That skull looks like it was a purty good buck...I too ran into some close encounters in the thick n coulnt score a buck this season...got 2 hogs outta the swamp...went scoutin upper Hillsborough today for a muzzleloadin hunt I got this weekend, was able to find an area with a few rubs lotta scrapes fresh droppins n a right side shed from last year that had been nawled down by squirrels but looked like it came off a purty good 8 point...so Saturday mornin I will start off there n see what happens...anybody ever hunt upper Hillsborough n did ya have any luck?