I can see both sides (first too the antlers vs who shot em) but I think one thing is being overlooked. When you are seeing a "hunt" on film you very seldom are seeing the actual killing shot as it is fired and rarely are you seeing the hunter/s as they first walk up too the kill. Cinematograpy is TOUGH and when dealing with live animals it is nearly impossible to show the hunter drawing his bow/aiming his gun while at the same time shooting the animal or the animals reaction too the shot. Not unless there are several cameras from different directions in the woods. In the interest of time, expense and scent control you just can't do it that way.

So you gotta "recreate" the shot and that is what you are seeing also when you see them walk up too the trophy. A hunters first priority is to succesfully follow up on the bloodtrail and THEN see the animal. If I am wrong then everyones camera men are MUCH better trackers than the hunters and guides!

Brittinghams buck WAS special. Penned or not it was a genetic mutant and an extremely rare animal that attained that size. However it was NOT a special hunter who "took it",
RA