Personal Narrative: First Deer Hunting

First Deer Hunt

The first time I ever shot a deer was back in 2011. I was in 5th grade. This was not the first time I had gone out hunting, just the first time I ever went out to shoot a deer. It was a fairly warm fall day and my mom took me out with her to the new hunting shack my dad just built. It is a very sturdy shack made with wood that blends into the trees around it. It sits in our tree line viewing our hay field with woods all around the field. The smell of fall, decaying leaves dying grass hung in the air heavily. My mom told me to not expect to shoot anything my first time out. We waited out for a few hours before we started to see anything but everything we saw was too far away to get a shot at. We waited probably another half

hour before the deer moved down the field in our direction. I was eating a bag of beef jerky and drinking a pop when I started hearing the deer’s foot steps as they were running through the field. I was so excited to see how close the deer were. I saw them stop right in front of my shack to start eating some of the crop in the field. Their fur was as brown as bark on the trees. They came right in front of my hunting shack and I took a shot at a doe and hit it right in the lungs. I still remember the smell of gunpowder as I racked the shell out of the chamber. I grabbed the shell and felt how warm it was coming out of my gun but still cool enough not to burn my hand. I was so excited to go down and find my deer. After all I had never shot a deer before.
My Mom said, “Let’s wait.”
“No way I want to go down and get it right now”, I replied,but we waited about 2 minutes after I shot the deer we went to go get it, but it felt like forever. It only ran about 50 yards from where I shot it. Taking a picture of the deer and feeling its fur so course yet so smooth I will never forget. After we field dressed it we took the deer straight to the deer processor and had the meat processed. I was so happy to have finally got a deer. The gun I was using to shoot the deer was a 7mm-08 black as night with its ported barrel and Nikon scope. Which is a good round for a youth hunter but still a good round for an experienced hunter. I remember feeling the gun with a very rough grip yet very smooth everywhere else. made of composite to make it very light. This was one of the most fun days I remember and it made me love hunting even more. Even now that I have shot a lot more deer this is probably my most memorable hunt.