I've been on logging operations and actually watched deer feed on and around the fresh felled trees. A chain saw operator told me one day he hung his saw up in a tree as he was cutting it down. He walked up the hill to get a skidder to help and when he returned a 8 point was smelling of the running saw. Some reason they don't pay the equipment that much attention.
Sounds like the two good bucks may have gone nocturnal.