May I ask why he was not using one of those new fangled 3.5 million candlepower spotlights? I have been thinking of pickin' one up myself. One can never have too much light for spotting.
(Spotlighting in PA is legal before 11 pm.)
As for the deer.....good luck. It sounds like a bruiser. I put my game cam out on Sunday so I hope to have some nice pics to share with you guys this weekend.