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I am turning 55 soon and just started hunting last year. Following this site and being persistent I was able to get my first deer (3 year old doe) for Illinois gun (shotgun) season.

I did this on Saturday and went back to the state park to get some garbage out I dropped (I dropped some stuff as I had to drag the 150 pound deer 3300 feet back to my car -- that turned out to be pretty hard -- thank goodness I work out ha ha). I measured the distance from the shot and it was 15 yards (so I could have done this as an archery shot). The wind was from the south -- so the deer did not smell me, as they came in about 20 minutes after sunrise from the field in the south -- and I was on the ground (it was a better spot than the saddle I did the day before)

Used a 20 gauge savage 220 left handed shotgun (those shells are EXPENSIVE!!!!).

Thanks again for all the tips and for everyone so freely sharing knowledge! I really do appreciate it!

Jerry

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jerry_d said:
I am turning 55 soon and just started hunting last year. Following this site and being persistent I was able to get my first deer (3 year old doe) for Illinois gun (shotgun) season.

I did this on Saturday and went back to the state park to get some garbage out I dropped (I dropped some stuff as I had to drag the 150 pound deer 3300 feet back to my car -- that turned out to be pretty hard -- thank goodness I work out ha ha). I measured the distance from the shot and it was 15 yards (so I could have done this as an archery shot). The wind was from the south -- so the deer did not smell me, as they came in about 20 minutes after sunrise from the field in the south -- and I was on the ground (it was a better spot than the saddle I did the day before)

Used a 20 gauge savage 220 left handed shotgun (those shells are EXPENSIVE!!!!).

Thanks again for all the tips and for everyone so freely sharing knowledge! I really do appreciate it!

Jerry

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Love it. I started at 55 years too. Sixty three years old now. Great fun. I learned a lot on this site and from one high school friend


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jerry_d said:
I am turning 55 soon and just started hunting last year. Following this site and being persistent I was able to get my first deer (3 year old doe) for Illinois gun (shotgun) season.

I did this on Saturday and went back to the state park to get some garbage out I dropped (I dropped some stuff as I had to drag the 150 pound deer 3300 feet back to my car -- that turned out to be pretty hard -- thank goodness I work out ha ha). I measured the distance from the shot and it was 15 yards (so I could have done this as an archery shot). The wind was from the south -- so the deer did not smell me, as they came in about 20 minutes after sunrise from the field in the south -- and I was on the ground (it was a better spot than the saddle I did the day before)

Used a 20 gauge savage 220 left handed shotgun (those shells are EXPENSIVE!!!!).

Thanks again for all the tips and for everyone so freely sharing knowledge! I really do appreciate it!

Jerry

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Congrats!! I love my savage slug gun , the shells are cheaper than most arrow setups…
 
Congrats!! I just dropped my buck on Saturday in his tracks with my Savage 220.
 
Congrats. A successful hunt is a great feeling and now there is all the cool new stuff you get to learn/do once you harvest a deer.
 
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