First Kill Traditions

[CBU93]

There are a number of first kill traditions we do for our kids. Pics, mounts, bloodied face,etc.

@Pilchard 's post in the general forum reminded me, for my son I took the casing from the kill shot and had it engraved with the date of the kill and drilled with a necklace like they do for dog tags run through it. Although he never wore it much, my now 27 year old still has it…saw it in his apartment a couple months ago when visiting…

What cool stuff have y'all done?

 

[DoubleRidge]

Nothing over the top...but yes, blood on the face and my first buck was mounted (40 years ago)...and not to go off topic but people need to slow down in the moment and collect some nice pictures to preserve the memories...on any successful hunt, but especially on the "first kill"....love the engraved casing idea.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Pictures and mounts are pretty well all we have, and of course the memories. I did have full writeups of their hunts with pics on the realtree forums, hate they shut them down without warning.

 

[Tn Joe]

I've always taken pictures of my kids and their game. I also save the casing/hull they shot and right their name, date, and what they killed on it.

 

[swampbadger]

I sure hope my kids take to hunting. A few more seasons and hopefully they will be ready.

 

[BSK]

Pictures, blood on the face.

My daughter's first. She sure was proud of that little acorn spike. Although I may have been prouder!

 

[TX300mag]

Nothing official, but thinking back they call their mama right then (even if very early) and I let them drive the truck to go get it and bring it back. They've all been at the 11-13 year old range.

 

[Lt.Dan]

My dad chiseled a picture in stone for my first kill. It was a while back. We didn't have them fancy Polaroid cameras

 

[Gravey]

My son's first was a doe and didn't do anything special aside from a little blood on the face.

 

[UCStandSitter]

My dad chiseled a picture in stone for my first kill. It was a while back. We didn't have them fancy Polaroid cameras

Not only did you get to enjoy it but archaeologists as well! LOL

 

[Tn_Va_Hunter]

My sons first 2 bucks where spikes. Just did euro mounts myself. His first decent buck a 8 I mounted. Took good pics.

Daughters first was a doe. Just pics. Her 8 this year got mounted alone with just pics.

 

[.243 Deer]

My first kill was a doe. But my first buck was a spike. My dad cut the spikes off of the buck and drilled the antlers and make a necklace with it. Too bad the dogs got ahold of it and ate it up before I could wear it much

 

[killingtime 41]

Blood on the face. It was done to and I asked why when I was a kid. Old dudes back then said it was a tradition. Also when I was a youngster if you shot at and missed a deer. They would grab the back of your shirt. Ball it up and cut it off at the bottom not sure how common that is or was but that was how it was done.

 

[BigAl]

We never did anything, not even the blood on the face. We did have the "said" tradition of cutting off your shirt-tail if you missed. But it was just talked about and never actually done.

 

[deerhunter10]

Pictures and my wife is great about getting them printed and we put them in a frame for them. Blood on face.

I don't really hunt with anyone any more. But when I was a kid and hunted with several people a miss would 100 percent get your shirt tail cut. I don't reckon anyone hardly does that anymore.

I try my best to introduce new people ever year. It gets harder and harder to find them. Our nephews and nieces don't care anything for it. Hard to get people into it when their parents don't hunt.