Good point about the bone, my thought train was on the hide and flesh. Another thing to consider is the muzzy blades are surgically sharp, so that would of been a very clean wound.

I' ve been back and forth off the boards for a while with being down in Vegas now and the long commutes with work. I should have some pictures in a week or so of the caribou I took three weeks ago. He might of weighed as much as your deer, but he was only a little 4 pointer. [&:]