Wow! That is good news & bad news. We all know that the deer is probably one of those "trophy of a lifetime" buck, but P&Y and B&C require that the antlers and the skull plate must be intact. I shot a deer once that when it fell to the ground its antlers fell off. It wasn't a trophy like yours though. I registered it as an antlerless because it had no "horns" connected. I'd have it mounted with the antlers put back on and be proud as heck of it. A deer like that demands respect, whether it is entered in the book or not. I guess that can be a problem when shooting deer at this time of year. Where is it from?

Congradulations on a great deer.