Antler mass does not mean how big the deer was. Back in the early
seventies before the coyotes were thick here a friend of mine shot a buck carring a rack with around thirty-two points. The deer was old and never had any teeth left, It was guessed to not have been able to survive another winter. And the body size was small for a buck up here. I have also tagged and weighed in an eight pointer with a friend who tag and weighed in an eleven pointer. Both deer had big racks but the eight pointer was about twenty pounds heavier.