I was in my late single digits when I took a doe outside of Leakey, TX at a family friend's ranch. I shot it from a blind with my uncle's .244, and if I remember correctly, it was the first year he allowed me to split with him during a hunt. I remember being sad when we were cutting her up because she was still producing milk.

I hunted a few years before that, but that was my first deer. However, I did take a shot at a buck with my Mod '94 Winchester when I was about 8, but missed.