If someone does poach him they will get caught. This deer is a local celebrity, He is in a city of about 300,000 People and there is cars always lined up along the road he feeds by to get a glimps of him. GFP know him well and watches him close. There has been several deer hit by cars in this area over the years, One grossed 202 and others have been in the 190s. They get big because no one can hunt them!