last winter i found a dead 6 points under some pine trees, but he was smelling pretty bad so i didnt try to get in to him. This winter i check on him and all i saw was the antlers and skull sticking out of the snow, picked pretty clean. So i took it home and right now its hanging from our pool deck. I gotta clean it up next time im home from college. I kinda wish it was winter temperatures out to keep the smell down. I can see how it would be illegal, but its hard to see any way to allow for "pick ups", but stop poachers from claiming the deer was already dead.