Finally-a deer on the ground!!!

I finally got my deer with 15 minutes of legal hunting time left. It never got above27* today but I braved the cold and went to my blind at 3PM. The wind picked up and the temp starting dropping and I was praying for patience and endurance of the bitter cold. At 5:10 a small doe game in to my stand so I turned my scope on(the battery was getting low) and turned my safety off. She was small and I was certain a bigger mature doe would surely follow. Within 2 minutes here she came out of the wood line. The first deer was standing broadside to me and the big one stayed on the other side of her facing me making it impossible to shoot. After what seemed an eternity of me holding my ice cold gun up w/o gloves on I finally decided that if the small one would just take 2 steps forward I would aim for her neck. Well she finally stepped forward but the big one wouldn't raise her head so I aimed at the back/top of her neck and dropped her in her tracks. I came in to find my hubby anxiously waiting to hear the results of my gunfire. He was proud of me. I was so cold that I could hardly talk. After I warmed up a little we went to get her only to find that she was a he. He had a 1in spike on 1 side and a 2-1/2 in spike on the other but he was an older deer. Jay said it was good I took him as that was bad genetics as far as bucks go. They have to have at least 3 in antlers of some sort or they check them in as a doe. So I still have my buck tag. Bobby has a doe cut up and ready to can so looks like I'll be canning again in a few days. This is probably boring to all you non hunters but exciting for me. Later