Got My First Deer Yesterday

["ThatGuy"]

I got my first deer EVER yesterday. Id only been in the stand for an hour and was doing some rattling and some grunts and it payed off. I got a bad shot on him cause as soon as I let the arrow fly, he turned to run and by an act of god, I got a main artery in his rear. I was horrified that I had wounded him.But I got him and I couldnt be happier. He's a 13 point and the processor said that he will gross about 135-140. After I gutted him, he dressed out to around 180-190. I shot him on my friends land up in Fulton County.

 

[newbie]

Congrats! Looks to be a solid deer.....def for your first!

 

[XMil]

Congrats, that's a nice looking buck.

 

[SC_Shooter]

Beautiful deer.

 

[FordMan08]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gus1989]

Glad you were able to get him. Nice!

 

[deer hunter]

Very nice deer. Are you going to have it mounted? Congrats!!!

 

[Redskinsfan]

fantastic

Wow, what a great first deer!

Great job.

Terry

 

[redneckmedic]

Nice Buck!

 

[MoparMan]

Congrats, pretty nice buck!

 

[Indecision]

Congrats!

 

[Ranger Rick]

Congrats..nice rack...good tracking...outstanding!!!! Time to cut out the loins and cook out in celebration!!!

 

["ThatGuy"]

Very nice deer. Are you going to have it mounted? Congrats!!!

Yep, I took my deposit in today when I piked up my meat andf he said they should be startign it tomorrow(wednesday). After getting this bucka dn just hunting in general, I cant believe that Ive passed it up for the last 20 years. Its not just the hunt, I thought it was awesome on the first morning I went out, being able to watch all the animals and whatnot doing their own thing and not even knowing that your there. Man I wish more people would just stop hating on it and try it haha.


Anywho, speaking of how I got my meat today, I ended up with 60lbs in my freezer haha. . . . . and that was AFTER I donated 10lbs to FHFH (Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry)

 

[Hotdoger]

Awesome deer!
Its going to be tough to top that one.

 

[joseywales7450]

yeah man, that is a beautiful buck! congrats on taking your first deer too. hopefully i get my first in a couple weekends when i head out for my first time. i would be siked if i could take a buck like yours!

 

[243rem700]

Great looking buck! That would be proudly displayed on my wall for sure. Congrats to an awesome first deer.

 

[Pale Rider]

Nice deer! If that's your first it may be all down hill from here... glad to hear you got some good meat too!

 

[dave29]

Nice looking deer!

My first deer that I ever killed was in 1996 and it scored 142", kinda spoiled me for the next few years with high expectations of large antlered deer. I didn't kill another for 2 years and it scored 130". I haven't had much luck since, a few 110" deer and that's it. I passed on a decent 9 pointer last night that was in the 20 yard range because he looked only to be about 110" and the season is just now getting good.

 

[finity]

Anywho, speaking of how I got my meat today, I ended up with 60lbs in my freezer haha. . . . . and that was AFTER I donated 10lbs to FHFH (Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry)

Nice deer, man.

On the 60 lbs thing:

That's exactly why I process my own. It's not that hard & only takes 3 hours to do (even for a relative noob like me). It's well worth the time & effort. I've heard that the standard amount of meat you get back is around 70 lbs no matter how big your deer is. That & you really don't know who's deer you're really getting back.

I shot a button buck last year (thought it was a doe) that dressed at 70 pounds & I ended up with 35 lbs of meat out of it.

 

[bigtexan449]

Very nice man.