All we need now is for the movie "It's a Good Life" to start playing again. Germ, you aren't going to be able to let the string go when the time comes. This deer and you are almost friends. Reminds me of the deer I hunted for 3 and a half seasons. I saw him twice in that time. I became obsessed with him. The last time I saw him I threw my head back a actually yelled into the empty woods, "you win"! I never hunted him again. It was a perfect ending. I think I love the memory of the chase more than I would his horns on a wall. I found one half a shed with 7 points the year before the end. I nailedit to a club house wall in Georgia. It burned with the building. A perfect ending. Your deer almost deserves to just fade away.