just walking the woods and taking everything in..I will never forget those days!

]]> By: Jeff http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 Jeff Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:47 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2147 Sorry, I meant to add this... I almost killed a turkey when I was 14, but blew it. I figured that I would get one soon after. Little did I realize that it would be 14 years later and more set ups than you can imagine. I think that is why I love to kill those suckers... I just always feel like the bird should pay for all of the time I spent trying to learn how to hunt them! :) Sorry, I meant to add this…

I almost killed a turkey when I was 14, but blew it. I figured that I would get one soon after. Little did I realize that it would be 14 years later and more set ups than you can imagine.
I think that is why I love to kill those suckers… I just always feel like the bird should pay for all of the time I spent trying to learn how to hunt them!
:)

]]> By: Jeff http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 Jeff Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:12:26 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2146 I started deer hunting with my dad when I was four, but only got to watch until I was 7. I hunted a few times by myself that year, but didn't get anything. I then killed a nice doe the first time out the very next year when I was 8, then a 145 inch buck two weeks later... I am still trying to top him thirty years later! I started deer hunting with my dad when I was four, but only got to watch until I was 7. I hunted a few times by myself that year, but didn’t get anything. I then killed a nice doe the first time out the very next year when I was 8, then a 145 inch buck two weeks later… I am still trying to top him thirty years later!

]]> By: Rick http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Rick Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:26:05 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2143 I started whitetail deer hunting in 1990 and harvested my first deer in 1992 Just started hunting turkey's this past spring, no luck yet. I started whitetail deer hunting in 1990 and harvested my first deer in 1992

Just started hunting turkey’s this past spring, no luck yet.

]]> By: Mike Adams - Hooks and Bullets http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Mike Adams - Hooks and Bullets Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:41:33 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2142 What a great post, it took me 4 years to shoot my first deer with a rifle. and it has been 30 years for bowhunting and I still have not taken one!!!! I have killed 2 with a bow, but I never found them. In my mind I know that they died, but the coyotes got a feast I guess. So I consider it still zero for me bowhunting. It took me three years for a turkey. But I did get lucky on my first bear hunt and took a nice Michigan black bear with a rifle. What a great post, it took me 4 years to shoot my first deer with a rifle. and it has been 30 years for bowhunting and I still have not taken one!!!! I have killed 2 with a bow, but I never found them. In my mind I know that they died, but the coyotes got a feast I guess. So I consider it still zero for me bowhunting. It took me three years for a turkey. But I did get lucky on my first bear hunt and took a nice Michigan black bear with a rifle.

]]> By: MIchell Rene http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2139 MIchell Rene Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:35:04 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2139 Wow, I had no idea that it could take years! (I am not a hunter). Good idea for a post, Arthur. Maybe a couple of newbies out there who were feeling discouraged will be feeling a little better right now. Wow, I had no idea that it could take years! (I am not a hunter). Good idea for a post, Arthur. Maybe a couple of newbies out there who were feeling discouraged will be feeling a little better right now.

]]> By: Travis http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 Travis Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:09:03 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2138 I bagged my first mule deer with a rifle in my third year of hunting. I am still waiting for my first archery kill, I have a good feeling about this year! I bagged my first mule deer with a rifle in my third year of hunting.

I am still waiting for my first archery kill, I have a good feeling about this year!

]]> By: Tom Sorenson http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 Tom Sorenson Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:52:19 +0000 http://www.simplyoutdoors.net/2008/07/28/how-long-did-you-go/#comment-2137 Deer - I hunted four years before bagging my first...two of those years I was pre-teen with a bow trying to spot and stalk mule deer - slim chance! Elk - 3 years. Then I got one 3 of the next 4 years and then I've been skunked since I switched to bow in 2005. upland birds - first year. Chukars - ummm, lots of years and LOTS of shots. Those suckers fly really fast! Coyote - first time out. I've been out many times since and have only shot two! It's a tricky game, for sure! Deer – I hunted four years before bagging my first…two of those years I was pre-teen with a bow trying to spot and stalk mule deer – slim chance!

Elk – 3 years. Then I got one 3 of the next 4 years and then I’ve been skunked since I switched to bow in 2005.

upland birds – first year. Chukars – ummm, lots of years and LOTS of shots. Those suckers fly really fast!

Coyote – first time out. I’ve been out many times since and have only shot two!

It’s a tricky game, for sure!

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