Great Story and good shot. Every deer is a different experience, buck or doe. I'm not a trophy hunter. I hunt for a deer. We are only allowed one here in NH, and it goes in the freezer! Funny thing, they taste just as good without horns as they do with horns. Sometimes even better. Any deer taken with a handgun is a challenge.
My last was a doe at 65 yds, on the last day of the season last year. All I could see was her head and neck over the top of a little ridge in front of me. I did have a 2X scope, but didn't have any way to get a rest. I was standing, thought I had heard something, and then caught sight of the deer shaped object through the brush. The scope confirmed it was a good sized doe, and that I had a clear lane of fire to her through the brush. All I could do was go for as steady a two hand hold as I could, concentrate on my squeeze, and hope the gun did the rest. At the shot, the deer disappeared, and three more deer broke out of the brush to my left. They all crashed down by in front of me, perhaps 15-25 yds away, in between me and the ridge. Since we are only allowed one deer, and I didn't know if I had hit the doe, all I could do was watch them go. After things quieted down, i went over across and over the ridge to find the doe had taken the shot dead center in the neck and had dropped on the spot. That was a very exciting and rewarding day.
Again, congrats on your successful hunt. You have another hunting experience that will give you memories forever and give you another story to tell your kids or grandkids someday when you prepare them for their first hunts.
