I shot my "buck of a life time" when I was 16! It was only a 110"ish 9 point!
For me,the size of the deer had nothing to do with it!It was opening day of gun season 1986. I headed for a stand that I had built in the off season.Having never been in the stand, I had a hard time finding it in the dark. Once I realized I wasn't going to find it, I sat downand waited for light, so I could get my bearings. As soon as it was light enough to see, I realized that I was a mere 70 yds from the stand, so I quietly worked my way to it! I wasn't in it more than 5 minutes when I here a twig snap.I look, and here he comes! He died literally at the foot of my stand.I had to step over him to get to the ground!!
The reason I think this is my "buck of a life time", is because I was sitting, for the first time, in the first stand I had ever built, carrying my grandpas gun, for the first time! I have shot bigger deer, but I don't think one will ever mean more to me!!