I will tell ya how I find him, my brother an I went down an listened for turkeys about daybreak heard about five or six, none close. We checked all the places that I had been seeing bucks didn't find any sheds. We rode the atv through the bottoms back up towards thepower line. We were riding along a ridge an came up on a backbone an rib cage.I looked back where the trail came across the creek an could see the antlers sticking up. I think he came off the lease next to ours but, I am sure he had been there a time or two.
I did not put a tape on him but I think he is about 14 1/2" wide anhe didn't have his milking teeth, so I know he was older than 2 1/2 the way the dentine an wear looked.I would say that hewas around 3 1/2 just my guess. He also still had the hair an skin around the bases. I think hemay havedied around earlyJan or so, ya might have an idea about that, thatisjust my thought, I was hunting not 400 yards from there never did seethat deer.My brother has the antlers he is going to get it scored at an archery shop down the road, be a little while before I know the score, will let ya know.