Like previously said I think it has to do with the terrain, food, pressure, time of year etc. I had seen a big 8 multiple times back in 2005, actually jumped him going to my stand, 5 days later myself and 2 friends put a stalk on him and my friend ended up killing him almost 5 miles away (during the rut). He wasa 154 inch 8 point with a 22 inch spread, so we know it was the same deer, not to many of that caliber running around that area.