First harvest, by weapon, by critter…

[WapitiTalk1]

On the tale of Swedes favorite weapon thread….Ok here’s the question(s)…. What was your first harvest, by critter, by “weapon”? Example would be Elk-bow, mule deer rifle, cougar-rifle, whitetail-shotgun slug, moose-rifle, black bear-bow, caribou-rifle, Bigfoot-javelin, wild hog-smokepole, goose/duck/pheasant (ya Lefty and Tigger, we’ll include birds in this thread ..), speed goat-rifle, beaver-#4 victor spring trap drown set, blue grouse-bow, you get the picture and 3, 2, 1… lets go.

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As always, please elaborate on any and all of your first harvest if you wish.

[wawhitey]

First was a ruffed grouse with a shotgun hunting over our labs when i was a kid. Hunting pheasant and the dogs flushed a grouse that flew right up into the nearest tree and sat there, made it easy for me. First big game was a dink whitetail buck i got with a blr .270

[Tigger]

pheasant-single shot .410 shotgun
duck-single shot .410 shotgun
goose-single shot 20 ga shotgun
deer-single shot 20 ga shotgun
elk-300 WSM rifle
antelope-7mm-08 rifle
moose-300 Savage rifle
mouse-standard wooden trap
beaver-870 Remington 20 ga
fox- Beretta 390 12 ga
coyote -Beretta 390 12 ga


The moose weapon is kinda interesting as it is not much of a rifle for chasing moose. But in 1987 we borrowed this rifle from a neighbor to go moose hunting and were told it was plenty of gun to go moose hunting with. We didn't realize how underpowered that cartridge is. But, put a bullet into the back of a bull's noggin' and it doesnt take much gun!

[7mmfan]

First deer - Grandpa's 270
First Elk - 7mm Rem Mag
First Bear - 7mm-08
Coyote - 7mm-08
Grouse - Grandpas 270
Ptarmigan - Rock
Rabbit - Ruger 10-22
Pheasant - Truck
Quail - Pellet gun
Duck - Single Shot 20 ga

[Swede]

As best I can remember:

quail .22 Winchester pump I doubt it was quail season except in our yard.
deer 6.5 Swedish Mauser $18 military surplus rifle
bobcat 6.5 Swedish Mauser
goose sitting on the river in the late spring, hit with a rock. We ate the goose, but I had a very hard time cleaning and plucking it. We killed and ate what the Lord provided.
elk 6.5 Swedish Mauser with new stock, barrel turned, plus new peep sights.

[Lefty]

I would have been twelve: I'm going to guess but likely a squirrel with e .22 Marlin lever action
a blue-winged teal with a single shot 16 Stevens,
But when I turned 13; My brother and I scrapped 1200 lbs of copper at $200 a pound
I was buying guns scopes bullets, traps, fishing gear mini bikes and hockey gear
Raccoon,2 1/2 Blake and lamb, fox # 2 victor coil, mink 1 1/2 Blake and Lamb, beaver,# 4 Herters coil spring, skunks 1 1/2 blake and lamb, muskrats,# 1 victor long spring , squirrels .22 Ruger 10/22 ducks Ithaca model 37A, rabbits The Ruger, deer Winchester 5-=30 Winchester .308 model 100 ,
I do not recall my first woodchuck, but lots of little birds and mice with a BB gun

Coyotes antelope porcupines jackrabbits, snowshoe hare and prairies dogs had to wait till I was 18, some with a 10/22 ,
Antelope .308 Remington Carbine
Frogs toads and big bugs Black jack firecrackers

100's of dozens of Minnows: and gold fish with a 25 foot 1/4 x 1/4 Herters minnow net We got up to $15,00 for some of our select goldfish. Otherwise 10, 12 and 15 cents each

[7mmfan]

I would have been twelve: I'm going to guess but likely a squirrel with e .22 Marlin lever action
a blue-winged teal with a single shot 16 Stevens,
But when I turned 13; My brother and I scrapped 1200 lbs of copper at $200 a pound
I was buying guns scopes bullets, traps...

I'm assuming you meant $2.00/#? Otherwise you should have been investing in real estate at 13.

[Lefty]

I would have been twelve: I'm going to guess but likely a squirrel with e .22 Marlin lever action
a blue-winged teal with a single shot 16 Stevens,
But when I turned 13; My brother and I scrapped 1200 lbs of copper at $200 a pound
I was buying guns scopes bullets, traps...

I'm assuming you meant $2.00/#? Otherwise you should have been investing in real estate at 13.

Wasnt wearing my readers. Still a pile of money for the summer effort,

[Qwhacker18]

Porcupine with a stick when Oregon had a .50 cent bounty for each nose!!


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[wawhitey]

Porcupine with a stick when Oregon had a .50 cent bounty for each nose!!


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Damn, you must have really needed that fifty cents!

[>>>---WW---->]

Gee! That's a hard one. But I suppose it was a red squirrel I shot with my old Iver Johnson 410 when I was 10 or 12 years old. Still have that old shotgun.

[Deanmac]

Gray Squirrel with single shot 20 gauge shotgun, first big game was a whitetail deer with Marlin 336 Lever action in 35 Rem caliber. I still have both guns.

[Elkhunttoo]

Idaho white tail doe…6mm

12 year old first year hunting with my brother and his friends