I have to agree with Timber, and Uncle Matt, Unless you are 100% positive that it was poached, I would not continue any rumors!
I know that at least one "world record" is a fake, but it seems that anytime a hunter takes a good buck, someone has to say that they poached it!
I am totally against poaching, but deer are free-roaming animals! If the buck was legally killed, you just got to take your hat off to the hunter that took it! Sounds like you had a couple of years to take him too!