First handgun kill.What gun and what did you kill?
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My first handgun kill was a 4 point buck with my 25-06 encore pistol with a truglo red dot sight.
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12/30/2011 12:33 AM
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My first was a Sika buck with a 6.5 JDJ contender.
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Does this count? Taraus .17 hmr, 8" barrel, and a late squirrl Followed by: SW .44m and white tail doe. Snagged another doe this year with my t/c .270. A bit of overkill at 20 some yards, but she got in the freezer. 'course my first doe this year was with an Eswing. go figure.
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First handgun kill was a ground hog with a 10" Contender in .44 Mag and open sights. Too poor to have a scope in those days.
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12/30/2011 12:43 AM
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s4s4u
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Black bear with a 357 Maggie. It wasn't the plan going in, but that's how it came out.
Rod, too.
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12/30/2011 12:50 AM
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visit often rarely post --but #1 was spike deer .41 Magnum Blackhawk open sights= 40 yards -- Lyman 410459, 20 gr H110 cci 350 1981-- -- now my 3 hunting handguns are all scoped
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12/30/2011 1:04 AM
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encore 7mm-08 doe at 100 yards. shot a chuck with my dads 22/45 some time before that tho
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12/30/2011 1:31 AM
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A Doe with 12" 45-70 Contender
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12/30/2011 1:32 AM
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Warren
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1986 I shot a N.Y. whitetail doe with a Ruger SuperBlackhawk 44mag using factory 240gr JHP and open sights.
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12/30/2011 1:34 AM
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In 1996 with Taurus Model 44. WT doe. Federal 240 gr. hydra-shok HP
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12/30/2011 1:48 AM
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Varmints until I got a buck antelope back in the '80s with an iron sighted .44 mag @ about 150 yards.
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12/30/2011 2:03 AM
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Late 80's 3 pt buck-- 30-30 T/C w/2X leupold--shot 2 bucks that day the other was a spike
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12/30/2011 2:04 AM
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Whitetail doe, 100-ish yards w/ Super 14 Contender .44 Magnum. Scope was a 4X Tasco Pro Class. Load was 180gr Sierra JHC stoked HOT w/ H110.
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12/30/2011 2:09 AM
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Montana Antelope with a 14" 7mmTCU Contender. Mike
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12/30/2011 2:18 AM
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Mightyp
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figured most people would put "rattlesnake,.22 pistol" other than that,Mine was a hog, taurus raging bull 454 cas.
Its still "we the people",right?
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12/30/2011 2:25 AM
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First big game was an antelope doe with an open sighted Ruger SBH in 44 mag. I figured the shot was about 90 yards.
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12/30/2011 3:13 AM
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GlennS
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First large animal was a whitetail doe with my open sighted 454 from Freedom arms.
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My first shot at an animal with a handgun found its mark. The distance was about 35 yards when I shot this deer with a 10 inch Contender 30/30, 3x scope, and 150 grain Core-Lokt. I was 17 and haven't hunted with a rifle in the 18 years since.
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12/30/2011 3:19 AM
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Mine first game animal of any type was a groundhog with a browning buckmark....first big game was a hog with a 357 ruger bh and american eagle 158 gr. Jsp
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12/30/2011 3:25 AM
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jamesfromjersey
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Colt Python shooting Winchester 158gr JHP ammo...
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12/30/2011 3:35 AM
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First big game : Whitetail doe with the Ruger Redhawk in 44 Mag some 20 years ago - 2X Leupold still sits on top, and still shooting 200 gr XTP's.
Lots of rabbits fell to the Colt Woodsman, as well as the 44 prior to the doe...
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12/30/2011 5:51 AM
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Roger in NC
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First handgun kill was an 8 pointer in 2010. I was shooting my SRH using 240 XTPs (factory rounds).
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12/30/2011 6:17 AM
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PythonHunter
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Whitetail doe at 55 yards with a Colt Anaconda in 45 LC wearing a 2x Leupold. Wish I had that rig back!
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12/30/2011 6:53 AM
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matt52
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off course small game counts dogsbreath and now that you mention it my first kill was actually a rabbit with a ruger single six 22 mag one of the old guns with the the 3 screw design.
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12/30/2011 7:33 AM
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Mine was a big old fat coon. I was in an old barn with a couple of my buddies who had long rifles with scopes and I was sporting my dad's S&W A22 with open sights. we spotted the big guy in the cupola with our flash lights and all pointed at it holding the flashlights in one hand and gun in the other. the others didn't shoot cause they were scared they would miss and hit the tin and right then I shot, and the coon fell 30 feet down stone dead with one shot to the head. Remember it like yesterday... man was I proud lol
"If you are going to go through all the trouble to put a hole in something, why not make it a big one?"
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12/30/2011 7:37 AM
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Gregg Richter
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Heck... I can't remember, pro'bly an antelope with a 30-30 or .30 Herrett Contender; but then I can't remember what I had for dinner last night...
LOL!!!
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12/30/2011 7:51 AM
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Gregg I could understand that! you guys have killed a lot more stuff than I have and I still had to think a while to remember that coon!
The runner up would have been a skunk lol
"If you are going to go through all the trouble to put a hole in something, why not make it a big one?"
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12/30/2011 8:22 AM
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My memorie is shot too but I'd have to say the first handgun kill would have been digger squirrel with an old high standard 22 or a gray squirrel with a 1911. My first big game animal was a mule deer doe with a 357 Blackhawk.
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My first kill was a squirrel with my Ruger Single Six. My first big game kill was a six point buck with my SRH 454 Casull, which happened this season.
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12/30/2011 1:00 PM
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Small game: Rats around the barn with a .22 cal revolver w/bird shot. Varmints: Groundhawg with a 10" T/C 41 mag open sights. Big Game: 8 Pt. with same gun 4 power scope and my best buck with a handgun to date.
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First head of big game was a wild boar taken with a Ruger Super Blackhawk: The first small game animals were squirrels, but I have no photos and don't remember if the first was taken with a Ruger Mk. I Target .22 or a S&W .38 Special.
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12/30/2011 1:21 PM
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mikefrompa
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Whitetail deer,Ruger Security Six .357 Mag. open sights.
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Big game, 6 pt Whitetail, 10" 223 Contender.
Small game, squirrel, 10" 22Hornet Contender
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My mistake. First one... Colt Python win. 158gr JHP. Man O Man that was a long time ago... Who is that handsome son of a gun???????
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First big game was in 1988; killed a spike whitetail with a RBH 45LC, u.5" barrel, topped with a 2x tasco scope. I think the shot was around 65 yards.
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My mistake. First one... Colt Python win. 158gr JHP. Man O Man that was a long time ago... Who is that handsome son of a gun??????? I think I remember seeing a guy that looked alot like that on Deliverance and that looks to be about the right time frame
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12/30/2011 5:23 PM
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First big game, 5-point whitetail at about 25 yards trotting by, Ruger super blackhawk, factory irons, Hornady 240 gr. HP. Happened back in 1985/86, later sold that gun for an XP 100 and the addiction began.
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My first big game was a 10 point Whitetail with a 15" Encore in 30-06. I am sure several gophers, chipmunks, squirrels, and rabbits built me up to that ... with a Ruger .22 or Contender in .22
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My mistake. First one... Colt Python win. 158gr JHP. Man O Man that was a long time ago... Who is that handsome son of a gun??????? I think I remember seeing a guy that looked alot like that on Deliverance and that looks to be about the right time frame Rod, I hate to say this but you may be right....
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first big game was a whitetail doe----Ruger Redhawk ,44 mag ,open sights , 40 yards
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