That's awesome! I still remember my first deer which was with my dad. I set the bar high with a monster 8pt that I have yet to top 14 years later. I remember the morning vividly as if it were yesterday.
I remember it too - like it just happened - with all the details. A lot of similarities between OP's and our stories. So you lopping off years already? It happened 2nd weekend of Nov in 1997...that's a shade over 16 years by my count ;-)
