I am going to go against the grain here and say congrats and great story. Of course I hunt from and around my house as well. I am the only house in a 40 acre neighborhood and hunt the fields and woods around. I hunt elsewhere as well, but I can get home and hunt the last hour of light. I haven't gotten any great bucks here, but I do get one or two for the freezer and that is mainly what I am after.

I almost shot a deer from my front door a couple years ago but decided to go out the back door and around the side of the house. I shot him in my sock feet in the rain. I got a turkey in my PJs and slippers as well. I don't sugar coat it and I don't apologize for it. Most of my deer are taken from a stand or blind, but I don't look a gift horse in the mouth either.

Enjoy the deer and enjoy telling the story, you have every right too.