Iaam not bragging about my shooting skills. I would not take a shot that I was not confident of making. The first shot was a shoulder shot that went through the spine and out the neck.
This is just as deadly as a heart lung shot, and a lot quicker. We talk about ethics and a lot of hunters take the heart shot because they know if they miss the heart the lung shot will also kill,but the animal can take quite some time to die with a lung shot.
I took the high shoulder shot at 15yds which gave me about a 4inch area to do the damage I wanted. The shoulder shot dropped the deer in its tracks and it could not move except for raising its head a little. It would have bled out right there in a few minutes. I took the NECK shot to the spine to stop the animal from any suffering. I think a 10 second calculated kill is far more ethical than a lung shot where the animal is going to run and possibly get lost and also suffer for a considerable length of time. I would never shoot for the skull area of an animal. The doe that Buster took was a shot straight down from his tree stand and It was also not to the skull , but to the spine area just behind the head. Buster is a very accomplished hunter and shooter and gives his friend Byron Ferguson a run for his money when they get into shooting.

As to getting excited I was making reference to those who let the excitement get in the way of their shot. ( buck fever) I of course was excited with the hunt, but That type of excitement comes out as a heightened calmness with me.
Archery is a Martial art and I have studied other martial arts most of my life. I have had over 1000 tournament fights and probably 10,000 non tournament fights. I have over the years learned to be quite calm in the heat of fighting other humans who fight back. This calmness and focus is kind of second nature and gave me quite an edge in tournament fighting. I have only lost about 200 of those fights. That same calm focus was there for me when I took the doe.
I saw the shot and I calmly made it. I was using excellent equipment and was aware of its and my limitations.