I consider it a bit fishy that he "gave up tracking to go to work" Who here would not stay at it till there was no doubt on a buck that big. My guess is that he figured it was a bad shot, gave up, and got very lucky when the farmer found it. Maybe it was the buck he shot. Maybe his arrow was the only cause of the deers death. Maybe he would have found it himself. Maybe Mitch Rompola's deer is legitimate too. OK maybe the Rompola comparison is a bit extreme, but, a "new world record" shouldn't have so many clouds around it. I also have a bit of a problem with him publicly declaring it a world record before it's official. Look at his website. He went into the big bucks business mode awfully fast.
Am I jealous and envious of this guy? Sure!
I'm jealous and envious of Mike Beatty too but I don't have any of these kind of issues with Beatty's buck.