Jimmyfunk60
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My first and only shotgun to date. Model 37 in 16ga
May be the best shot gun ever made, the only ones I buy anyway lol. 16’s are getting harder to find. I only try to pick up the 20’s and 16’s now.
My father and I shot both shot are first deer which happened to be bucks with the same 12 Guage deerslayer he was in his 20’s on a little 7 point I was 13 on a little 9 point.. I was hunting alone on opening day of Ohio gun. It was super warm I was in jeans and a tee shirt and he came out across a field at 40 yards acting very sheepish at 40 yards I squeezed one off and he ran about 30 yards and dropped. He now hangs in our sons room.
I remember my first deer like it was yesterday but nothing quite compares to watching your kids harvest their first.. Our daughter shot her first one opening weekend of bow when she was 10 years old. Little food plot at the house 20 yard shot perfect shot heard it crash just out of sight. She’s passed a lot of does since then and a few small bucks she determined to shoot a big one. She only wants to hunt with crossbow doesn’t care for guns.
Our son shot his first one with an Ithaca 20 Guage off the same food plot when he was 9. He only cares to gun hunt. I bring him on drives with us during gun week (not carrying a gun) he usually comes out of the wood likes he’s been on a scavenger hunt lol always dragging junk home. He shot his on youth weekend. It was a miserable cold windy day, we watched the Ohio state Michigan game and then he decided he wanted to go out. We weren’t in the stand long and three foes came in trailed by a 120” ish 8 point. He came into about 40 yards but never had a good shot. I didn’t let him shoot and the buck ended up following the Doe off. His spirit was broken and he was dragging his lip and about 5 minutes later a little 8 came in and he smoked him.
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