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.

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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!

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