Thanks everyone, i appreciate it. It's been a steep learning curve, hoping the rest of my season just gets better.
Had a feeling yesterday was gonna be a good day. Got a real late start, didn't get into stand until 645. My brother had mentioned that he wanted to hunt yesterday at my uncles, so i texted him about 430 to see if he was heading that way and never got a reply. Figured I'd give him a little while to check his phone and finally got fed up and headed out.
When i got there, i rushed and basically went into a sprint out to my hang-on.
About 10 min after i got settled, i heard movement and slowly turned to see a group of doe moving into the adjacent field. I thought my day was basically over. To my surprise, the group circled back about 30 min later and started moving my direction. I was already alert after seeing them move thru earlier, bow in hand ready to go. After a few tense moments, momma doe came into range and started browsing. I picked my hair, drew and released. She was completely oblivious to my presence and flinched a bit on impact. I watched her run about 50yds. I watched her stop, turn around and stumble, then she collapsed. Quick, clean kill. She went down within 1-2 minutes of the shot, if that. It was surprisingly fast. Turns out i hit just 1 lung, shot was a bit higher and further back than I'd thought, but obviously deadly. Not much for a blood trail, but her chest cavity was completely full when i dressed her out.
After the shot, the rest of the group decided they liked me or something. They literally wouldn't leave the area for what seemed like forever, i guess it was really somewhere around an hour they hung out before finally moving out so i could get down. Would have had a double day easily, had i not dropped my other BH arrow while hurrying to get setup earlier. That'll never happen again!
For equipment, i shot my current go-to bow, an RER XR 60" static tip pulling about 48lbs @ my 29.5" draw. Arrows are Victory RIP XV's, 400 spine with 250 gr cutthroats up front, 3x5" feathers, total weight about 475-480 grains.
I'm still jazzed about the whole thing, couldn't have gone more perfectly. And yes, the backstraps were delicious tonight! Looking forward to the rest of the season!