The buck grossed 182". It was 6.5 years old.

A few parting pics...








When the guy rattled off some measurements the thing that I remember is that it's main beams were longer than they looked. The buck also has a lot more mass than it looks in these photos.

As a 6.5 y.o. buck, his body/head (what was left of it) was pretty massive. The neighbors had trailcam photos of this buck and they belived it would have actually scored better the year before. In fact they thought (based on the photos) that the buck was older.

Both Deb and I guessed the buck would have been in the upper 160's or low 170's.

That makes me think the buck I deep sixed might be much better than the 140's that I originally thought. And since I may never see him again and you guys don't know the difference.. Heck, maybe he was in the 180's too. ha.

I wish I had pictures of a 156" eight point a friend of mine shot. Talk about a deceptive deer. It's main beams nearly touched at the tips.

The river is still up and now 3/4 of it is iced over. Very dangerous. Just a little over a week ago a guy drown in the river when his canoe tipped. I want to recover whatever is left of my buck, but I don't want to die attempting to do so.