So on the subject of high grading....this great buck was taken in Pa last year on a managed property and weighed 315 pounds. It was at least 3.5 years old and had a spread of only 12 inches. Do you think this 315 pound buck was a genetic defect that made it past 3.5 years of age? Do you think this deer reached its full potential? I think so on both counts. Would you want this deer to be doing the breeding in your herd? What say you?