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stitchclimber · 02-16-2008, 06:37 PM

My biggest and best was shot before my family caught on with the digital age, so no pics.

But it was my 3rd deer hunt, that would've made me about 16 years old. I had just gotten my very own rifle, a Marlin 30-30 with a scope on it. I was so excited about the scope that I was sure this was the year that I'd drop one beyond a 100yds.

Come opening morning at about 7 am a real nice 8pt buck walks beneath my stand and saunters over to a tree about 20 feet away. I lifted my gun and looking through that darn scope I couldn't see anything but fur, so I guessed where the heart should be and pulled the trigger and dropped it with a lung shot. Save from my dad's 9pt he shot when he was 16 my deer is the largest to be harvested in our family for all of the years of our IL and MO hunting.

Sorry no pics.

02-16-2008, 06:37 PM	#15
stitchclimber Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The great northwest Posts: 832	My biggest and best was shot before my family caught on with the digital age, so no pics. But it was my 3rd deer hunt, that would've made me about 16 years old. I had just gotten my very own rifle, a Marlin 30-30 with a scope on it. I was so excited about the scope that I was sure this was the year that I'd drop one beyond a 100yds. Come opening morning at about 7 am a real nice 8pt buck walks beneath my stand and saunters over to a tree about 20 feet away. I lifted my gun and looking through that darn scope I couldn't see anything but fur, so I guessed where the heart should be and pulled the trigger and dropped it with a lung shot. Save from my dad's 9pt he shot when he was 16 my deer is the largest to be harvested in our family for all of the years of our IL and MO hunting. Sorry no pics. __________________ turning up the radio, got just enough religion and a half tank of gas...