Iv hurd alot of stuff about this buck,, the shootersname is Rex Taft,, works at polly-o,, that i do no for sure,,, but i have hurd everything from rifle to bow,, shot after dark,, shot in the morning,, and that he had to cut the neck to finnish him off,, that would explain why the neck iscut off and needs a new cape,, the latest is the DEC did there thing and found nothing.. but i dont think we'll never really no the truth... that is by far one fine buck for this neck of the woods