Originally Posted by
falcon
i would have given the kid the deer. i did just that several years ago, helped the young man take the deer out.
In 60+ years of deer hunting i have the antlers and skull caps from several buck deer i have killed. They all score over 170 B&C points. i can't eat the darn things and they have lain around cluttering up the place for decades. Gave two sets to my son this fall.
Yep, hunters have killed other hunters over deer antlers.
Ridiculous but true.
From my perspective, you can keep the rack but give me the meat!
It's funny, one guy I used to hunt with arrowed a big 12 pointer and the antlers meant nothing to him; my other buddy was straight out jealous and coveted the rack, so the guy gave it to him.
Just like that.
(The thing I remember is that there was an old broadhead healed into the nose)
I don't recall that the rack held much significance for my buddy afterward, he never had it mounted or anything.