Congratulations from Virginia. Killed my first buck last year on the last day of smokepole season. Only a forkhorn, but very exciting for me. I hate to admit it, but I' ve been hunting for many, many years and it was great. only killed one other deer (a doe) and my father helped with the field dressing on that one, a looong time ago. Did this one myself, as I was the only one at camp so far that morning, and had it hanging by the time any one else showed up. Made me very proud to hear them commend me on the good shot placement and the accurate field dressing. No one joked me on his size, as they knew it was my first.
Again, congratulations to ya. Now we can hold out for a more mature buck like the rest of the " seasoned vetrins" !