See that 10 pointer in the back. He and I had a duel for about a week. I had the 5 gallon pail with a criss cross of bungees over it. First night I watched him sneak his nose in and feed and so I went the next day and adjusted the bungees and added another. This went on for 4 or 5 days. He would come in, stare at the new antler trap, weave his rack into the maze of bungees without topuching anything, eat, then reverse his weave and take the rack out.
It was unbelievable to see him work his rack in and out. Deer are very aware of thier head gear and also are problem solvers. This one was anyway. I would sit there at the back window hoping I'd knock an antler off and my wife would be laughing cheering for the deer. He won.
I did get the sheds of the big 8 with him but I had to put a few miles on the boots to come up with those.