RE: Dead buck
Yeah he had ALOT of mass. We are hoping the bloodline is still out here, would really stink if it wasn't. He did say that he saw a buck bigger than this one about 2 weeks ago. If it really did get it's antler ripped out then we're assuming that it was that buck that did it.
The buck my aunt killed two years ago looks almost identical to this one, except each tine was about 4" longer. We're assuming they were "brothers" or "father/son" We took my aunts to the check station and had it looked at and they said 2 1/2 years old.