I shot this buck in Pa on opening day with my Ruger SRH 44 mag. Not very big by some standards but far away from food plots and crop fields, this is about as lucky as one can get. One shot at about 40 yards. Ive shot many deer in the past, but this is the first buck with a handgun. My gun usually wears a 2x scope, but with all the rain and fog, I removed it to get a better sight picture. Now I can spend all next week taking my nephew( 14yrs old) hunting and not worrying about filling my own freezer.