Congrats to you, and the young man. It looks like he had an incredible season.
See if you can get him signed up here on HT. I for one, would love to hear his stories. I’m growing bored of reading about washed up old men hunting cow elk in the sage.
Some buddies and have lease in Ashtabula county. It has a very high deer density, as does most of that county. Generally, most years you can take an antlered deer and at least 2 antlerless.
Never once have felt the urge to lay down a rapid fire barrage at big game.
Never once have I thought I could have killed a big game animal, if only I had another 2,3,or 4 follow up shots.