BHCOP You missunderstood me I have no problem with someone removing the antlers off a rotting bloated roadkill.
What I do have trouble with is people that jack deer just for the rack
Yes hunting where it's not customarly allowed (medians, fringe areas
of corprate complexes etc) is jacking, but it would seem like less of
an infraction if whoever poached/jacked that deer used a tag and claimed the entire deer. What upsets me is finding the rotting carcass of what must have been a nice buck lying in the brush along
a golf course or in a park with it's head missing!! This can only mean that the poacher was after antlers only and disrespected that animal by allowing the meat to go to waste! As far as the 6pt that I de-antlered: Why should I have taken a badly hit tainted/bloated road-kill for just 1 damaged antler? IF the deer was freshly hit and the meat was potable I would have done what you suggested (waste not want not)but to have to dispose of a carcass for just 1 antler is rediculous!!!! And I would have stopped and gotten that 8 point rack
just because that buck died as the result of a car is no reason
for his rack not to be displayed and admired!!! Don't get me wrong,
I would never claim to have shot a deer that was roadkill no matter how big the rack. I feel that at least that animal was given some
recognition of it's stature by having it's rack displayed rather than disposed of in a dump somewhere!