First, very sorry to hear about your Dad. You will cherish the memories forever so hold them dear to your heart.

Second, yup...not surprised. There are hunters out there that will shoot anything. Perhaps they thought the antlers were less than 3" to be considered an antlerless deer (that's the law in NJ). But I always pass on those shots because the antlers do look less than 3" until you get closer and they end up being closer to 6". I'm more or less a doe shooter so i don't find myself in those situations. People are out there doing that and it sucks because next year that deer could be a shooter!