My first buck, in '87. 600yd stalk, most of it pretty easy with great cover. Set up laying on a canal bank with my new Ruger #1 45-70.
Waited for my heart rate to get below 300 then made a perfect rear quartering shot at 150yds. He went down like lightning hit him.
Loaded him in my new Toyota pickup and thought, man, life is good. New truck, new gun, first buck(a respectable 8 point), it doesn't get any better than that.