2019 buck with meaning

so over the last 7-8 years I've built a great friendship with a gentleman that loves firearms as much as I do. Specifically, hunting rifles. Well over the years I've bought 8 or 9 hunting rifles that are all splendid. I picked up one after deer season last year that I'd always wanted, before I'd met him. Well he sold it to me and I just really wanted to kill a deer for him as it was one of his top 3 favorite hunting rifles among a very nice 100 plus rifle collection. It's a model 7 MS in 308 built in the Remington Custom Shop. So I went out on Nov 1st with this rifle. Any day it was nice, I'd carry this rifle. Anyhow I got in the stand about 3 o'clock that afternoon and within in minutes I started seeing deer. A couple does a small 8 point and some 1.5 yo bucks. Then I saw a nice 8 about 3:50. The sun was glaring a bit and I completely misjudged this animal. I knew he was nice, just unsure he was what I wanted. Well I could have killed him, but let him go on up the ridge. I thought, did I mess up? Maybe I should have shot him? As the afternoon progressed so did the deer movement and right around 6:00 o'clock +/- I heard a grunt and that what caught my attention. I look down to my left in the shadows and there he was. The deer I passed a couple hours ago! I glassed him real quick with my binos and knew, "I'm killing him". I threw up the little rifle with a 4x Diatal scope and squeezed the trigger. Bang, flop. The deer didn't kick, wiggle, it's tail never even flickered. I got down thinking, Tom's gonna be pretty psyched. When I got to him, I first noticed how big his body was. He has a nice wide rack, but nothing crazy. I later realized I had him on camera earlier in the summer and he was my number 2 deer to kill! So I'm pretty stoked.

Nice story, nice rifle and a very nice 8-point! Congrats!

Congrats...i am working on a readers digest version of the wt hunt I am on...hope to have a great story and ending....

Very nice! Way to go.

Nice deer. And beautiful stock on that rifle.

awesome

Very very nice ,congrats Wonderful pictures , thanks for posting it Cheers

Nice looking buck.

That's a really nice buck and a really nice rifle.

Nice buck! Aint nothin like lil model sevens to hunt with in the stix

congrats!

Nice

Very nice, both the deer and the rifle.

Great deer and story, congrats Sir!

I like the dark colored hair on that deer, very nice looking.