Your question should be rephrased. Should P&Y believe him? What if this buck was a roadkill and died in the field or naturally killed by predators? He walks up and makes the whole story up and gets the new record. I don't think so. That's the #1 problem I have with the whole thing. No hide, no meat, no proof of a legal bow hit (could've been rifle). All these questions = no record in my opinion. What exactly did the man have to check in at the check station other than skull and antlers? If you can't legally check the deer with all mandatory information how can it be legal for P&Y? Actually if the buck wasn't a new world bow record for him to pursue the recognition and fame he probably wouldn't have even tagged it. Just because you find merely a head doesn't necessarily mean he needed to tag it as a lawful kill. He could've kept on hunting to tag another even after finding this head.

Edited by - soonershooter on 12/06/2002 01:09:43