I think this is a bit of fact and fiction. Fact is that it appears to be a record, and quite a buck at that. Fiction is the antler growing out the side and the big butt - photoshop. If you find the photo posted at Outdoor Life you will see the drop tine and it does not look the same at the end as this photo - also, the back side of the deer is not even shown and this is the same photo. Good hoaxes usually are rooted in a bit of truth.