Most definitely one of the highlights of my year. Even after hunting Dalls, Brown Bears, moose, caribou, etc... Mule Deer in my home state reign supreme as my all-time favorite hunt, and it don't matter if I have the tag or not. It was an absolute pleasure to watch a good buddy take a beautiful critter...
Truth be told, I think I was more excited than starsky was, especially considering I had found this deer almost a month prior and we were able to locate him again so promptly. He didn't move more than 1,000 yards from where I'd seen him while scouting.
Here are some pictures of a normal sized person next to the buck, for size reference. starsky is almost 9 feet tall so it doesn't give a good representation of how large the deer's body was, especially considering how long we have to go until the rut kicks in!